diff --git a/optimum/onnxruntime/configuration.py b/optimum/onnxruntime/configuration.py
index 2fe2db17f2..7e103dbc78 100644
--- a/optimum/onnxruntime/configuration.py
+++ b/optimum/onnxruntime/configuration.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ def tensorrt(
             is_static=is_static,
             format=format,
             mode=mode,
-            activations_dtype=QuantType.QInt8,
+            activations_dtype=QuantType.QUInt8,
             activations_symmetric=True,  # TRT only supports symmetric
             weights_dtype=QuantType.QInt8,
             weights_symmetric=True,  # TRT only supports symmetric