diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index fe5b913f61..fd5c124322 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.admin',
 
     # for managing course modes
-    'course_modes',
+    'course_modes.apps.CourseModesConfig',
 
     # Verified Track Content Cohorting (Beta feature that will hopefully be removed)
     'openedx.core.djangoapps.verified_track_content',
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index ab51b1b5ea..a49027076a 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'notifier_api',
 
     # Different Course Modes
-    'course_modes',
+    'course_modes.apps.CourseModesConfig',
 
     # Enrollment API
     'enrollment',