diff --git a/examples/async_event_notification_handler_endpoint.py b/examples/async_event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
index 2cad998ed..3a7f6a9ec 100644
--- a/examples/async_event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
+++ b/examples/async_event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 app = FastAPI()
 api_key = os.environ.get("STRIPE_API_KEY", "")
-webhook_secret = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_SECRET", "")
+webhook_secret = os.environ["WEBHOOK_SECRET"]
 
 # Webhooks can be delivered more than once, so we track ids we've already
 # processed. In production, back this with something durable and shared
diff --git a/examples/event_notification_handler_endpoint.py b/examples/event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
index c1db46f13..b33b845b2 100644
--- a/examples/event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
+++ b/examples/event_notification_handler_endpoint.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 api_key = os.environ.get("STRIPE_API_KEY", "")
-webhook_secret = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_SECRET", "")
+webhook_secret = os.environ["WEBHOOK_SECRET"]
 
 # Webhooks can be delivered more than once, so we track ids we've already
 # processed. In production, back this with something durable and shared
diff --git a/examples/event_notification_webhook_handler.py b/examples/event_notification_webhook_handler.py
index d05117c8c..6bfdb8cb2 100644
--- a/examples/event_notification_webhook_handler.py
+++ b/examples/event_notification_webhook_handler.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 api_key = os.environ.get("STRIPE_API_KEY", "")
-webhook_secret = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_SECRET", "")
+webhook_secret = os.environ["WEBHOOK_SECRET"]
 
 client = StripeClient(api_key)
 
diff --git a/examples/webhooks.py b/examples/webhooks.py
index 79352b1a6..5f393bf00 100644
--- a/examples/webhooks.py
+++ b/examples/webhooks.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # this is for handling v1-style Snapshot Events.
 # To handle v2-style Events, see `event_notification_webhook_handler.py`
 
-webhook_secret = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_SECRET")
+webhook_secret = os.environ["WEBHOOK_SECRET"]
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_webhook.py b/tests/test_webhook.py
index 9b1420a8d..08c9e20b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_webhook.py
+++ b/tests/test_webhook.py
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ def test_raise_on_v2_payload(self, stripe_mock_stripe_client):
             )
         assert "parse_event_notification" in str(e.value)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("secret", [None, ""])
+    def test_raise_on_missing_secret(self, stripe_mock_stripe_client, secret):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            SignatureVerificationError,
+            match="No webhook secret value was provided",
+        ):
+            stripe_mock_stripe_client.construct_event(
+                DUMMY_WEBHOOK_PAYLOAD, generate_header(), secret
+            )
+
     def test_construct_event_inherits_requestor(self, http_client_mock):
         http_client_mock.stub_request("delete", "/v1/terminal/readers/rdr_123")