diff --git a/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts b/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
index 9c033a729b..c260e4624f 100644
--- a/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/next/src/next.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ describe('Next.js Applications', () => {
       `
           import { jsLibAsync } from '@${proj}/${jsLib}';
 
-          export default async function handler(_, res) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+          export default async function handler(_: any, res: any) {
             const value = await jsLibAsync();
             res.send(value);
           }
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ describe('Next.js Applications', () => {
     updateFile(
       `apps/${appName}/pages/api/hello.js`,
       `
-        export default (_req, res) => {
+        export default (_req: any, res: any) => {
           res.status(200).send('Welcome');
         };
       `
diff --git a/packages/next/src/generators/application/files/common/tsconfig.json__tmpl__ b/packages/next/src/generators/application/files/common/tsconfig.json__tmpl__
index 35fd206998..885d5aa75a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/generators/application/files/common/tsconfig.json__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/next/src/generators/application/files/common/tsconfig.json__tmpl__
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "allowJs": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "strict": false,
+    "strict": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "noEmit": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,