diff --git a/api_tests/package.json b/api_tests/package.json
index 13c194963..6a9a4d6d9 100644
--- a/api_tests/package.json
+++ b/api_tests/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.19",
     "jest": "^26.6.3",
-    "lemmy-js-client": "1.0.17-beta3",
+    "lemmy-js-client": "1.0.17-beta6",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "ts-jest": "^26.4.4",
     "prettier": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/api_tests/src/shared.ts b/api_tests/src/shared.ts
index 8e6d53348..207870388 100644
--- a/api_tests/src/shared.ts
+++ b/api_tests/src/shared.ts
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ export async function saveUserSettingsBio(
   let form: SaveUserSettings = {
     show_nsfw: true,
     theme: 'darkly',
-    default_sort_type: SortType.Active,
-    default_listing_type: ListingType.All,
+    default_sort_type: Object.keys(SortType).indexOf(SortType.Active),
+    default_listing_type: Object.keys(ListingType).indexOf(ListingType.All),
     lang: 'en',
     show_avatars: true,
     send_notifications_to_email: false,
diff --git a/api_tests/src/user.spec.ts b/api_tests/src/user.spec.ts
index 7886f8eb4..4352aa423 100644
--- a/api_tests/src/user.spec.ts
+++ b/api_tests/src/user.spec.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ test('Set some user settings, check that they are federated', async () => {
   let form: SaveUserSettings = {
     show_nsfw: false,
     theme: '',
-    default_sort_type: SortType.Hot,
-    default_listing_type: ListingType.All,
+    default_sort_type: Object.keys(SortType).indexOf(SortType.Hot),
+    default_listing_type: Object.keys(ListingType).indexOf(ListingType.All),
     lang: '',
     avatar,
     banner,
diff --git a/api_tests/yarn.lock b/api_tests/yarn.lock
index 3a59e6737..aacf18741 100644
--- a/api_tests/yarn.lock
+++ b/api_tests/yarn.lock
@@ -3210,10 +3210,10 @@ language-tags@^1.0.5:
   dependencies:
     language-subtag-registry "~0.3.2"
 
-lemmy-js-client@1.0.17-beta3:
-  version "1.0.17-beta3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lemmy-js-client/-/lemmy-js-client-1.0.17-beta3.tgz#ad53f3fd57e7656732f0ccde4f6b22242d77fd9b"
-  integrity sha512-0GIStZtmkCZmKk12faEusYyEIdDhhnSZ52HIu1b8rPhl68OrxVYBRbl2DQC6Ue7LFR2yMsa1q6Mp1UrTCTssRA==
+lemmy-js-client@1.0.17-beta6:
+  version "1.0.17-beta6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lemmy-js-client/-/lemmy-js-client-1.0.17-beta6.tgz#afe1e1da13172a161c4d976b1ee58fe81eb22829"
+  integrity sha512-+oX7J7wht8nH4a5NQngK1GNner3TDv6ZOhQQVI5KcK7vynVVIcgveC5KBJArHBAl5acXpLs3Khmx0ZEb+sErJA==
 
 leven@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"