diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
index e015e7ff28..005b867476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
@@ -113,15 +113,16 @@ jobs:
           case ${{matrix.strictness}} in
             normal) ;;
             strict) case ${{matrix.compiler}} in
-                      (mingw64) HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=array-bounds" ;;
+                      (mingw64) HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS -Werror" ;;
                       (bcc) HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS -w!" ;;
-                      (*)   HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations" ;;
+                      (*)   HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS -Werror" ;;
                     esac ;;
           esac
           tee -a ./.bashrc <<EOENV
           # These contribs do not build on any platform
           export HB_BUILD_CONTRIBS="no hbfimage"  # incompatible with freeimage 3.18+
 
+          export HB_BUILD_TEST="${{matrix.strictness}}"
           export HB_BUILD_VERBOSE="yes"
           export HBMK_WITH_SQLITE3="local"
           export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$HB_USER_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index c5d4454f9d..893b3dfe17 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
    Entries may not always be in chronological/commit order.
    See license at the end of file. */
 
+2025-01-21 06:45 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * .github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
+    * disabled global -Wno-error=... C compiler parameters
+    * set HB_BUILD_TEST="${{matrix.strictness}}" envvar
+
+  * contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.hbp
+    * set -Wno-error=stringop-overread C compiler parameter for GCC builds
+      when HB_BUILD_TEST='strict'
+
+  * contrib/hbzebra/hbzebra.hbp
+    * set -Wno-error=array-bounds C compiler parameter for GCC builds
+      when HB_BUILD_TEST='strict'
+
 2025-01-21 01:11 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   * include/hbapigt.h
     ! removed dummy declaration for hb_inkeyExit()
diff --git a/contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.hbp b/contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.hbp
index 048c17be39..2b1ff74b3a 100644
--- a/contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.hbp
+++ b/contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.hbp
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 # mingw 4.5.0/4.5.1 revisions fail compiling in iso90 mode. It's fixed in 4.5.2.
 -c=gnu90{allgcc&HB_COMP_VER='45'}
 
+# GCC 14 reports strlen reading 1 or more bytes from a region of size 0 warning
+-cflag=-Wno-error=stringop-overread{allgcc&HB_BUILD_TEST='strict'}
+
 sqlite3.c
 
 # ORIGIN http://www.sqlite.org/
diff --git a/contrib/hbzebra/hbzebra.hbp b/contrib/hbzebra/hbzebra.hbp
index cd330fe088..34d15577f3 100644
--- a/contrib/hbzebra/hbzebra.hbp
+++ b/contrib/hbzebra/hbzebra.hbp
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ msi.c
 pdf417.c
 datamtrx.c
 qrcode.c
+
+# GCC 13, 14 reports false warnings about array bounds for static constant data
+-cflag=-Wno-error=array-bounds{allgcc&HB_BUILD_TEST='strict'}