diff --git a/types/async-retry/async-retry-tests.ts b/types/async-retry/async-retry-tests.ts
index 83b5ac84cf..850d58aa1e 100644
--- a/types/async-retry/async-retry-tests.ts
+++ b/types/async-retry/async-retry-tests.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ const answer: Promise<number> = retry(
   bail => Promise.resolve(42),
   { retries: 3 }
 );
+
+const noOptions: Promise<number> = retry(
+  bail => Promise.resolve(42),
+);
diff --git a/types/async-retry/index.d.ts b/types/async-retry/index.d.ts
index 1ef5fe8be9..bd0858559e 100644
--- a/types/async-retry/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/async-retry/index.d.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { OperationOptions } from 'retry';
 
 declare function AsyncRetry<A>(
 	fn: AsyncRetry.RetryFunction<A>,
-	opts: AsyncRetry.Options
+	opts?: AsyncRetry.Options
 ): Promise<A>;
 
 declare namespace AsyncRetry {