diff --git a/tests/unit/hooks/test_ntfy.py b/tests/unit/hooks/test_ntfy.py
index 3867cee..ea3f3c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hooks/test_ntfy.py
+++ b/tests/unit/hooks/test_ntfy.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_minimal_config_hits_hosted_ntfy_on_fail():
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
         f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
         headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
     ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
 
     module.ping_monitor(
@@ -45,6 +46,51 @@ def test_ping_monitor_minimal_config_hits_hosted_ntfy_on_fail():
     )
 
 
+def test_ping_monitor_with_auth_hits_hosted_ntfy_on_fail():
+    hook_config = {
+        'topic': topic,
+        'username': 'testuser',
+        'password': 'fakepassword',
+    }
+    flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
+        f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
+        headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=module.requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth('testuser', 'fakepassword'),
+    ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
+
+    module.ping_monitor(
+        hook_config, 'config.yaml', module.monitor.State.FAIL, monitoring_log_level=1, dry_run=False
+    )
+
+
+def test_ping_monitor_auth_with_no_username_warning():
+    hook_config = {'topic': topic, 'password': 'fakepassword'}
+    flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
+        f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
+        headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
+    ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
+    flexmock(module.logger).should_receive('warning').once()
+
+    module.ping_monitor(
+        hook_config, 'config.yaml', module.monitor.State.FAIL, monitoring_log_level=1, dry_run=False
+    )
+
+
+def test_ping_monitor_auth_with_no_password_warning():
+    hook_config = {'topic': topic, 'username': 'testuser'}
+    flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
+        f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
+        headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
+    ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
+    flexmock(module.logger).should_receive('warning').once()
+
+    module.ping_monitor(
+        hook_config, 'config.yaml', module.monitor.State.FAIL, monitoring_log_level=1, dry_run=False
+    )
+
+
 def test_ping_monitor_minimal_config_does_not_hit_hosted_ntfy_on_start():
     hook_config = {'topic': topic}
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').never()
@@ -76,6 +122,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_minimal_config_hits_selfhosted_ntfy_on_fail():
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
         f'{custom_base_url}/{topic}',
         headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
     ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
 
     module.ping_monitor(
@@ -95,7 +142,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_minimal_config_does_not_hit_hosted_ntfy_on_fail_dry_run():
 def test_ping_monitor_custom_message_hits_hosted_ntfy_on_fail():
     hook_config = {'topic': topic, 'fail': custom_message_config}
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
-        f'{default_base_url}/{topic}', headers=custom_message_headers,
+        f'{default_base_url}/{topic}', headers=custom_message_headers, auth=None
     ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
 
     module.ping_monitor(
@@ -108,6 +155,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_custom_state_hits_hosted_ntfy_on_start():
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
         f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
         headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.START),
+        auth=None,
     ).and_return(flexmock(ok=True)).once()
 
     module.ping_monitor(
@@ -124,6 +172,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_with_connection_error_logs_warning():
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
         f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
         headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
     ).and_raise(module.requests.exceptions.ConnectionError)
     flexmock(module.logger).should_receive('warning').once()
 
@@ -145,6 +194,7 @@ def test_ping_monitor_with_other_error_logs_warning():
     flexmock(module.requests).should_receive('post').with_args(
         f'{default_base_url}/{topic}',
         headers=return_default_message_headers(module.monitor.State.FAIL),
+        auth=None,
     ).and_return(response)
     flexmock(module.logger).should_receive('warning').once()