diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
index 37eb51e75864bc62d8346b865fba8150e058bb8f..dc37e135fe10a0847ab48e4dc41d249fe387a189 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ class VideoDescriptorTest(TestCase, VideoDescriptorTestBase):
         self.assertNotEqual(video.edx_video_id, u'')
 
         video_data = get_video_info(video.edx_video_id)
-        self.assertEqual(video_data['status'], 'imported')
+        self.assertEqual(video_data['status'], 'external')
 
         # Verify that VAL transcript is imported.
         self.assertDictContainsSubset(
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ class VideoDescriptorTest(TestCase, VideoDescriptorTestBase):
         self.assertNotEqual(video.edx_video_id, u'')
 
         video_data = get_video_info(video.edx_video_id)
-        self.assertEqual(video_data['status'], 'imported')
+        self.assertEqual(video_data['status'], 'external')
 
         # Verify that correct transcripts are imported.
         self.assertDictContainsSubset(
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 405b91096b89030df5322138230c79680742057f..626e3ed24750adbd07676db031d568d3e64fbeb9 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ edx-rest-api-client==1.7.2
 edx-search==1.2.1
 edx-submissions==2.0.12
 edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
-edxval==0.1.17
+edxval==0.1.18
 elasticsearch==1.9.0      # via edx-search
 enum34==1.1.6
 event-tracking==0.2.4
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 20ba2a7c8a871d24c77e9d7f0b7347d9c593e805..b758a4c30a388633b4241b5330c9e957ae8cdd37 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ edx-search==1.2.1
 edx-sphinx-theme==1.3.0
 edx-submissions==2.0.12
 edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
-edxval==0.1.17
+edxval==0.1.18
 elasticsearch==1.9.0
 enum34==1.1.6
 event-tracking==0.2.4
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 13a6951c2c824f8a58969800f7a9a45de32d1dd7..91ed0acceea6464caa55acbc98a854ad59ed421b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ edx-rest-api-client==1.7.2
 edx-search==1.2.1
 edx-submissions==2.0.12
 edx-user-state-client==1.0.4
-edxval==0.1.17
+edxval==0.1.18
 elasticsearch==1.9.0
 enum34==1.1.6
 event-tracking==0.2.4