diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index fd969f7..d4ba6ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
 
 def test_authentication_failure(app):
-    resp = app.get('/api/partner/12345abcde12345abcde12345abcde12/', status=403)
+    resp = app.get('/api/partner/12345abcde12345abcde12345abcde12/', status=401)
     json.loads(resp.text)
 
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def test_idp_based_partner_authentication(mocked_post, app, cut_kevin_uuid, acl)
     # failure
     response = {'result': 0, 'errors': ['Invalid username/password.']}
     mocked_post.return_value = FakedResponse(content=json.dumps(response))
-    app.put_json(url, params=payload, status=403, headers={'If-None-Match': '*'})
+    app.put_json(url, params=payload, status=401, headers={'If-None-Match': '*'})
     response = {'result': 1, 'errors': []}
     # test with RP
     client_id = client_secret = 'a1b2' * 8