diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 418dcd3..016fd25 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ESLintWebpackPlugin {
     // Generate key for each compilation,
     // this differentiates one from the other when being cached.
     this.key = compiler.name || `${this.key}_${(compilerId += 1)}`;
+    this.options.failOnError ??= compiler.options.mode !== "development";
 
     const excludedFiles = parseFiles(
       this.options.exclude || [],
diff --git a/src/options.js b/src/options.js
index 3dfbad9..78da6a2 100644
--- a/src/options.js
+++ b/src/options.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ function getOptions(pluginOptions) {
     extensions: "js",
     emitError: true,
     emitWarning: true,
-    failOnError: true,
     resourceQueryExclude: [],
     ...pluginOptions,
     ...(pluginOptions.quiet ? { emitError: true, emitWarning: false } : {}),
diff --git a/test/multiple-instances.test.js b/test/multiple-instances.test.js
index 8e0247c..177ca5c 100644
--- a/test/multiple-instances.test.js
+++ b/test/multiple-instances.test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
       {
         plugins: [
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
             exclude: "error.js",
           }),
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
       {
         plugins: [
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
             exclude: "good.js",
           }),
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
       {
         plugins: [
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ describe("multiple instances", () => {
             exclude: "error.js",
           }),
           new ESLintPlugin({
+            failOnError: true,
             overrideConfigFile: join(
               __dirname,
               "./config-for-tests/eslint.config.mjs",
diff --git a/test/utils/conf.js b/test/utils/conf.js
index 4fdf106..dda2752 100644
--- a/test/utils/conf.js
+++ b/test/utils/conf.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export default (entry, pluginConf = {}, webpackConf = {}) => {
         ignore: false,
         // TODO: update tests to run both states: test.each([[{threads: false}], [{threads: true}]])('it should...', async ({threads}) => {...})
         threads: true,
-        failOnError: false,
         ...pluginConf,
       }),
     ],