diff --git a/util/util_test.go b/util/util_test.go
index 2adf416..edbddc1 100644
--- a/util/util_test.go
+++ b/util/util_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ func TestDeHex(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, b)
 	assert.Len(t, b, 0)
 
+	assert.NotNil(t, nil, "testing ci/cd test failure")
+
 	b = util.DeHex("deadbeef")
 	assert.NotNil(t, b)
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("\xde\xad\xbe\xef"), b)