diff --git a/models/fixtures/webhook.yml b/models/fixtures/webhook.yml
index f62bae1f31..989bb5657a 100644
--- a/models/fixtures/webhook.yml
+++ b/models/fixtures/webhook.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 -
   id: 1
   repo_id: 1
-  url: www.example.com/url1
+  url: http://www.example.com/url1
+  http_method: POST
   content_type: 1 # json
   events: '{"push_only":true,"send_everything":false,"choose_events":false,"events":{"create":false,"push":true,"pull_request":false}}'
-  is_active: true
+  is_active: false # disable to prevent sending hook task during unrelated tests
 
 -
   id: 2
   repo_id: 1
-  url: www.example.com/url2
+  url: http://www.example.com/url2
+  http_method: POST
   content_type: 1 # json
   events: '{"push_only":false,"send_everything":false,"choose_events":false,"events":{"create":false,"push":true,"pull_request":true}}'
   is_active: false
@@ -18,14 +20,16 @@
   id: 3
   owner_id: 3
   repo_id: 3
-  url: www.example.com/url3
+  url: http://www.example.com/url3
+  http_method: POST
   content_type: 1 # json
   events: '{"push_only":false,"send_everything":false,"choose_events":false,"events":{"create":false,"push":true,"pull_request":true}}'
-  is_active: true
+  is_active: false
 -
   id: 4
   repo_id: 2
-  url: www.example.com/url4
+  url: http://www.example.com/url4
+  http_method: POST
   content_type: 1 # json
   events: '{"push_only":true,"branch_filter":"{master,feature*}"}'
-  is_active: true
+  is_active: false
diff --git a/models/webhook/webhook_test.go b/models/webhook/webhook_test.go
index f4403776ce..b4f6ffa189 100644
--- a/models/webhook/webhook_test.go
+++ b/models/webhook/webhook_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ func TestGetWebhookByOwnerID(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetActiveWebhooksByRepoID(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+
+	activateWebhook(t, 1)
+
 	hooks, err := db.Find[Webhook](db.DefaultContext, ListWebhookOptions{RepoID: 1, IsActive: optional.Some(true)})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	if assert.Len(t, hooks, 1) {
@@ -144,6 +147,9 @@ func TestGetWebhooksByRepoID(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetActiveWebhooksByOwnerID(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+
+	activateWebhook(t, 3)
+
 	hooks, err := db.Find[Webhook](db.DefaultContext, ListWebhookOptions{OwnerID: 3, IsActive: optional.Some(true)})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	if assert.Len(t, hooks, 1) {
@@ -152,8 +158,18 @@ func TestGetActiveWebhooksByOwnerID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func activateWebhook(t *testing.T, hookID int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+	updated, err := db.GetEngine(db.DefaultContext).ID(hookID).Cols("is_active").Update(Webhook{IsActive: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), updated)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestGetWebhooksByOwnerID(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+
+	activateWebhook(t, 3)
+
 	hooks, err := db.Find[Webhook](db.DefaultContext, ListWebhookOptions{OwnerID: 3})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	if assert.Len(t, hooks, 1) {
diff --git a/services/webhook/webhook_test.go b/services/webhook/webhook_test.go
index 5f5c146232..1ef152838d 100644
--- a/services/webhook/webhook_test.go
+++ b/services/webhook/webhook_test.go
@@ -28,10 +28,19 @@ func TestWebhook_GetSlackHook(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func activateWebhook(t *testing.T, hookID int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+	updated, err := db.GetEngine(db.DefaultContext).ID(hookID).Cols("is_active").Update(webhook_model.Webhook{IsActive: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), updated)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestPrepareWebhooks(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
 
 	repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{ID: 1})
+	activateWebhook(t, 1)
+
 	hookTasks := []*webhook_model.HookTask{
 		{HookID: 1, EventType: webhook_module.HookEventPush},
 	}
@@ -48,6 +57,8 @@ func TestPrepareWebhooksBranchFilterMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
 
 	repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{ID: 2})
+	activateWebhook(t, 4)
+
 	hookTasks := []*webhook_model.HookTask{
 		{HookID: 4, EventType: webhook_module.HookEventPush},
 	}
diff --git a/tests/integration/pull_merge_test.go b/tests/integration/pull_merge_test.go
index ee13a4bc57..e79d99b052 100644
--- a/tests/integration/pull_merge_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/pull_merge_test.go
@@ -80,10 +80,22 @@ func testPullCleanUp(t *testing.T, session *TestSession, user, repo, pullnum str
 	return resp
 }
 
+func retrieveHookTasks(t *testing.T, hookID int64, activateWebhook bool) []*webhook.HookTask {
+	t.Helper()
+	if activateWebhook {
+		updated, err := db.GetEngine(db.DefaultContext).ID(hookID).Cols("is_active").Update(webhook.Webhook{IsActive: true})
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(1), updated)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	hookTasks, err := webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, hookID, 1)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	return hookTasks
+}
+
 func TestPullMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
-		hookTasks, err := webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1) // Retrieve previous hook number
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks := retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, true)
 		hookTasksLenBefore := len(hookTasks)
 
 		session := loginUser(t, "user1")
@@ -96,16 +108,14 @@ func TestPullMerge(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, "pulls", elem[3])
 		testPullMerge(t, session, elem[1], elem[2], elem[4], repo_model.MergeStyleMerge, false)
 
-		hookTasks, err = webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks = retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, false)
 		assert.Len(t, hookTasks, hookTasksLenBefore+1)
 	})
 }
 
 func TestPullRebase(t *testing.T) {
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
-		hookTasks, err := webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1) // Retrieve previous hook number
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks := retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, true)
 		hookTasksLenBefore := len(hookTasks)
 
 		session := loginUser(t, "user1")
@@ -118,16 +128,14 @@ func TestPullRebase(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, "pulls", elem[3])
 		testPullMerge(t, session, elem[1], elem[2], elem[4], repo_model.MergeStyleRebase, false)
 
-		hookTasks, err = webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks = retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, false)
 		assert.Len(t, hookTasks, hookTasksLenBefore+1)
 	})
 }
 
 func TestPullRebaseMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
-		hookTasks, err := webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1) // Retrieve previous hook number
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks := retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, true)
 		hookTasksLenBefore := len(hookTasks)
 
 		session := loginUser(t, "user1")
@@ -140,16 +148,14 @@ func TestPullRebaseMerge(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, "pulls", elem[3])
 		testPullMerge(t, session, elem[1], elem[2], elem[4], repo_model.MergeStyleRebaseMerge, false)
 
-		hookTasks, err = webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks = retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, false)
 		assert.Len(t, hookTasks, hookTasksLenBefore+1)
 	})
 }
 
 func TestPullSquash(t *testing.T) {
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
-		hookTasks, err := webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1) // Retrieve previous hook number
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks := retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, true)
 		hookTasksLenBefore := len(hookTasks)
 
 		session := loginUser(t, "user1")
@@ -163,8 +169,7 @@ func TestPullSquash(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, "pulls", elem[3])
 		testPullMerge(t, session, elem[1], elem[2], elem[4], repo_model.MergeStyleSquash, false)
 
-		hookTasks, err = webhook.HookTasks(db.DefaultContext, 1, 1)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		hookTasks = retrieveHookTasks(t, 1, false)
 		assert.Len(t, hookTasks, hookTasksLenBefore+1)
 	})
 }