diff --git a/packages/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/packages/tsconfig/nextjs.json b/packages/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/packages/tsconfig/nextjs.json
index 91cd404f775d6..3b7dfa900d16f 100644
--- a/packages/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/packages/tsconfig/nextjs.json
+++ b/packages/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/packages/tsconfig/nextjs.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
     "allowJs": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "strict": false,
+    "strict": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "noEmit": true,
     "incremental": true,