diff --git a/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py b/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
index ef43af262..5272ebb8f 100644
--- a/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
+++ b/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def base_object() -> dict[str, Any]:
         "name": "myapp",
         "version": "1.0.0",
         "description": "Some description.",
+        "authors": ["Some Author <some@author.io>"],
         "dependencies": {"python": "^3.6"},
         "dev-dependencies": {},
     }
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def multi_url_object() -> dict[str, Any]:
         "name": "myapp",
         "version": "1.0.0",
         "description": "Some description.",
+        "authors": ["Some Author <some@author.io>"],
         "dependencies": {
             "python": [
                 {
diff --git a/tests/test_factory.py b/tests/test_factory.py
index f646f3ae5..51bf3e652 100644
--- a/tests/test_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_factory.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ def test_validate_without_strict_fails_only_non_strict() -> None:
             "'name' is a required property",
             "'version' is a required property",
             "'description' is a required property",
+            "'authors' is a required property",
         ],
         "warnings": [],
     }
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ def test_validate_strict_fails_strict_and_non_strict() -> None:
             "'name' is a required property",
             "'version' is a required property",
             "'description' is a required property",
+            "'authors' is a required property",
             'Script "a_script_with_unknown_extra" requires extra "foo" which is not'
             " defined.",
             "Declared README files must be of same type: found text/markdown,"