diff --git a/java/format/pom.xml b/java/format/pom.xml
index 1121930da42d2..f767215b12807 100644
--- a/java/format/pom.xml
+++ b/java/format/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ under the License.
           </java>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration combine.children="append">
+          <compilerArgs>
+            <arg>-Werror</arg>
+          </compilerArgs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/format/src/main/java/module-info.java b/java/format/src/main/java/module-info.java
index bda779c91afbc..f8d740b726fde 100644
--- a/java/format/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/java/format/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+// TODO(https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44037): Google hasn't reviewed Flatbuffers fix
+@SuppressWarnings({ "requires-automatic", "requires-transitive-automatic" })
 module org.apache.arrow.format {
   exports org.apache.arrow.flatbuf;
   requires transitive flatbuffers.java;