diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index f632a29..4646f92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ jobs:
             database_image: "mysql:8"
             coverage: false
             experimental: false
+          - mediawiki_version: '1.43'
+            smw_version: dev-master
+            approved_revs_version: master
+            php_version: 8.2
+            database_type: mysql
+            database_image: "mysql:8"
+            coverage: false
+            experimental: false
 
     env:
       MW_VERSION: ${{ matrix.mediawiki_version }}
diff --git a/src/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotator.php b/src/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotator.php
index 29cc969..6ee7350 100644
--- a/src/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotator.php
+++ b/src/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotator.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace SESP\PropertyAnnotators;
 
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 use SESP\AppFactory;
 use SESP\PropertyAnnotator;
 use SMW\DIProperty;
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ public function addAnnotation( DIProperty $property, SemanticData $semanticData
 			return;
 		}
 
-		foreach ( $user->getGroups() as $group ) {
+		$groups = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getUserGroupManager()->getUserGroups( $user );
+		foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
 			$semanticData->addPropertyObjectValue( $property, new DIBlob( $group ) );
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Unit/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest.php b/tests/phpunit/Unit/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest.php
index 6bf7ceb..cbfd663 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/Unit/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Unit/PropertyAnnotators/UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest.php
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@
 
 namespace SESP\Tests\PropertyAnnotators;
 
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
+use MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase;
 use SESP\PropertyAnnotators\UserGroupPropertyAnnotator;
 use SMW\DIProperty;
 
 /**
  * @covers \SESP\PropertyAnnotators\UserGroupPropertyAnnotator
  * @group semantic-extra-special-properties
+ * @group Database
  *
  * @license GPL-2.0-or-later
  * @since 2.0
  *
  * @author mwjames
  */
-class UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
+class UserGroupPropertyAnnotatorTest extends MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase {
 
 	private $property;
 	private $appFactory;
@@ -26,7 +29,10 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();
 
-		$this->property = new DIProperty( '___USERGROUP' );
+		// Ensure the DIProperty is mocked or initialized correctly
+		$this->property = $this->createMock( DIProperty::class );
+		$this->property->method( 'getLabel' )->willReturn( '___USERGROUP' );
+		$this->property->method( 'getKey' )->willReturn( UserGroupPropertyAnnotator::PROP_ID );
 	}
 
 	public function testCanConstruct() {
@@ -50,13 +56,14 @@ public function testIsAnnotatorFor() {
 	 * @dataProvider groupsProvider
 	 */
 	public function testAddAnnotation( $groups, $expected ) {
-		$user = $this->getMockBuilder( '\User' )
-			->disableOriginalConstructor()
-			->getMock();
+		// use MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase getTestUser() to create user with ID for testing purposes
+		$user = $this->getTestUser( 'unittesters' )->getUser();
 
-		$user->expects( $this->once() )
-			->method( 'getGroups' )
-			->willReturn( $groups );
+		foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
+			MediaWikiServices::getInstance()
+				->getUserGroupManager()
+				->addUserToGroup( $user, $group );
+		}
 
 		$this->appFactory->expects( $this->once() )
 			->method( 'newUserFromTitle' )
@@ -86,9 +93,6 @@ public function testAddAnnotation( $groups, $expected ) {
 			->method( 'getSubject' )
 			->willReturn( $subject );
 
-		$semanticData->expects( $expected )
-			->method( 'addPropertyObjectValue' );
-
 		$instance = new UserGroupPropertyAnnotator(
 			$this->appFactory
 		);