diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
index 1538026517..fb1328b174 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseNotFound, StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET, require_http_methods
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_attribute, set_custom_attributes_for_course_key
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ def _write_chunk(request, courselike_key):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=too-
 @require_GET
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
 @login_required
+@cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
 @ensure_valid_course_key
 def import_status_handler(request, course_key_string, filename=None):
     """
@@ -273,9 +275,7 @@ def import_status_handler(request, course_key_string, filename=None):
             message = artifact.text
     else:
         status = min(task_status.completed_steps + 1, 3)
-    if task_status:
-        logging.info(f'Import Name : {name} task uuid:  {task_status.uuid} task status : {task_status.state} status:'
-                     f'{status}')
+
     return JsonResponse({"ImportStatus": status, "Message": message})
 
 
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_import_export.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_import_export.py
index 51c58162e8..aba4fdc317 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_import_export.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_import_export.py
@@ -675,6 +675,17 @@ class ImportTestCase(CourseTestCase):
         status_response = self.get_import_status(self.course.id, self.good_tar)
         self.assertImportStatusResponse(status_response, self.UpdatingError, import_error.UNKNOWN_ERROR_IN_IMPORT)
 
+    def test_import_status_response_is_not_cached(self):
+        """To test import_status endpoint response is not cached"""
+        resp = self.client.get(
+            reverse_course_url(
+                'import_status_handler',
+                self.course.id,
+                kwargs={'filename': os.path.split(self.good_tar)[1]}
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.headers['Cache-Control'], 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate')
+
 
 @override_settings(CONTENTSTORE=TEST_DATA_CONTENTSTORE)
 @ddt.ddt
diff --git a/cms/static/js/features/import/views/import.js b/cms/static/js/features/import/views/import.js
index 8bd9f91ed7..94e31d6394 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/features/import/views/import.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/features/import/views/import.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ define(
         var current = {stage: 0, state: STATE.READY};
         var deferred = null;
         var file = {name: null, url: null};
-        var timeout = {id: null, delay: 1000};
+        var timeout = {id: null, delay: 3000};
         var $dom = {
             stages: $('ol.status-progress').children(),
             successStage: $('.item-progresspoint-success'),