diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a891b49..bdc37b27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ include = ["theHarvester*"]
 "*" = ["*.txt", "*.yaml"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-minversion = "7.1.1"
-addopts = "--no-header --asyncio-mode=auto"
+minversion = "8.3.3"
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
+addopts = "--no-header"
 testpaths = [
     "tests",
     "tests/discovery/",
diff --git a/tests/discovery/test_githubcode.py b/tests/discovery/test_githubcode.py
index ff6ac5f5..cf5f5e02 100644
--- a/tests/discovery/test_githubcode.py
+++ b/tests/discovery/test_githubcode.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ async def test_last_page(self) -> None:
         Core.github_key = MagicMock(return_value="lol")
         test_class_instance = githubcode.SearchGithubCode(word="test", limit=500)
         test_result = githubcode.SuccessResult(list(), None, None)
-        assert None is await test_class_instance.next_page_or_end(test_result)
-
+        assert await test_class_instance.next_page_or_end(test_result) is None
     if __name__ == "__main__":
         pytest.main()
diff --git a/theHarvester/discovery/githubcode.py b/theHarvester/discovery/githubcode.py
index 0779dbb4..329a6958 100644
--- a/theHarvester/discovery/githubcode.py
+++ b/theHarvester/discovery/githubcode.py
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ async def handle_response(self, response: tuple[str, dict, int, Any]) -> ErrorRe
             print(f'Error handling response: {e}')
             return ErrorResult(500, str(e))
 
+    @staticmethod
+    async def next_page_or_end(result: SuccessResult) -> int | None:
+        if result.next_page is not None:
+            return result.next_page
+        else:
+            return result.last_page
+
     async def do_search(self, page: int) -> tuple[str, dict, int, Any]:
         try:
             url = f'{self.base_url}&page={page}' if page else self.base_url