diff --git a/include/alpaka/core/ThreadPool.hpp b/include/alpaka/core/ThreadPool.hpp
index 51bc6cb5434f..e99d41628e8c 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/core/ThreadPool.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/core/ThreadPool.hpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace alpaka::core::detail
         template<typename TFnObj, typename... TArgs>
         auto enqueueTask(TFnObj&& task, TArgs&&... args) -> std::future<void>
         {
-            auto ptask = Task{[=, t = std::forward<TFnObj>(task)] { t(args...); }};
+            auto ptask = Task{[=, t = std::forward<TFnObj>(task)]() noexcept(noexcept(task(args...))) { t(args...); }};
             auto future = ptask.get_future();
             {
                 std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock{m_mutex};
diff --git a/test/unit/core/src/ThreadPool.cpp b/test/unit/core/src/ThreadPool.cpp
index ed8299ec3b51..5819f281db5f 100644
--- a/test/unit/core/src/ThreadPool.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/core/src/ThreadPool.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2023 Bernhard Manfred Gruber
+/* Copyright 2023 Bernhard Manfred Gruber, Jan Stephan
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
  */
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TEST_CASE("threadpool", "[core]")
 
     auto f1 = tp.enqueueTask([] { throw std::runtime_error("42"); });
     auto f2 = tp.enqueueTask([] { throw 42; });
-    auto f3 = tp.enqueueTask([] {});
+    auto f3 = tp.enqueueTask([]() noexcept {});
 
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(f1.get(), std::runtime_error);