diff --git a/tests/integration/test_api.py b/tests/integration/test_api.py
index 22303b2..9d5f161 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from tests.factories import SecretFactory
 
 
+def test_empty_secret_is_not_accepted(client: TestClient):
+    response = client.post("/secret", json={"data": ""})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert "data" in response.text
+
+
 def test_store_secret_returns_key(client: TestClient):
     response = client.post("/secret", json=dict(SecretFactory().build()))