diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5efb88019..deaf9cfd6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "warn"
 unwrap_or_default = "warn"
 needless_lifetimes = "allow"
 too_many_arguments = "allow"
+nonstandard_macro_braces = "warn"
 
 ptr_as_ptr = "warn"
 ptr_cast_constness = "warn"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "warn"
 unwrap_or_default = "warn"
 needless_lifetimes = "allow"
 too_many_arguments = "allow"
+nonstandard_macro_braces = "warn"
 
 ptr_as_ptr = "warn"
 ptr_cast_constness = "warn"
diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index d4b032eab0..4fc852d1a2 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "warn"
 unwrap_or_default = "warn"
 needless_lifetimes = "allow"
 too_many_arguments = "allow"
+nonstandard_macro_braces = "warn"
 
 ptr_as_ptr = "warn"
 ptr_cast_constness = "warn"
diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 26b39b4e84..2c98e8ed02 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ disallowed-methods = [
   { path = "f32::atanh", reason = "use bevy_math::ops::atanh instead for libm determinism" },
   { path = "criterion::black_box", reason = "use core::hint::black_box instead" },
 ]
+
+# Require `bevy_ecs::children!` to use `[]` braces, instead of `()` or `{}`.
+standard-macro-braces = [{ name = "children", brace = "[" }]