diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index f27b5d12f47f..ce4b4b06cf44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo check --all-targets --no-default-features -p datafusion-functions
 
       - name: Check workspace in debug mode
-        run: cargo check
+        run: cargo check --all-targets --workspace
 
       - name: Check workspace with avro,json features
         run: cargo check --workspace --benches --features avro,json
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2941be20e85d..3ca3af284675 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@ rpath = false
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 # Detects large stack-allocated futures that may cause stack overflow crashes (see threshold in clippy.toml)
 large_futures = "warn"
+
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+unused_imports = "deny"