diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e86658..360f0c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-cov>=7.0"]
+dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-cov>=7.0", "pytest-asyncio>=0.23"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
 addopts = "--cov=genesis --cov-report=term-missing"
 norecursedirs = ["*.egg-info", "coverage", "test-execution-log.txt"]