diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e7c49a..c1c7cfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fixed: `throwError` no longer throws when the logged messages are neither
+  warnings nor errors, as before 7.1.0 (#77).
 - Changed: dropped support for Node.js below 18.
 - Fixed: the summary now uses the singular form for a single error or warning
   (`1 error`, not `1 errors`).
diff --git a/lib/reporter.js b/lib/reporter.js
index 2de7040..106b81c 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.js
+++ b/lib/reporter.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
       }
 
       function shouldThrowError() {
-        return opts.throwError || errorCount > 0;
+        return errorCount > 0 || (opts.throwError && warningCount > 0);
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/lib/reporter.test.js b/lib/reporter.test.js
index 333ed79..fa7a2c4 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.test.js
+++ b/lib/reporter.test.js
@@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ test("reporter with throwError", () => {
   run({ throwError: true }, clone(simpleResult), { expectError: true });
 });
 
+test("reporter with throwError does not throw on messages that are neither warnings nor errors", () => {
+  const { calls } = run(
+    { throwError: true, filter: () => true },
+    {
+      messages: [{ type: "dependency", plugin: "foo", text: "foo dependency" }],
+      root: {},
+    },
+  );
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 1);
+});
+
 test("reporter with a file as source", () => {
   const { calls } = run(
     {},