diff --git a/mocks/http.go b/mocks/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c255dcab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mocks/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package mocks
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+)
+
+// HttpClient is an autogenerated mock type for the Client type
+type HttpClient struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+// Do provides a mock function
+func (_m *HttpClient) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(req)
+
+	return ret.Get(0).(*http.Response), ret.Error(1)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/backend.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/backend.go
index 5d37f2b86..65d5beffc 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/backend.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package backend
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/cloudskiff/driftctl/pkg/iac/config"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func GetBackend(config config.SupplierConfig, opts *Options) (Backend, error) {
 	case BackendKeyHTTP:
 		fallthrough
 	case BackendKeyHTTPS:
-		return NewHTTPReader(fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", config.Backend, config.Path), opts)
+		return NewHTTPReader(&http.Client{}, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", config.Backend, config.Path), opts)
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Unsupported backend '%s'", backend)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader.go
index c1a4cc206..3232c8f43 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader.go
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ type HTTPBackend struct {
 	reader io.ReadCloser
 }
 
-func NewHTTPReader(rawURL string, opts *Options) (*HTTPBackend, error) {
+type HttpClient interface {
+	Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+}
+
+func NewHTTPReader(client HttpClient, rawURL string, opts *Options) (*HTTPBackend, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, rawURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -26,7 +30,6 @@ func NewHTTPReader(rawURL string, opts *Options) (*HTTPBackend, error) {
 		req.Header.Add(key, value)
 	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{}
 	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader_test.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader_test.go
index a5890c0c4..de5cb1ac2 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/state/backend/http_reader_test.go
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ package backend
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+
+	"github.com/cloudskiff/driftctl/mocks"
 )
 
 func TestNewHTTPReader(t *testing.T) {
@@ -15,10 +19,10 @@ func TestNewHTTPReader(t *testing.T) {
 		options *Options
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		args    args
-		wantURL string
-		wantErr error
+		name       string
+		args       args
+		wantErr    error
+		httpClient func() HttpClient
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Should fail with wrong URL",
@@ -28,37 +32,70 @@ func TestNewHTTPReader(t *testing.T) {
 					Headers: map[string]string{},
 				},
 			},
-			wantURL: "",
 			wantErr: errors.New("Get \"wrong_url\": unsupported protocol scheme \"\""),
+			httpClient: func() HttpClient {
+				return &http.Client{}
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Should fetch URL with auth header",
 			args: args{
-				url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/.dockerignore",
+				url: "https://wrong.url/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/terraform.tfstate",
 				options: &Options{
 					Headers: map[string]string{
 						"Authorization": "Basic Test",
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			wantURL: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/.dockerignore",
 			wantErr: nil,
+			httpClient: func() HttpClient {
+				m := &mocks.HttpClient{}
+
+				req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://wrong.url/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/terraform.tfstate", nil)
+
+				req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic Test")
+
+				bodyReader := strings.NewReader("test")
+				bodyReadCloser := io.NopCloser(bodyReader)
+
+				m.On("Do", req).Return(&http.Response{
+					StatusCode: 200,
+					Body:       bodyReadCloser,
+				}, nil)
+
+				return m
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Should fail with bad status code",
 			args: args{
-				url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudskiff/driftctl-test/main/.dockerignore",
+				url: "https://wrong.url/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/terraform.tfstate",
 				options: &Options{
 					Headers: map[string]string{},
 				},
 			},
-			wantURL: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudskiff/driftctl-badprojecturl",
-			wantErr: errors.New("error in backend HTTP(s): non-200 OK status code: 404 Not Found body: \"404: Not Found\""),
+			wantErr: errors.New("error in backend HTTP(s): non-200 OK status code: 404 Not Found body: \"test\""),
+			httpClient: func() HttpClient {
+				m := &mocks.HttpClient{}
+
+				req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://wrong.url/cloudskiff/driftctl/main/terraform.tfstate", nil)
+
+				bodyReader := strings.NewReader("test")
+				bodyReadCloser := io.NopCloser(bodyReader)
+
+				m.On("Do", req).Return(&http.Response{
+					StatusCode: 404,
+					Status:     "404 Not Found",
+					Body:       bodyReadCloser,
+				}, nil)
+
+				return m
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := NewHTTPReader(tt.args.url, tt.args.options)
+			got, err := NewHTTPReader(tt.httpClient(), tt.args.url, tt.args.options)
 			if tt.wantErr != nil {
 				assert.EqualError(t, err, tt.wantErr.Error())
 				return
@@ -66,7 +103,6 @@ func TestNewHTTPReader(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 			}
 			assert.NotNil(t, got)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantURL, got.url)
 		})
 	}
 }