diff --git a/libavcodec/vvc/vvcdec.c b/libavcodec/vvc/vvcdec.c
index a979ebd41c..d5704aca25 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vvc/vvcdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vvc/vvcdec.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ const FFCodec ff_vvc_decoder = {
     .close          = vvc_decode_free,
     FF_CODEC_DECODE_CB(vvc_decode_frame),
     .flush          = vvc_decode_flush,
-    .p.capabilities = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY | AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS,
+    .p.capabilities = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY | AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS |
+                      AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL,
     .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
                       FF_CODEC_CAP_AUTO_THREADS,
     .p.profiles     = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_vvc_profiles),
diff --git a/tests/fate/vvc.mak b/tests/fate/vvc.mak
index 64db0a5be9..f5a45cc4ca 100644
--- a/tests/fate/vvc.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/vvc.mak
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $(foreach VAR,$(FATE_VVC_VARS), $(eval VVC_TESTS_$(VAR) := $(addprefix fate-vvc-
 $(VVC_TESTS_8BIT): SCALE_OPTS := -pix_fmt yuv420p
 $(VVC_TESTS_10BIT): SCALE_OPTS := -pix_fmt yuv420p10le -vf scale
 $(VVC_TESTS_444_10BIT): SCALE_OPTS := -pix_fmt yuv444p10le -vf scale
-fate-vvc-conformance-%: CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/vvc-conformance/$(subst fate-vvc-conformance-,,$(@)).bit $(SCALE_OPTS)
+fate-vvc-conformance-%: CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -c:v vvc -strict experimental -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/vvc-conformance/$(subst fate-vvc-conformance-,,$(@)).bit $(SCALE_OPTS)
 
 FATE_VVC-$(call FRAMECRC, VVC, VVC, VVC_PARSER) += $(VVC_TESTS_8BIT)
 FATE_VVC-$(call FRAMECRC, VVC, VVC, VVC_PARSER SCALE_FILTER) +=            \