diff --git a/application/tests/git_utils_test.py b/application/tests/git_utils_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7460b24cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/tests/git_utils_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from application.utils.git import createPullRequest
+
+
+class TestGitUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch("application.utils.git.Github")
+    def test_create_pull_request_uses_target_branch(self, mocked_github) -> None:
+        github_client = MagicMock()
+        repo = MagicMock()
+        mocked_github.return_value = github_client
+        github_client.get_repo.return_value = repo
+
+        createPullRequest(
+            apiToken="token",
+            repo="OWASP/OpenCRE",
+            title="test-title",
+            srcBranch="feature-branch",
+            targetBranch="main",
+        )
+
+        mocked_github.assert_called_once_with("token")
+        github_client.get_repo.assert_called_once_with("OWASP/OpenCRE")
+        repo.create_pull.assert_called_once_with(
+            title="test-title",
+            body="CRE Sync test-title",
+            head="feature-branch",
+            base="main",
+        )
+
+    @patch("application.utils.git.Github")
+    def test_create_pull_request_defaults_to_master(self, mocked_github) -> None:
+        github_client = MagicMock()
+        repo = MagicMock()
+        mocked_github.return_value = github_client
+        github_client.get_repo.return_value = repo
+
+        createPullRequest(
+            apiToken="token",
+            repo="OWASP/OpenCRE",
+            title="default-target",
+            srcBranch="feature-branch",
+        )
+
+        repo.create_pull.assert_called_once_with(
+            title="default-target",
+            body="CRE Sync default-target",
+            head="feature-branch",
+            base="master",
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/application/utils/git.py b/application/utils/git.py
index 31ef5ccfc..7db3c0b4a 100644
--- a/application/utils/git.py
+++ b/application/utils/git.py
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ def createPullRequest(
     apiToken: str, repo: str, title: str, srcBranch: str, targetBranch: str = "master"
 ) -> None:
     logger.info(
-        "Issuing pull request from %s to master for repo %s" % (srcBranch, repo)
+        "Issuing pull request from %s to %s for repo %s"
+        % (srcBranch, targetBranch, repo)
     )
     github = Github(apiToken)
     body = "CRE Sync %s" % title
-    pr = github.get_repo(repo).create_pull(
-        title=title, body=body, head=srcBranch, base="master"
+    github.get_repo(repo).create_pull(
+        title=title, body=body, head=srcBranch, base=targetBranch
     )