diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/promise/prefer_await_to_then.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/promise/prefer_await_to_then.rs
index 064558c550eca..a40e29dcee36e 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/promise/prefer_await_to_then.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/promise/prefer_await_to_then.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ fn is_inside_yield_or_await(node: &AstNode) -> bool {
 
 impl Rule for PreferAwaitToThen {
     fn from_configuration(value: serde_json::Value) -> Self {
-        let strict = match value {
-            Value::Object(obj) => obj.get("strict").and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(false),
-            _ => false,
-        };
+        let config = value.get(0);
+        let strict = config.and_then(|v| v.get("strict")).and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(false);
 
         Self(PreferAwaitToThenConfig { strict })
     }
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ fn test() {
         ),
         (
             "async function hi() { await thing().then() }",
-            Some(serde_json::json!({ "strict": false })),
+            Some(serde_json::json!([{ "strict": false }])),
         ),
         ("const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers()", None),
         ("function x () { return Promise.all() } ", None),
@@ -153,9 +151,13 @@ fn test() {
         ("something().then(async () => await somethingElse())", None),
         (
             "async function foo() { await thing().then() }",
-            Some(serde_json::json!({ "strict": true })),
+            Some(serde_json::json!([{ "strict": true }])),
+        ),
+        ("async function foo() { thing().then() }", Some(serde_json::json!([{ "strict": false }]))),
+        (
+            "async function hi() { await thing().then(x => {}) }",
+            Some(serde_json::json!([{ "strict": true }])),
         ),
-        ("async function foo() { thing().then() }", Some(serde_json::json!({ "strict": false }))),
     ];
 
     Tester::new(PreferAwaitToThen::NAME, PreferAwaitToThen::PLUGIN, pass, fail).test_and_snapshot();
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/promise_prefer_await_to_then.snap b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/promise_prefer_await_to_then.snap
index ce2038209bb44..981e8c08b2c39 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/promise_prefer_await_to_then.snap
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/promise_prefer_await_to_then.snap
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ source: crates/oxc_linter/src/tester.rs
  1 │ async function foo() { thing().then() }
    ·                                ────
    ╰────
+
+  ⚠ eslint-plugin-promise(prefer-await-to-then): Prefer await to then()/catch()/finally()
+   ╭─[prefer_await_to_then.tsx:1:37]
+ 1 │ async function hi() { await thing().then(x => {}) }
+   ·                                     ────
+   ╰────