diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/assert-build.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/assert-build.ts
index 955988101724..70564e0c12bb 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/assert-build.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/assert-build.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const buildStderr = fs.readFileSync('.tmp_build_stderr', 'utf-8');
 
 // Assert that there was no funky build time warning when we are on a stable (pinned) version
 if (nextjsVersion !== 'latest' && !nextjsVersion.includes('-canary') && !nextjsVersion.includes('-rc')) {
-  assert.doesNotMatch(buildStderr, /Import trace for requested module/); // This is Next.js/Webpack speech for "something is off"
+  assert.doesNotMatch(buildStderr, /Import trace for requested module/, `Build warning in output:\n${buildStderr}`); // This is Next.js/Webpack speech for "something is off"
 }
 
 // Assert that all static components stay static and all dynamic components stay dynamic
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
index 8dbebf3935df..f82bb4a0476e 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ function addOtelWarningIgnoreRule(newConfig: WebpackConfigObjectWithModuleRules)
     // We provide these objects in addition to the hook above to provide redundancy in case the hook fails.
     { module: /@opentelemetry\/instrumentation/, message: /Critical dependency/ },
     { module: /@prisma\/instrumentation/, message: /Critical dependency/ },
+    { module: /require-in-the-middle/, message: /Critical dependency/ },
   ] satisfies IgnoreWarningsOption;
 
   if (newConfig.ignoreWarnings === undefined) {