diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml b/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
index 2d7acaae..68169218 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and test wheels
         env:
           # skip 32-bit, musllinux, and free-threaded builds
-          CIBW_SKIP: "*-win32 *-manylinux_i686 *musllinux* cp3??t-*"
+          CIBW_SKIP: "*-win32 *-manylinux_i686 *musllinux* cp3??t-* cp314-macosx_x86_64 cp315-macosx_x86_64"
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS: pip install delvewheel
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_WINDOWS: CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=D:/a/_temp/msys64/mingw64/bin/ninja.exe" CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH="D:/a/_temp/msys64/usr/bin" CMAKE_GENERATOR="Ninja" TEMP="D:/a/_temp/"
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_WINDOWS: delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ff3c430..b15456c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -588,10 +588,16 @@ endif()
 
 ### pedantics ######################################################################################
 
+# temporarily disable -Werror specifically for Linux + Python 3.15 TODO #555
+set(PYPARTMC_WERROR "-Werror")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND Python_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "3.15")
+  set(PYPARTMC_WERROR "")
+endif()
+
 foreach(target _PyPartMC)
   target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE
     $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/W4 /WX>
-    $<$<NOT:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>>:-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter>
+    $<$<NOT:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>>:-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic ${PYPARTMC_WERROR} -Wno-unused-parameter>
   )
 endforeach()
 
@@ -613,7 +619,7 @@ if (NOT "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES}" STREQUAL "")
 endif()
 foreach(file ${PyPartMC_headers})
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${PYPARTMC_INCLUDE_DIRS};${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-Werror")
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${PYPARTMC_WERROR}")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "[\-./:]" "_" file_var ${file})
   check_cxx_source_compiles("
       // https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1408
diff --git a/examples/additive_coag_comparison.ipynb b/examples/additive_coag_comparison.ipynb
index 2a87648b..2da7753b 100644
--- a/examples/additive_coag_comparison.ipynb
+++ b/examples/additive_coag_comparison.ipynb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
    "source": [
     "from collections import namedtuple\n",
     "from functools import partial\n",
-    "import urllib\n",
+    "from urllib import request\n",
     "import json\n",
     "import platform\n",
     "import subprocess\n",
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
     "            'src/SDfunc/constants.jl', 'src/SDfunc/binning.jl', 'src/SDfunc/coalescence.jl',\n",
     "        ):\n",
     "            with open('Droplets.jl-' + path.replace('/','-'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fout:\n",
-    "                with urllib.request.urlopen(BASE_URL + path) as fin:\n",
+    "                with request.urlopen(BASE_URL + path) as fin:\n",
     "                    fout.write(fin.read().decode('utf-8'))\n",
     "\n",
     "        code_to_write = \"\"\"\n",
diff --git a/examples/particle_simulation_with_camp.ipynb b/examples/particle_simulation_with_camp.ipynb
index fa29c80b..57480897 100644
--- a/examples/particle_simulation_with_camp.ipynb
+++ b/examples/particle_simulation_with_camp.ipynb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import json\n",
-    "import urllib\n",
+    "from urllib import request\n",
     "from collections import defaultdict\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     "for path in PATHS:\n",
     "    print(path)\n",
     "    with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fout:\n",
-    "        with urllib.request.urlopen(CAMP_URL + path.replace('-', '/')) as fin:\n",
+    "        with request.urlopen(CAMP_URL + path.replace('-', '/')) as fin:\n",
     "            json.dump(\n",
     "                json.loads(fin.read().decode('utf-8').replace('TO' + 'DO', 'TO-DO')),\n",
     "                fout,\n",