diff --git a/.github/actions/bazel-linux-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/bazel-linux-build/action.yml
index d563961410..3cb2eb7090 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bazel-linux-build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/bazel-linux-build/action.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ inputs:
   target:
     description: The Bazel target to build
     default: //:swiftlint
+  debug:
+    description: Whether to build in debug mode
+    default: "false"
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -24,4 +27,9 @@ runs:
         echo "CC=clang" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Build SwiftLint with Bazel
       shell: bash
-      run: bazel build --config release ${{ inputs.target }}
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ inputs.debug }}" = "true" ]; then
+          bazel build ${{ inputs.target }} --verbose_failures --keep_going --jobs=1
+        else
+          bazel build ${{ inputs.target }} --config release
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index eb26266e80..6da2506c6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -49,3 +49,17 @@ jobs:
           path: .build
       - name: Run tests
         run: make spm_test
+
+  bazel_linux_debug:
+    name: Bazel, Linux, Swift 6.1 (debug)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/bazel-linux-build
+        name: Build with Bazel
+        env:
+          CI_BAZELRC_FILE_CONTENT: ${{ secrets.CI_BAZELRC_FILE_CONTENT }}
+        with:
+          debug: 'true'
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make bazel_test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d96690f97b..09acbff99b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ package: $(SWIFTLINT_EXECUTABLE)
 		"$(OUTPUT_PACKAGE)"
 
 bazel_test:
-	bazel test --test_env=SKIP_INTEGRATION_TESTS=true --test_output=errors //Tests/...
+	bazel test --test_env=SKIP_INTEGRATION_TESTS=true --test_output=errors --verbose_failures --keep_going --jobs=1 //Tests/...
 
 bazel_test_tsan:
 	bazel test --test_output=errors --build_tests_only --features=tsan --test_timeout=1000 //Tests/...