diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 6c282cf4..b20afaa3 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ if [ "$VALIDATE_GROOVY" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the groovy files #
   #########################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY" "FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" "FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE"
-  LintCodebase "GROOVY" "npm-groovy-lint" "npm-groovy-lint -c $GROOVY_LINTER_RULES --failon error" ".*\.\(groovy\|jenkinsfile\|gradle\|nf\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_GROOVY[@]}" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}"
+  LintCodebase "GROOVY" "npm-groovy-lint" "npm-groovy-lint -c $GROOVY_LINTER_RULES --failon warning" ".*\.\(groovy\|jenkinsfile\|gradle\|nf\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_GROOVY[@]}" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}"
 fi
 
 ################
diff --git a/lib/worker.sh b/lib/worker.sh
index aa00a864..07caf840 100755
--- a/lib/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/worker.sh
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ function RunTestCases() {
   TestCodebase "EDITORCONFIG" "editorconfig-checker" "editorconfig-checker" ".*\.ext$" "editorconfig-checker"
   TestCodebase "ENV" "dotenv-linter" "dotenv-linter" ".*\.\(env\)\$" "env"
   TestCodebase "GO" "golangci-lint" "golangci-lint run -c ${GO_LINTER_RULES}" ".*\.\(go\)\$" "golang"
-  TestCodebase "GROOVY" "npm-groovy-lint" "npm-groovy-lint -c $GROOVY_LINTER_RULES --failon error" ".*\.\(groovy\|jenkinsfile\|gradle\|nf\)\$" "groovy"
+  TestCodebase "GROOVY" "npm-groovy-lint" "npm-groovy-lint -c $GROOVY_LINTER_RULES --failon warning" ".*\.\(groovy\|jenkinsfile\|gradle\|nf\)\$" "groovy"
   TestCodebase "HTML" "htmlhint" "htmlhint --config ${HTML_LINTER_RULES}" ".*\.\(html\)\$" "html"
   TestCodebase "JAVA" "checkstyle" "java -jar /usr/bin/checkstyle -c ${JAVA_LINTER_RULES}" ".*\.\(java\)\$" "java"
   TestCodebase "JAVASCRIPT_ES" "eslint" "eslint --no-eslintrc -c ${JAVASCRIPT_LINTER_RULES}" ".*\.\(js\)\$" "javascript"