diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts-and-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts-and-run-tests.yml
index 3b84f9d..3b53cff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts-and-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts-and-run-tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         required: true
       artifact_upload_mode:
-        description: "Control which artifacts to upload: 'none' for no uploads, 'with_default_features' to upload only artifacts with default features (use_zlib+use_zstd_thin+unrar), or 'all' to upload all feature combinations."
+        description: "Control which artifacts to upload: 'none' for no uploads, 'with_default_features' to upload only artifacts with default features (use_zlib+use_zstd_thin+unrar+bzip3), or 'all' to upload all feature combinations."
         type: string
         required: true
 
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        feature-unrar: ${{ inputs.matrix_all_combinations && fromJSON('[true, false]') || fromJSON('[false]')}}
+        feature-unrar: ${{ inputs.matrix_all_combinations && fromJSON('[true, false]') || fromJSON('[true]')}}
+        feature-bzip3: ${{ inputs.matrix_all_combinations && fromJSON('[true, false]') || fromJSON('[true]')}}
         feature-use-zlib: ${{ inputs.matrix_all_combinations && fromJSON('[true, false]') || fromJSON('[false]')}}
         feature-use-zstd-thin: ${{ inputs.matrix_all_combinations && fromJSON('[true, false]') || fromJSON('[false]')}}
         target:
@@ -76,12 +77,14 @@ jobs:
           - target: armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
             use-cross: true
           # features (unless `matrix_all_combinations` is true, we only run these on linux-gnu)
-          - feature-unrar: true
+          - feature-unrar: false
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
           - feature-use-zlib: true
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
           - feature-use-zstd-thin: true
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - feature-bzip3: false
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "${{ matrix.feature-unrar }}" == true ]]; then FEATURES+=(unrar); fi
           if [[ "${{ matrix.feature-use-zlib }}" == true ]]; then FEATURES+=(use_zlib); fi
           if [[ "${{ matrix.feature-use-zstd-thin }}" == true ]]; then FEATURES+=(use_zstd_thin); fi
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.feature-bzip3 }}" == true ]]; then FEATURES+=(bzip3); fi
           # Output plus-separated list for artifact names
           IFS='+'
           echo "FEATURES_PLUS=${FEATURES[*]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
-          key: "${{ matrix.target }}-${{ matrix.feature-unrar }}-${{ matrix.feature-use-zlib }}-${{ matrix.feature-use-zstd-thin }}"
+          key: "${{ matrix.target }}-${{ matrix.feature-unrar }}-${{ matrix.feature-use-zlib }}-${{ matrix.feature-use-zstd-thin }}-${{ matrix.feature-bzip3 }}"
 
       - name: Test on stable
         # there's no way to run tests for ARM64 Windows for now
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         if: |
           ${{ inputs.artifact_upload_mode != 'none' &&
              (inputs.artifact_upload_mode == 'all' ||
-              (matrix.feature-unrar && matrix.feature-use-zlib && matrix.feature-use-zstd-thin)) }}
+              (matrix.feature-unrar && matrix.feature-use-zlib && matrix.feature-use-zstd-thin && matrix.feature-bzip3)) }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ouch-${{ matrix.target }}${{ steps.concat-features.outputs.FEATURES_PLUS != '' && format('-{0}', steps.concat-features.outputs.FEATURES_PLUS) || '' }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 734e684..432b703 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Categories Used:
 ### Bug Fixes
 ### Tweaks
 
+- Make `.bz3` opt-out [\#814](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/814) ([amyspark](https://github.com/amyspark))
+
 ## [0.6.1](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/compare/0.6.0...0.6.1)
 
 - Fix .zip crash when file mode isn't present [\#804](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/804) ([marcospb19](https://github.com/marcospb19))
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 835e55f..3577a2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ brotli = "7.0.0"
 bstr = { version = "1.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 bytesize = "1.3.0"
 bzip2 = "0.4.4"
-bzip3 = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+bzip3 = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["bundled"] , optional = true }
 clap = { version = "4.5.20", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 filetime_creation = "0.2"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.30", default-features = false }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ regex = "1.10.4"
 test-strategy = "0.4.0"
 
 [features]
-default = ["unrar", "use_zlib", "use_zstd_thin"]
+default = ["unrar", "use_zlib", "use_zstd_thin", "bzip3"]
 use_zlib = ["flate2/zlib", "gzp/deflate_zlib", "zip/deflate-zlib"]
 use_zstd_thin = ["zstd/thin"]
 allow_piped_choice = []
diff --git a/scripts/package-release-assets.sh b/scripts/package-release-assets.sh
index 621f28e..9ae9f02 100755
--- a/scripts/package-release-assets.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-release-assets.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PLATFORMS=(
     "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
 )
 # TODO: remove allow_piped_choice later
-DEFAULT_FEATURES="allow_piped_choice+unrar+use_zlib+use_zstd_thin"
+DEFAULT_FEATURES="allow_piped_choice+unrar+use_zlib+use_zstd_thin+bzip3"
 
 for platform in "${PLATFORMS[@]}"; do
     path="ouch-${platform}"
diff --git a/src/archive/bzip3_stub.rs b/src/archive/bzip3_stub.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1db197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/archive/bzip3_stub.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use crate::Error;
+
+pub fn no_support() -> Error {
+    Error::UnsupportedFormat {
+        reason: "BZip3 support is disabled for this build, possibly due to missing bindgen-cli dependency.".into(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/archive/mod.rs b/src/archive/mod.rs
index 4cfacc0..6412a8a 100644
--- a/src/archive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/archive/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Archive compression algorithms
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "bzip3"))]
+pub mod bzip3_stub;
 #[cfg(feature = "unrar")]
 pub mod rar;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "unrar"))]
diff --git a/src/commands/compress.rs b/src/commands/compress.rs
index b6f7042..15880bd 100644
--- a/src/commands/compress.rs
+++ b/src/commands/compress.rs
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ pub fn compress_files(
                 encoder,
                 level.map_or_else(Default::default, |l| bzip2::Compression::new((l as u32).clamp(1, 9))),
             )),
-            Bzip3 => Box::new(
-                // Use block size of 16 MiB
-                bzip3::write::Bz3Encoder::new(encoder, 16 * 2_usize.pow(20))?,
-            ),
+            Bzip3 => {
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "bzip3"))]
+                return Err(archive::bzip3_stub::no_support());
+
+                #[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
+                Box::new(
+                    // Use block size of 16 MiB
+                    bzip3::write::Bz3Encoder::new(encoder, 16 * 2_usize.pow(20))?,
+                )
+            }
             Lz4 => Box::new(lz4_flex::frame::FrameEncoder::new(encoder).auto_finish()),
             Lzma => Box::new(xz2::write::XzEncoder::new(
                 encoder,
diff --git a/src/commands/decompress.rs b/src/commands/decompress.rs
index 36c8658..a108c16 100644
--- a/src/commands/decompress.rs
+++ b/src/commands/decompress.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::{
 
 use fs_err as fs;
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "bzip3"))]
+use crate::archive;
 use crate::{
     commands::{warn_user_about_loading_sevenz_in_memory, warn_user_about_loading_zip_in_memory},
     extension::{
@@ -118,7 +120,13 @@ pub fn decompress_file(options: DecompressOptions) -> crate::Result<()> {
         let decoder: Box<dyn Read> = match format {
             Gzip => Box::new(flate2::read::GzDecoder::new(decoder)),
             Bzip => Box::new(bzip2::read::BzDecoder::new(decoder)),
-            Bzip3 => Box::new(bzip3::read::Bz3Decoder::new(decoder)?),
+            Bzip3 => {
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "bzip3"))]
+                return Err(archive::bzip3_stub::no_support());
+
+                #[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
+                Box::new(bzip3::read::Bz3Decoder::new(decoder)?)
+            }
             Lz4 => Box::new(lz4_flex::frame::FrameDecoder::new(decoder)),
             Lzma => Box::new(xz2::read::XzDecoder::new(decoder)),
             Snappy => Box::new(snap::read::FrameDecoder::new(decoder)),
diff --git a/src/commands/list.rs b/src/commands/list.rs
index a64c55c..b3405b4 100644
--- a/src/commands/list.rs
+++ b/src/commands/list.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 use fs_err as fs;
 
 use crate::{
-    archive::sevenz,
+    archive,
     commands::warn_user_about_loading_zip_in_memory,
     extension::CompressionFormat::{self, *},
     list::{self, FileInArchive, ListOptions},
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ pub fn list_archive_contents(
             let decoder: Box<dyn Read + Send> = match format {
                 Gzip => Box::new(flate2::read::GzDecoder::new(decoder)),
                 Bzip => Box::new(bzip2::read::BzDecoder::new(decoder)),
-                Bzip3 => Box::new(bzip3::read::Bz3Decoder::new(decoder).unwrap()),
+                Bzip3 => {
+                    #[cfg(not(feature = "bzip3"))]
+                    return Err(archive::bzip3_stub::no_support());
+
+                    #[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
+                    Box::new(bzip3::read::Bz3Decoder::new(decoder).unwrap())
+                }
                 Lz4 => Box::new(lz4_flex::frame::FrameDecoder::new(decoder)),
                 Lzma => Box::new(xz2::read::XzDecoder::new(decoder)),
                 Snappy => Box::new(snap::read::FrameDecoder::new(decoder)),
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ pub fn list_archive_contents(
                 }
             }
 
-            Box::new(sevenz::list_archive(archive_path, password)?)
+            Box::new(archive::sevenz::list_archive(archive_path, password)?)
         }
         Gzip | Bzip | Bzip3 | Lz4 | Lzma | Snappy | Zstd | Brotli => {
             panic!("Not an archive! This should never happen, if it does, something is wrong with `CompressionFormat::is_archive()`. Please report this error!");
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 3f5bc3e..b3c33df 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
 impl From<bzip3::Error> for Error {
     fn from(err: bzip3::Error) -> Self {
         use bzip3::Error as Bz3Error;
diff --git a/src/extension.rs b/src/extension.rs
index 7250a57..55cdc58 100644
--- a/src/extension.rs
+++ b/src/extension.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     /// Test extension parsing for input/output files
     fn test_separate_known_extensions_from_name() {
-        let _handler = spawn_logger_thread();
+        spawn_logger_thread();
         assert_eq!(
             separate_known_extensions_from_name("file".as_ref()),
             ("file".as_ref(), vec![])
diff --git a/src/utils/fs.rs b/src/utils/fs.rs
index eb40625..f65f152 100644
--- a/src/utils/fs.rs
+++ b/src/utils/fs.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub fn try_infer_extension(path: &Path) -> Option<Extension> {
         buf.starts_with(&[0x42, 0x5A, 0x68])
     }
     fn is_bz3(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
-        buf.starts_with(bzip3::MAGIC_NUMBER)
+        buf.starts_with(b"BZ3v1")
     }
     fn is_xz(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
         buf.starts_with(&[0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A, 0x00])
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index f85e254..7536b15 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ enum DirectoryExtension {
     Tar,
     Tbz,
     Tbz2,
+    #[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
     Tbz3,
     Tgz,
     Tlz4,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ enum DirectoryExtension {
 enum FileExtension {
     Bz,
     Bz2,
+    #[cfg(feature = "bzip3")]
     Bz3,
     Gz,
     Lz4,
@@ -59,9 +61,9 @@ enum Extension {
 }
 
 /// Converts a list of extension structs to string
-fn merge_extensions(ext: impl ToString, exts: &Vec<FileExtension>) -> String {
+fn merge_extensions(ext: impl ToString, exts: &[FileExtension]) -> String {
     once(ext.to_string())
-        .chain(exts.into_iter().map(|x| x.to_string()))
+        .chain(exts.iter().map(|x| x.to_string()))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join(".")
 }
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ fn create_random_files(dir: impl Into<PathBuf>, depth: u8, rng: &mut SmallRng) {
 }
 
 /// Create n random files on directory dir
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "allow_piped_choice"), allow(dead_code))]
 fn create_n_random_files(n: usize, dir: impl Into<PathBuf>, rng: &mut SmallRng) {
     let dir: &PathBuf = &dir.into();
 
diff --git a/tests/ui.rs b/tests/ui.rs
index 9492d1a..6df0794 100644
--- a/tests/ui.rs
+++ b/tests/ui.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 ///
 /// See CONTRIBUTING.md for a brief guide on how to use [`insta`] for these tests.
 /// [`insta`]: https://docs.rs/insta
-
 #[macro_use]
 mod utils;