diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5be683c..c1f88a6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
     "PyGithub",
+    "salt>=3005",
 ]
 
 [project.readme]
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_github.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_github.py
index 02fecd24..86260d9d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_github.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_github.py
@@ -1,13 +1,51 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
 import pytest
-import salt.modules.test as testmod
+import salt.modules.config as config_module
 import saltext.github.modules.github as github_module
+from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def configure_loader_modules():
     module_globals = {
-        "__salt__": {"test.echo": testmod.echo},
+        "__opts__": {
+            "valid": {"there": "found"},
+            "github": {
+                "token": "abc1234",
+                "org_name": "my_organization",
+                "repo_name": "my_repo",
+                "allow_repo_privacy_changes": False,
+            },
+        },
+        "__salt__": {"config.option": config_module.option},
     }
     return {
+        config_module: module_globals,
         github_module: module_globals,
     }
+
+
+def test__get_config_value_bad_profile():
+    with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+        github_module._get_config_value("not_there", "didnt_get_here")
+
+
+def test__get_config_value_bad_config_name():
+    with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+        github_module._get_config_value("valid", "not_there")
+
+
+def test__get_config_value():
+    ret = github_module._get_config_value("valid", "there")
+    assert ret == "found"
+
+
+def test__get_client():
+    mock_client = MagicMock()
+    assert not github_module.__context__
+    with patch("github.Github", mock_client):
+        github_module._get_client("github")
+        mock_client.assert_called_with("abc1234", per_page=100)
+    assert "github.abc1234:my_organization" in github_module.__context__
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_github.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_github.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7503483e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_github.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from saltext.github.utils import github
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def users():
+    return [
+        "user1",
+        {
+            "user2": [
+                "12345",
+                "67890",
+            ],
+        },
+    ]
+
+
+def test_get_user_pubkeys_not_a_list():
+    # should fail, because we only want to allow a list
+    users = {}
+    assert github.get_user_pubkeys(users) == {"Error": "A list of users is expected"}
+
+
+def test_get_user_pubkeys_empty_key_returns(users):
+    mock_query = MagicMock(return_value={"text": "{}"})
+    expected = {"user1": {}, "user2": {}}
+    with patch("salt.utils.http.query", mock_query):
+        ret = github.get_user_pubkeys(users)
+    assert ret == expected
+
+
+def test_get_user_pubkeys_key_returns(users):
+    mock_query = MagicMock(
+        side_effect=[
+            {
+                "text": '[{"id": 1, "key": "ssh-rsa AAA..."}]',
+            },
+            {
+                "text": '[{"id": 12345, "key": "ssh-rsa AAA..."},{"id": 99999, "key": "ssh-ed25519 AAA..."}]',
+            },
+        ]
+    )
+    expected = {"user1": {1: "ssh-rsa AAA..."}, "user2": {12345: "ssh-rsa AAA..."}}
+    with patch("salt.utils.http.query", mock_query):
+        ret = github.get_user_pubkeys(users)
+    assert ret == expected