diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/policies_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/policies_spec.rb
index fe6bdbd97..9acd47a7b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/policies_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/policies_spec.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,20 @@ RSpec.describe 'Policies' do
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write write:notifications'
 
     context 'with no options' do
-      it 'returns http success', :aggregate_failures do
+      it 'returns json with expected attributes', :aggregate_failures do
         subject
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(body_as_json).to include(
+          filter_not_following: false,
+          filter_not_followers: false,
+          filter_new_accounts: false,
+          filter_private_mentions: true,
+          summary: a_hash_including(
+            pending_requests_count: '1',
+            pending_notifications_count: '0'
+          )
+        )
       end
     end
   end
@@ -35,14 +45,25 @@ RSpec.describe 'Policies' do
       put '/api/v1/notifications/policy', headers: headers, params: params
     end
 
-    let(:params) { {} }
+    let(:params) { { filter_not_following: true } }
 
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read read:notifications'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      subject
+    it 'changes notification policy and returns an updated json object', :aggregate_failures do
+      expect { subject }
+        .to change { NotificationPolicy.find_or_initialize_by(account: user.account).filter_not_following }.from(false).to(true)
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      expect(body_as_json).to include(
+        filter_not_following: true,
+        filter_not_followers: false,
+        filter_new_accounts: false,
+        filter_private_mentions: true,
+        summary: a_hash_including(
+          pending_requests_count: '0',
+          pending_notifications_count: '0'
+        )
+      )
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
index 64675d562..772402a6b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
@@ -82,15 +82,10 @@ RSpec.describe 'Requests' do
 
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read read:notifications'
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
+    it 'returns http success and dismisses the notification request', :aggregate_failures do
       subject
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-    end
-
-    it 'dismisses the notification request' do
-      subject
-
       expect(notification_request.reload.dismissed?).to be true
     end