diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7b578f37..6ec9ee5a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/travis-ci/travis-core.git
-  revision: c251a6e0fa1c98723fa877a0bc4ee1d27190a12c
+  revision: a5bdfab137229d4ec6b3135657596d5546ed11a6
   specs:
     travis-core (0.0.1)
       actionmailer (~> 3.2.12)
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/jobs.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/jobs.rb
index 97a7b697..dec9ce34 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/jobs.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/jobs.rb
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ class Travis::Api::App
       end
 
       post "/:job_id/annotations" do
-        if params[:description]
+        if params[:status] && params[:description]
           annotation = service(:update_annotation, params).run
 
           status annotation ? 204 : 401
         else
           status 422
 
-          { "error" => "Must include a description" }
+          { "error" => "Must include status and description" }
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/v2/jobs_spec.rb b/spec/integration/v2/jobs_spec.rb
index 8b3a1435..6e092e00 100644
--- a/spec/integration/v2/jobs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/v2/jobs_spec.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe 'Jobs' do
 
   it "GET /jobs/:id/annotations" do
     annotation_provider = Factory(:annotation_provider)
-    annotation = annotation_provider.annotations.create(job_id: job.id, description: "Foobar")
+    annotation = annotation_provider.annotations.create(job_id: job.id, status: "passed", description: "Foobar")
     response = get "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", {}, headers
     response.should deliver_json_for(Annotation.where(id: annotation.id), version: 'v2')
   end
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe 'Jobs' do
     context "with valid credentials" do
       it "responds with a 204" do
         annotation_provider = Factory(:annotation_provider)
-        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: annotation_provider.api_username, key: annotation_provider.api_key, description: "Foobar" }, headers
+        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: annotation_provider.api_username, key: annotation_provider.api_key, status: "passed", description: "Foobar" }, headers
         response.status.should eq(204)
       end
     end
@@ -95,14 +95,22 @@ describe 'Jobs' do
     context "without a description" do
       it "responds with a 422" do
         annotation_provider = Factory(:annotation_provider)
-        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: annotation_provider.api_username, key: annotation_provider.api_key }, headers
+        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: annotation_provider.api_username, key: annotation_provider.api_key, status: "errored" }, headers
+        response.status.should eq(422)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without a status" do
+      it "responds with a 422" do
+        annotation_provider = Factory(:annotation_provider)
+        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: annotation_provider.api_username, key: annotation_provider.api_key, description: "Foobar" }, headers
         response.status.should eq(422)
       end
     end
 
     context "with invalid credentials" do
       it "responds with a 401" do
-        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: "invalid-username", key: "invalid-key", description: "Foobar" }, headers
+        response = post "/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { username: "invalid-username", key: "invalid-key", status: "passed", description: "Foobar" }, headers
         response.status.should eq(401)
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/endpoint/jobs_spec.rb b/spec/unit/endpoint/jobs_spec.rb
index 30cc8ac0..23dc5636 100644
--- a/spec/unit/endpoint/jobs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/endpoint/jobs_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ describe Travis::Api::App::Endpoint::Jobs do
   end
 
   it "POST /jobs/:id/annotations" do
-    response = post("/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { "username" => provider.api_username, "key" => provider.api_key, "description" => "Foobar" }, "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "application/vnd.travis-ci.2+json, */*; q=0.01").should be_successful
+    response = post("/jobs/#{job.id}/annotations", { "username" => provider.api_username, "key" => provider.api_key, "status" => "passed", "description" => "Foobar" }, "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "application/vnd.travis-ci.2+json, */*; q=0.01").should be_successful
   end
 end