diff --git a/metricproviders/newrelic/mock_test.go b/metricproviders/newrelic/mock_test.go
index 7e7be08def..a584d09e2a 100644
--- a/metricproviders/newrelic/mock_test.go
+++ b/metricproviders/newrelic/mock_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package newrelic
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
+
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/newrelic/newrelic-client-go/v2/pkg/nrdb"
 )
@@ -16,3 +18,45 @@ func (m *mockAPI) Query(metric v1alpha1.Metric) ([]nrdb.NRDBResult, error) {
 	}
 	return m.response, nil
 }
+
+type mockNerdGraphClient struct {
+	response []nrdb.NRDBResult
+	lastArgs map[string]interface{}
+	err      error
+}
+
+func (m *mockNerdGraphClient) QueryWithResponse(query string, variables map[string]interface{}, respBody interface{}) error {
+	m.lastArgs = variables
+
+	if m.err != nil {
+		return m.err
+	}
+
+	r := gqlNrglQueryResponse{
+		Actor{Account{NRQL: nrdb.NRDBResultContainer{
+			Results: m.response,
+		}}},
+	}
+	rVal := reflect.ValueOf(r)
+	reflect.ValueOf(respBody).Elem().Set(rVal)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *mockNerdGraphClient) Response(response []nrdb.NRDBResult) {
+	m.response = response
+}
+
+func (m *mockNerdGraphClient) LastArgs() map[string]any {
+	return m.lastArgs
+}
+
+func (m *mockNerdGraphClient) Err(err error) {
+	m.err = err
+}
+
+func (m *mockNerdGraphClient) Clear() {
+	m.err = nil
+	m.response = nil
+	m.lastArgs = nil
+}
diff --git a/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic.go b/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic.go
index 2ec1ed9073..4222c72983 100644
--- a/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic.go
+++ b/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic.go
@@ -30,12 +30,20 @@ const (
 	defaultNrqlTimeout               = 5
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrNegativeTimeout = errors.New("timeout value needs to be a positive value")
+)
+
+type Account struct {
+	NRQL nrdb.NRDBResultContainer
+}
+
+type Actor struct {
+	Account
+}
+
 type gqlNrglQueryResponse struct {
-	Actor struct {
-		Account struct {
-			NRQL nrdb.NRDBResultContainer
-		}
-	}
+	Actor
 }
 
 const gqlNrqlQuery = `query (
@@ -60,9 +68,13 @@ type NewRelicClientAPI interface {
 	Query(metric v1alpha1.Metric) ([]nrdb.NRDBResult, error)
 }
 
+type nerdGraphClient interface {
+	QueryWithResponse(query string, variables map[string]interface{}, respBody interface{}) error
+}
+
 type NewRelicClient struct {
-	*newrelic.NewRelic
-	AccountID int
+	NerdGraphClient nerdGraphClient
+	AccountID       int
 }
 
 // Query executes a NRQL query against the given New Relic account
@@ -75,7 +87,7 @@ func (n *NewRelicClient) Query(metric v1alpha1.Metric) ([]nrdb.NRDBResult, error
 	}
 
 	if timeout < 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout value needs to be a positive value")
+		return nil, ErrNegativeTimeout
 	}
 
 	args := map[string]any{
@@ -84,7 +96,7 @@ func (n *NewRelicClient) Query(metric v1alpha1.Metric) ([]nrdb.NRDBResult, error
 		"timeout":   timeout,
 	}
 
-	if err := n.NerdGraph.QueryWithResponse(gqlNrqlQuery, args, &respBody); err != nil {
+	if err := n.NerdGraphClient.QueryWithResponse(gqlNrqlQuery, args, &respBody); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -233,7 +245,7 @@ func NewNewRelicAPIClient(metric v1alpha1.Metric, kubeclientset kubernetes.Inter
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse account ID: %w", err)
 		}
-		return &NewRelicClient{NewRelic: nrClient, AccountID: accID}, nil
+		return &NewRelicClient{NerdGraphClient: &nrClient.NerdGraph, AccountID: accID}, nil
 	} else {
 		return nil, errors.New("account ID or personal API key not found")
 	}
diff --git a/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic_test.go b/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic_test.go
index e3fdf8016a..9b1cf31156 100644
--- a/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic_test.go
+++ b/metricproviders/newrelic/newrelic_test.go
@@ -407,3 +407,73 @@ func TestNewNewRelicAPIClient(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNewRelicClient_Query(t *testing.T) {
+	accountId := 1234567
+	sevenTo := int64(7)
+	negativeTo := int64(-1)
+	defaultTo := int64(defaultNrqlTimeout)
+	theQuery := "FROM K8sContainerSample SELECT percentile(`cpuCoresUtilization`, 95)"
+
+	mockNGC := &mockNerdGraphClient{}
+	nrc := &NewRelicClient{NerdGraphClient: mockNGC, AccountID: accountId}
+
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		timeoutProvided *int64
+		timeoutUsed     *int64
+		query           string
+		want            []nrdb.NRDBResult
+		errMsg          string
+		gqlErr          error
+	}{
+		`returns results`: {
+			timeoutUsed: &defaultTo,
+			query:       theQuery,
+			want:        []nrdb.NRDBResult{map[string]any{"count": 10}},
+		},
+		`uses default timeout when one is not provided`: {
+			timeoutUsed: &defaultTo,
+			query:       theQuery,
+		},
+		`uses provided timeout`: {
+			timeoutUsed:     &sevenTo,
+			timeoutProvided: &sevenTo,
+			query:           theQuery,
+		},
+		`errors when timeout is negative`: {
+			timeoutProvided: &negativeTo,
+			query:           theQuery,
+			errMsg:          ErrNegativeTimeout.Error(),
+		},
+		`errors when nerdgraph returns error`: {
+			timeoutUsed: &defaultTo,
+			query:       theQuery,
+			errMsg:      "boom",
+			gqlErr:      errors.New("boom"),
+		},
+	}
+	for testName, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer mockNGC.Clear()
+			mockNGC.Err(tc.gqlErr)
+			mockNGC.Response(tc.want)
+			metric := v1alpha1.Metric{
+				Provider: v1alpha1.MetricProvider{
+					NewRelic: &v1alpha1.NewRelicMetric{
+						Timeout: tc.timeoutProvided,
+						Query:   tc.query,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			results, err := nrc.Query(metric)
+			if len(tc.errMsg) > 0 {
+				assert.EqualError(t, err, tc.errMsg)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, *tc.timeoutUsed, mockNGC.LastArgs()["timeout"])
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.query, mockNGC.LastArgs()["query"])
+			assert.Equal(t, accountId, mockNGC.LastArgs()["accountId"])
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, results)
+		})
+	}
+}