diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 44a9aef64..fe13fd158 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ zip-safe = false
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-minversion = 4.6
+minversion = 6.0
 norecursedirs = [
     "docs/_build",
     "romancal/scripts",
@@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ doctest_plus = "enabled"
 doctest_rst = "enabled"
 text_file_format = "rst"
 log_cli_level = "info"
+xfail_strict = true
 addopts = [
+    "--color=yes",      # color test output
+    "--doctest-rst",    # enable doctests
     "--doctest-ignore-import-errors",
-    "--color=yes",
+    "--strict-config",  # fail on unknown config options
+    "--strict-markers", # fail on unknown markers
+    "-ra",              # Show summary of all failures/errorsproduct_names
 ]
 markers = [
     "soctests: run only the SOC tests in the suite.",