diff --git a/test/test_configs.py b/test/test_configs.py
index 43cd8b6c912..ed9830b3a12 100644
--- a/test/test_configs.py
+++ b/test/test_configs.py
@@ -3926,7 +3926,8 @@ def test_td3_trainer_uses_loss_bounds_without_collector_env(self, collector_cls)
 )
 class TestHydraParsing:
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="module")
-    def init_hydra(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def init_hydra(cls):
         from hydra.core.global_hydra import GlobalHydra
 
         GlobalHydra.instance().clear()