diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 8934f0f30ba3e4..c4a31beb010e19 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
     apiVersion = "1.5"
     // See comment above on JDK 11 support
     jvmTarget = "11"
+    allWarningsAsErrors = true
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
index ed5551d0987f3f..e839e5c37ba3b7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ internal fun Project.configureReactTasks(variant: Variant, config: ReactExtensio
   val targetName = variant.name.capitalizeCompat()
   val targetPath = variant.name
 
+  val buildDir = this.layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile
   // Resources: generated/assets/react/<variant>/index.android.bundle
   val resourcesDir = File(buildDir, "generated/res/react/$targetPath")
   // Bundle: generated/assets/react/<variant>/index.android.bundle