diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
index b3bfc476423..05355cbbc68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
@@ -4288,7 +4288,7 @@ public Response getDatasetVersionArchivalStatus(@Context ContainerRequestContext
                     headers);
 
             if (dsv.getArchivalCopyLocation() == null) {
-                return error(Status.NO_CONTENT, "This dataset version has not been archived");
+                return error(Status.NOT_FOUND, "This dataset version has not been archived");
             } else {
                 JsonObject status = JsonUtil.getJsonObject(dsv.getArchivalCopyLocation());
                 return ok(status);
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index 928574eb82b..7efd44b9533 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -3291,7 +3291,8 @@ public void testArchivalStatusAPI() throws IOException {
 
         //Verify the status is empty
         Response nullStatus = UtilIT.getDatasetVersionArchivalStatus(datasetId, "1.0", apiToken);
-        nullStatus.then().assertThat().statusCode(NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode());
+        nullStatus.prettyPrint();
+        nullStatus.then().assertThat().statusCode(NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode());
 
         //Set it
         Response setStatus = UtilIT.setDatasetVersionArchivalStatus(datasetId, "1.0", apiToken, "pending",
@@ -3309,7 +3310,7 @@ public void testArchivalStatusAPI() throws IOException {
 
         //Make sure it's gone
         Response nullStatus2 = UtilIT.getDatasetVersionArchivalStatus(datasetId, "1.0", apiToken);
-        nullStatus2.then().assertThat().statusCode(NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode());
+        nullStatus2.then().assertThat().statusCode(NOT_FOUND.getStatusCode());
 
     }