diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a073d21f1..c265761ba 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ universal = 1
 [metadata]
 license_file = LICENSE.md
 
-[pytest]
+[tool:pytest]
 addopts=--tb=short --strict
 testspath = tests