diff --git a/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/test_crowdsource_hinter.py b/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/test_crowdsource_hinter.py
index f62acc8c0f..5fa5bcef1b 100644
--- a/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/test_crowdsource_hinter.py
+++ b/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/test_crowdsource_hinter.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Test scenarios for the crowdsource hinter xblock.
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import json
 import unittest
 
+import simplejson as json
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 from six import text_type