diff --git a/lib/jwt/jwa/hmac.rb b/lib/jwt/jwa/hmac.rb
index 1dac71b3..f2db8faa 100644
--- a/lib/jwt/jwa/hmac.rb
+++ b/lib/jwt/jwa/hmac.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ def initialize(alg, digest)
 
       def sign(data:, signing_key:)
         signing_key ||= ''
-
         raise_verify_error!('HMAC key expected to be a String') unless signing_key.is_a?(String)
 
         OpenSSL::HMAC.digest(digest.new, signing_key, data)
diff --git a/spec/jwt/jwa/hmac_spec.rb b/spec/jwt/jwa/hmac_spec.rb
index 736f1e56..20504cde 100644
--- a/spec/jwt/jwa/hmac_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jwt/jwa/hmac_spec.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 
 RSpec.describe JWT::JWA::Hmac do
   let(:instance) { described_class.new('HS256', OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256) }
+  let(:valid_signature) { [60, 56, 87, 72, 185, 194, 150, 13, 18, 148, 76, 245, 94, 91, 201, 64, 111, 91, 167, 156, 43, 148, 41, 113, 168, 156, 137, 12, 11, 31, 58, 97].pack('C*') }
+  let(:hmac_secret) { 'secret_key' }
 
   describe '#sign' do
     subject { instance.sign(data: 'test', signing_key: hmac_secret) }
 
+    context 'when signing with a key' do
+      it { is_expected.to eq(valid_signature) }
+    end
+
     # Address OpenSSL 3.0 errors with empty hmac_secret - https://github.com/jwt/ruby-jwt/issues/526
     context 'when nil hmac_secret is passed' do
       let(:hmac_secret) { nil }
@@ -103,4 +109,20 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#verify' do
+    subject { instance.verify(data: 'test', signature: signature, verification_key: hmac_secret) }
+
+    context 'when signature is valid' do
+      let(:signature) { valid_signature }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be(true) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when signature is invalid' do
+      let(:signature) { [60, 56, 87, 72, 185, 194].pack('C*') }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be(false) }
+    end
+  end
 end