diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/attestation.go
index ec74e08ce..aa445f71a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/attestation.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/attestation.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewCmdAttestation(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	root.AddCommand(download.NewDownloadCmd(f, nil))
 	root.AddCommand(inspect.NewInspectCmd(f, nil))
 	root.AddCommand(verify.NewVerifyCmd(f, nil))
-	root.AddCommand(tufrootverify.NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f))
+	root.AddCommand(tufrootverify.NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f, nil))
 
 	return root
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tuf-root-verify.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify.go
similarity index 89%
rename from pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tuf-root-verify.go
rename to pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify.go
index 631f46176..224edd6c9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tuf-root-verify.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/auth"
-	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/logging"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-func NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
+func NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func() error) *cobra.Command {
 	var mirror string
 	var root string
 	var cmd = cobra.Command{
@@ -38,16 +37,20 @@ func NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 			gh attestation tuf-root-verify --mirror https://tuf-repo.github.com --root /path/to/1.root.json
 		`),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.NewDefaultLogger(f.IOStreams)
-
 			if err := auth.IsHostSupported(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if runF != nil {
+				return runF()
+			}
+
 			if err := tufRootVerify(mirror, root); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to verify the TUF repository: %w", err)
 			}
-			fmt.Sprintln(logger.IO.Out, logger.ColorScheme.Green("Successfully verified the TUF repository"))
+
+			io := f.IOStreams
+			fmt.Sprintln(io.Out, io.ColorScheme().Green("Successfully verified the TUF repository"))
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f48357487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package tufrootverify
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
+
+	"github.com/google/shlex"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewTUFRootVerifyCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	testIO, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+	f := &cmdutil.Factory{
+		IOStreams: testIO,
+	}
+
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		cli      string
+		wantsErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Missing mirror flag",
+			cli:      "--root ../verification/embed/tuf-repo.github.com/root.json",
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Missing root flag",
+			cli:      "--mirror https://tuf-repo.github.com",
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmd := NewTUFRootVerifyCmd(f, func() error {
+				return nil
+			})
+
+			argv, err := shlex.Split(tc.cli)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			cmd.SetArgs(argv)
+			cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+			if tc.wantsErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}