diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9465bac..daed1c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - Test dbt v1.7 ([PR](https://github.com/godatadriven/pytest-dbt-core/pull/48))
+- Make pytest `parser.addoption` type a function ([PR](https://github.com/godatadriven/pytest-dbt-core/pull/51))
 
 ## [0.2.3] - 2023-08-25
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_dbt_core/plugin.py b/src/pytest_dbt_core/plugin.py
index 5512c7b..50b10d7 100644
--- a/src/pytest_dbt_core/plugin.py
+++ b/src/pytest_dbt_core/plugin.py
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
     parser.addoption(
         "--dbt-project-dir",
         help="The dbt project directory.",
-        type="string",
+        type=str,
         default=os.getcwd(),
     )
     parser.addoption(
         "--dbt-target",
         help="Which target to load for the given profile",
-        type="string",
+        type=str,
     )
     parser.addoption(
         "--profiles-dir",
         help="Which directory to look in for the profiles.yml file",
-        type="string",
+        type=str,
     )