diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
index 184b4ae55..dc284825c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pytest pytest-emoji pytest-md
+          pip install pytest pytest-emoji pytest-md pytest-mock
           pip install pyright
           if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
       - name: Run pytest
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 729a34a8b..1ca7565c9 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ boto3==1.28.46
 botocore==1.31.46
 celery[sqs]
 python-dotenv
+pytest-mock
 
diff --git a/backend/routes/contact_routes.py b/backend/routes/contact_routes.py
index 9903a5327..ae1b677f2 100644
--- a/backend/routes/contact_routes.py
+++ b/backend/routes/contact_routes.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from utils.send_email import send_email
 
+
 class ContactMessage(BaseModel):
     customer_email: str
     content: str
 
+
 router = APIRouter()
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
+
 def resend_contact_sales_email(customer_email: str, content: str):
     settings = ContactsSettings()
     mail_from = settings.resend_contact_sales_from
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ def resend_contact_sales_email(customer_email: str, content: str):
         "reply_to": customer_email,
         "html": body,
     }
-    send_email(params)
+
+    return send_email(params)
+
 
 @router.post("/contact")
 def post_contact(message: ContactMessage):
diff --git a/backend/tests/contact/conftest.py b/backend/tests/contact/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f527facd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/contact/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def no_requests(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delattr("requests.sessions.Session.request")
diff --git a/backend/tests/contact/test_contact.py b/backend/tests/contact/test_contact.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e16d0bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/contact/test_contact.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+def test_post_contact(client, mocker):
+    # Mock the send_email function
+    mock_send_email = mocker.patch("routes.contact_routes.resend_contact_sales_email")
+
+    # Define test data
+    test_data = {"customer_email": "test@example.com", "content": "Test message"}
+
+    # Call the endpoint
+    response = client.post("/contact", json=test_data)
+
+    # Assert that the response is as expected
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    # Assert that send_email was called with the expected parameters
+    mock_send_email.assert_called_once()