diff --git a/robotoff/utils/image.py b/robotoff/utils/image.py
index e233499c5e..800485551b 100644
--- a/robotoff/utils/image.py
+++ b/robotoff/utils/image.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _get_image_from_url(
     image_url: str,
     error_raise: bool = True,
     session: Optional[requests.Session] = None,
-) -> requests.Request | None:
+) -> requests.Response | None:
     auth = (
         settings._off_net_auth
         if urlparse(image_url).netloc.endswith("openfoodfacts.net")
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_image.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2edbea384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+from robotoff.utils.image import ImageLoadingException, _get_image_from_url
+
+
+@patch("robotoff.utils.image.requests.get")
+def test__get_image_from_url(mock_get):
+    # Mock the response from requests.get
+    mock_response = mock_get.return_value
+    mock_response.content = b"fake image content"
+    mock_response.status_code = 200
+
+    # Call the function with an image URL
+    url = "https://example.com/image.jpg"
+    result = _get_image_from_url(url)
+
+    # Check that requests.get was called with the correct URL
+    mock_get.assert_called_once_with(url, auth=None)
+
+    # Check that the content of the response is the same as the mock content
+    assert result.content == b"fake image content"
+
+    # Check that the status code of the response is the same as the mock
+    # status code
+    assert result.status_code == 200
+
+    # Test when r.ok returns False
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_response.content = b""
+    mock_response.ok = False
+    with pytest.raises(ImageLoadingException):
+        _get_image_from_url(url)
+
+    # Test when there is an error during HTTP request
+    mock_get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.SSLError
+    with pytest.raises(ImageLoadingException):
+        _get_image_from_url(url)
+
+    # Check that the function returns None when error_raise is False
+    image = _get_image_from_url(url, error_raise=False)
+    assert image is None