diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 114e64c..a807648 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
     "salt>=3006",
+    "kazoo",
 ]
 
 [project.readme]
diff --git a/src/saltext/zookeeper/modules/zk_concurrency.py b/src/saltext/zookeeper/modules/zk_concurrency.py
index 14eba7f..7f11e7c 100644
--- a/src/saltext/zookeeper/modules/zk_concurrency.py
+++ b/src/saltext/zookeeper/modules/zk_concurrency.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
                 try:
                     for child in self.client.get_children(self.path):
                         try:
-                            data, stat = self.client.get(self.path + "/" + child)
+                            data, _ = self.client.get(self.path + "/" + child)
                             if identifier == data.decode("utf-8"):
                                 self.create_path = self.path + "/" + child
                                 self.is_acquired = True
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def lock_holders(
     zk_hosts=None,
     identifier=None,
     max_concurrency=1,
-    timeout=None,
+    timeout=None,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     ephemeral_lease=False,
     profile=None,
     scheme=None,
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ def lock_holders(
     """
     Return an un-ordered list of lock holders
 
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' zk_concurrency.lock_holders some/path
+
     path
         The path in zookeeper where the lock is
 
@@ -221,6 +227,12 @@ def lock(
     """
     Get lock (with optional timeout)
 
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' zk_concurrency.lock some/path
+
     path
         The path in zookeeper where the lock is
 
@@ -296,6 +308,12 @@ def unlock(
     """
     Remove lease from semaphore
 
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' zk_concurrency.unlock some/path
+
     path
         The path in zookeeper where the lock is
 
@@ -363,6 +381,12 @@ def party_members(
     Get the List of identifiers in a particular party, optionally waiting for the
     specified minimum number of nodes (min_nodes) to appear
 
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' zk_concurrency.party_members some/path
+
     path
         The path in zookeeper where the lock is
 
diff --git a/src/saltext/zookeeper/states/zk_concurrency.py b/src/saltext/zookeeper/states/zk_concurrency.py
index 8b927cc..9ed3c82 100644
--- a/src/saltext/zookeeper/states/zk_concurrency.py
+++ b/src/saltext/zookeeper/states/zk_concurrency.py
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ def min_party(
         name, zk_hosts, min_nodes, blocking=blocking, **conn_kwargs
     )
     if not isinstance(nodes, list):
-        raise Exception(f"Error from zk_concurrency.party_members, return was not a list: {nodes}")
+        ret["result"] = False
+        ret["comment"] = f"Error from zk_concurrency.party_members, return was not a list: {nodes}"
+        return ret
 
     num_nodes = len(nodes)
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/states/test_zookeeper.py b/tests/functional/states/test_zookeeper.py
index 77a50cc..fa6a389 100644
--- a/tests/functional/states/test_zookeeper.py
+++ b/tests/functional/states/test_zookeeper.py
@@ -7,15 +7,12 @@
 import pytest
 from saltfactories.utils import random_string
 
-pytest.importorskip("kazoo")
 pytest.importorskip("docker")
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 pytestmark = [
-    pytest.mark.slow_test,
-    pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("dockerd"),
-    pytest.mark.slow_test,
+    pytest.mark.skip_if_binaries_missing("docker", "dockerd", check_all=False),
 ]
 
 
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ def minion_config_overrides(zookeeper_port):
 def zookeeper_container(salt_factories):
     container = salt_factories.get_container(
         random_string("zookeeper-"),
-        "ghcr.io/saltstack/salt-ci-containers/zookeeper",
+        "docker.io/library/zookeeper",
         container_run_kwargs={
             "ports": {
                 "2181/tcp": None,
diff --git a/tests/unit/states/test_zk_concurrency.py b/tests/unit/states/test_zk_concurrency.py
index 7f979c1..63eeb7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/states/test_zk_concurrency.py
+++ b/tests/unit/states/test_zk_concurrency.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-import saltext.zookeeper.states.zk_concurrency as zk_concurrency
+from saltext.zookeeper.states import zk_concurrency
 
 
 @pytest.fixture