diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67ee7a2ca2..7a99387634 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pythonVersion = "3.8"
 typeCheckingMode = "strict"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-[pytest]
+asyncio_mode = "strict"
 xfail_strict = true
 norecursedirs = [
     "docs",