diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6adebe..6f9c5bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.7.1 (2024-08-22)
+
+- add option `UseTestEnvironment` for use test environment in API requests
+
 ## v1.7.0 (2024-08-14)
 
 - support API v7.9
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1055b52..12db0c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ b, err := bot.New("YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_FROM_BOTFATHER", opts...)
 - `WithAllowedUpdates(params AllowedUpdates)` - set [allowed_updates](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getupdates) for getUpdates method
 - `WithUpdatesChannelCap(cap int)` - set updates channel capacity, by default 1024
 - `WithWebhookSecretToken(webhookSecretToken string)` - set X-Telegram-Bot-Api-Secret-Token header sent from telegram servers to confirm validity of update
+- `UseTestEnvironment()` - use test environment
 
 ## Message.Text and CallbackQuery.Data handlers
 
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index b9b8247..3e5b0ba 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Bot struct {
 	pollTimeout        time.Duration
 	skipGetMe          bool
 	webhookSecretToken string
+	testEnvironment    bool
 
 	defaultHandlerFunc HandlerFunc
 
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 667c96d..eb7ca5d 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -109,3 +109,10 @@ func WithWebhookSecretToken(webhookSecretToken string) Option {
 		b.webhookSecretToken = webhookSecretToken
 	}
 }
+
+// UseTestEnvironment allows to use test environment
+func UseTestEnvironment() Option {
+	return func(b *Bot) {
+		b.testEnvironment = true
+	}
+}
diff --git a/raw_request.go b/raw_request.go
index edb401c..ee1e2e0 100644
--- a/raw_request.go
+++ b/raw_request.go
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ func (b *Bot) rawRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, params any, dest an
 		}
 	}
 
-	u := b.url + "/bot" + b.token + "/" + method
+	u := b.url + "/bot" + b.token + "/"
+	if b.testEnvironment {
+		u += "test/"
+	}
+	u += method
 
 	if b.isDebug && strings.ToLower(method) != "getupdates" {
 		requestDebugData, _ := json.Marshal(params)