diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_git_export.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_git_export.py
index 7c6c4965de..0fa709ad0a 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_git_export.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_git_export.py
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ class TestGitExport(CourseTestCase):
 
         # Send bad url to get course not exported
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ex:
-            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, GitExportError.URL_BAD):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, str(GitExportError.URL_BAD)):
                 call_command('git_export', 'foo/bar/baz', 'silly',
                              stderr=StringIO.StringIO())
         self.assertEqual(ex.exception.code, 1)
         # Send bad course_id to get course not exported
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ex:
-            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, GitExportError.BAD_COURSE):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, str(GitExportError.BAD_COURSE)):
                 call_command('git_export', 'foo/bar:baz', 'silly',
                              stderr=StringIO.StringIO())
         self.assertEqual(ex.exception.code, 1)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class TestGitExport(CourseTestCase):
         """
         output = StringIO.StringIO()
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, GitExportError.BAD_COURSE):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, str(GitExportError.BAD_COURSE)):
                 call_command(
                     'git_export', 'foo/bar:baz', 'silly',
                     stdout=output, stderr=output
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestGitExport(CourseTestCase):
 
         output = StringIO.StringIO()
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, GitExportError.URL_BAD):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegexp(CommandError, str(GitExportError.URL_BAD)):
                 call_command(
                     'git_export', 'foo/bar/baz', 'silly',
                     stdout=output, stderr=output