diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_user_profile_properties.py b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_user_profile_properties.py
index 960f35432e..9b9a4214e3 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_user_profile_properties.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_user_profile_properties.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class UserProfilePropertiesTest(CacheIsolationTestCase):
 
     def test_invalidate_cache_user_profile_country_updated(self):
 
-        country = 'us'
+        country = 'US'
         self.profile.country = country
         self.profile.save()
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/tests/test_constants.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/tests/test_constants.py
index 332eb73117..012591627d 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/tests/test_constants.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/tests/test_constants.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SORTED_COUNTRIES = [
     (u"GQ", u"Equatorial Guinea"),
     (u"ER", u"Eritrea"),
     (u"EE", u"Estonia"),
+    (u"SZ", u"Eswatini"),
     (u"ET", u"Ethiopia"),
     (u"FK", u"Falkland Islands  [Malvinas]"),
     (u"FO", u"Faroe Islands"),
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ SORTED_COUNTRIES = [
     (u"LT", u"Lithuania"),
     (u"LU", u"Luxembourg"),
     (u"MO", u"Macao"),
-    (u"MK", u"Macedonia"),
     (u"MG", u"Madagascar"),
     (u"MW", u"Malawi"),
     (u"MY", u"Malaysia"),
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ SORTED_COUNTRIES = [
     (u"NU", u"Niue"),
     (u"NF", u"Norfolk Island"),
     (u"KP", u"North Korea"),
+    (u"MK", u"North Macedonia"),
     (u"MP", u"Northern Mariana Islands"),
     (u"NO", u"Norway"),
     (u"OM", u"Oman"),
@@ -215,7 +216,6 @@ SORTED_COUNTRIES = [
     (u"SD", u"Sudan"),
     (u"SR", u"Suriname"),
     (u"SJ", u"Svalbard and Jan Mayen"),
-    (u"SZ", u"Swaziland"),
     (u"SE", u"Sweden"),
     (u"CH", u"Switzerland"),
     (u"SY", u"Syria"),
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
index 04f6f3976e..b4e8cce991 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class RegistrationViewTest(ThirdPartyAuthTestMixin, UserAPITestCase):
     YEAR_OF_BIRTH = "1998"
     ADDRESS = "123 Fake Street"
     CITY = "Springfield"
-    COUNTRY = "us"
+    COUNTRY = "US"
     GOALS = "Learn all the things!"
     PROFESSION_OPTIONS = [
         {
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 46a5e7fb4a..0c388bd5f6 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Django<1.12                     # Web application framework
 django-babel-underscore             # underscore template extractor for django-babel (internationalization utilities)
 django-config-models>=1.0.0         # Configuration models for Django allowing config management with auditing
 django-cors-headers==2.5.3          # Used to allow to configure CORS headers for cross-domain requests
-django-countries==4.6.1             # Country data for Django forms and model fields
+django-countries                    # Country data for Django forms and model fields
 django-crum                         # Middleware that stores the current request and user in thread local storage
 django-fernet-fields                # via edx-enterprise (should be added to its setup.py)
 django-filter==1.0.4                # Allows users to filter Django querysets dynamically
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index f6e4809c44..d2e2d14474 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f3
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0  # via django-sekizai
 django-config-models==1.0.3
 django-cors-headers==2.5.3
-django-countries==4.6.1
+django-countries==5.5
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-fernet-fields==0.6
 django-filter==1.0.4
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 34636e0238..3fbe7cfb7b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f3
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0
 django-config-models==1.0.3
 django-cors-headers==2.5.3
-django-countries==4.6.1
+django-countries==5.5
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-debug-toolbar==1.11
 django-fernet-fields==0.6
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 598c2f54f7..7b9fefb53a 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f3
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0
 django-config-models==1.0.3
 django-cors-headers==2.5.3
-django-countries==4.6.1
+django-countries==5.5
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-fernet-fields==0.6
 django-filter==1.0.4