diff --git a/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py b/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
index bc5cd5fcccbf8..72515c030757b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ def test_hypothesis_delimited_date(
         request.applymarker(
             pytest.mark.xfail(
                 reason="parse_datetime_string cannot reliably tell whether "
-                "e.g. %m.%Y is a float or a date"
+                "e.g. %m.%Y is a float or a date",
+                strict=False,
             )
         )
     date_string = test_datetime.strftime(date_format.replace(" ", delimiter))