diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_course_updates.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_course_updates.py
index 4f92806871..30114496c8 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_course_updates.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_course_updates.py
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ class CourseUpdateTest(CourseTestCase):
                                            'provided_id': payload['id']})
         content += '<div>div <p>p<br/></p></div>'
         payload['content'] = content
+        # POST requests were coming in w/ these header values causing an error; so, repro error here
         resp = self.client.post(first_update_url, json.dumps(payload),
-                                "application/json")
+                                "application/json",
+                                HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE="PUT",
+                                REQUEST_METHOD="POST")
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(content, json.loads(resp.content)['content'],
                              "iframe w/ div")