diff --git a/tests/dependencies-threshold-checking.t b/tests/dependencies-threshold-checking.t
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Exception;
+use Test::MockObject;
+use Test::Output;
+
+{
+    package Mojo::UserAgent;
+    use Test::MockObject;
+
+    my $mock_response;
+
+    sub new {
+        my $class = shift;
+        return Test::MockObject -> new -> mock('get', sub {
+            my ($self, $url, $headers) = @_;
+            return Test::MockObject -> new -> mock('result', sub {
+                return $mock_response;
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    sub set_mock_response {
+        my ($class, $response) = @_;
+        $mock_response = $response;
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+use lib '../lib';
+use SecurityGate::Engine::Dependencies;
+
+subtest 'Threshold checking' => sub {
+    plan tests => 2;
+
+    my $mock_response = Test::MockObject -> new;
+    Mojo::UserAgent -> set_mock_response($mock_response);
+    $mock_response -> set_always('code', 200);
+    $mock_response -> set_always('json', [
+        { state => 'open', security_vulnerability => { severity => 'critical' } },
+        { state => 'open', security_vulnerability => { severity => 'critical' } },
+    ]);
+
+    my %severity_limits_exceeded = (
+        critical => 1,
+        high     => 0,
+        medium   => 0,
+        low      => 0
+    );
+
+    my %severity_limits_not_exceeded = (
+        critical => 2,
+        high     => 0,
+        medium   => 0,
+        low      => 0
+    );
+
+    is(
+        SecurityGate::Engine::Dependencies -> new('test_token', 'test_repo', \%severity_limits_exceeded),
+        1,
+        'Returns 1 when threshold is exceeded'
+    );
+
+    is(
+        SecurityGate::Engine::Dependencies -> new('test_token', 'test_repo', \%severity_limits_not_exceeded),
+        0,
+        'Returns 0 when threshold is not exceeded'
+    );
+};
+
+done_testing();