diff --git a/dockerfile-image-update/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequests.java b/dockerfile-image-update/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequests.java
index 39ac8a20..9e957ffe 100644
--- a/dockerfile-image-update/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequests.java
+++ b/dockerfile-image-update/src/main/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequests.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public void prepareToCreate(final Namespace ns,
      * @param fork A GitHubContentToProcess object that contains the fork repository that is under process
      * @return true if the file is found in the path specified and is not disabled, false otherwise
      */
-    private boolean isRenovateEnabled(List<String> filePaths, GitHubContentToProcess fork) throws IOException {
+    public boolean isRenovateEnabled(List<String> filePaths, GitHubContentToProcess fork) throws IOException {
         for (String filePath : filePaths) {
             try {
                 GHContent fileContent = fork.getParent().getFileContent(filePath);
diff --git a/dockerfile-image-update/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequestsTest.java b/dockerfile-image-update/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequestsTest.java
index 99da117f..4bc9aead 100644
--- a/dockerfile-image-update/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequestsTest.java
+++ b/dockerfile-image-update/src/test/java/com/salesforce/dockerfileimageupdate/utils/PullRequestsTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.*;
 import org.kohsuke.github.*;
 import org.mockito.*;
+import org.testng.*;
 import org.testng.annotations.*;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -157,4 +158,70 @@ public void testPullRequestsPrepareSkipsSendingPRIfRepoOnboardedToRenovate() thr
                 eq(gitHubContentToProcess), anyList(), eq(gitForkBranch),
                 eq(rateLimiter));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testisRenovateEnabledReturnsFalseIfRenovateConfigFileNotFound() throws IOException {
+        PullRequests pullRequests = new PullRequests();
+        List<String> filePaths = Collections.singletonList("renovate.json");
+        GitHubContentToProcess gitHubContentToProcess = mock(GitHubContentToProcess.class);
+        GHRepository ghRepository = mock(GHRepository.class);
+        when(gitHubContentToProcess.getParent()).thenReturn(ghRepository);
+        when(ghRepository.getFileContent(anyString())).thenThrow(new FileNotFoundException());
+        Assert.assertFalse(pullRequests.isRenovateEnabled(filePaths, gitHubContentToProcess));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testisRenovateEnabledReturnsFalseIfRenovateConfigFileFoundButIsDisabled() throws IOException {
+        PullRequests pullRequests = new PullRequests();
+        List<String> filePaths = Collections.singletonList("renovate.json");
+        GitHubContentToProcess gitHubContentToProcess = mock(GitHubContentToProcess.class);
+        GHRepository ghRepository = mock(GHRepository.class);
+        GHContent content = mock(GHContent.class);
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("{enabled:false}".getBytes());
+        when(gitHubContentToProcess.getParent()).thenReturn(ghRepository);
+        when(ghRepository.getFileContent(anyString())).thenReturn(content);
+        when(content.read()).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        Assert.assertFalse(pullRequests.isRenovateEnabled(filePaths, gitHubContentToProcess));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testisRenovateEnabledReturnsTrueIfRenovateConfigFileFoundButEnabledKeyNotFound() throws IOException {
+        PullRequests pullRequests = new PullRequests();
+        List<String> filePaths = Collections.singletonList("renovate.json");
+        GitHubContentToProcess gitHubContentToProcess = mock(GitHubContentToProcess.class);
+        GHRepository ghRepository = mock(GHRepository.class);
+        GHContent content = mock(GHContent.class);
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("{someKey:someValue}".getBytes());
+        when(gitHubContentToProcess.getParent()).thenReturn(ghRepository);
+        when(ghRepository.getFileContent(anyString())).thenReturn(content);
+        when(content.read()).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        Assert.assertTrue(pullRequests.isRenovateEnabled(filePaths, gitHubContentToProcess));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testisRenovateEnabledReturnsTrueIfRenovateConfigFileFoundAndResourcesThrowAnException() throws IOException {
+        PullRequests pullRequests = new PullRequests();
+        List<String> filePaths = Collections.singletonList("renovate.json");
+        GitHubContentToProcess gitHubContentToProcess = mock(GitHubContentToProcess.class);
+        GHRepository ghRepository = mock(GHRepository.class);
+        GHContent content = mock(GHContent.class);
+        when(gitHubContentToProcess.getParent()).thenReturn(ghRepository);
+        when(ghRepository.getFileContent(anyString())).thenReturn(content);
+        when(content.read()).thenThrow(new IOException());
+        Assert.assertFalse(pullRequests.isRenovateEnabled(filePaths, gitHubContentToProcess));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testisRenovateEnabledReturnsTrueIfRenovateConfigFileFoundAndEnabledKeySetToTrue() throws IOException {
+        PullRequests pullRequests = new PullRequests();
+        List<String> filePaths = Collections.singletonList("renovate.json");
+        GitHubContentToProcess gitHubContentToProcess = mock(GitHubContentToProcess.class);
+        GHRepository ghRepository = mock(GHRepository.class);
+        GHContent content = mock(GHContent.class);
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("{enabled:true}".getBytes());
+        when(gitHubContentToProcess.getParent()).thenReturn(ghRepository);
+        when(ghRepository.getFileContent(anyString())).thenReturn(content);
+        when(content.read()).thenReturn(inputStream);
+        Assert.assertTrue(pullRequests.isRenovateEnabled(filePaths, gitHubContentToProcess));
+    }
 }