diff --git a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
index 429172011..64c51becc 100644
--- a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from app.models import (
     LETTER_TYPE,
     SMS_TYPE,
     Template,
-    TemplateHistory
+    TemplateHistory,
+    CHOOSE_POSTAGE
 )
 from app.dao.templates_dao import dao_get_template_by_id, dao_redact_template
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ from tests.conftest import set_config_values
 def test_should_create_a_new_template_for_a_service(
     client, sample_user, template_type, subject
 ):
-    service = create_service(service_permissions=[template_type])
+    service = create_service(service_permissions=[template_type, CHOOSE_POSTAGE])
     data = {
         'name': 'my template',
         'template_type': template_type,
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ def test_should_create_a_new_template_for_a_service(
     }
     if subject:
         data.update({'subject': subject})
+    if template_type == LETTER_TYPE:
+        data.update({'postage': 'first'})
     data = json.dumps(data)
     auth_header = create_authorization_header()
 
@@ -76,6 +79,11 @@ def test_should_create_a_new_template_for_a_service(
     else:
         assert not json_resp['data']['subject']
 
+    if template_type == LETTER_TYPE:
+        assert json_resp['data']['postage'] == 'first'
+    else:
+        assert not json_resp['data']['postage']
+
     template = Template.query.get(json_resp['data']['id'])
     from app.schemas import template_schema
     assert sorted(json_resp['data']) == sorted(template_schema.dump(template).data)
@@ -356,16 +364,19 @@ def test_must_have_a_subject_on_an_email_or_letter_template(client, sample_user,
     assert json_resp['errors'][0]["message"] == 'subject is a required property'
 
 
-def test_update_should_update_a_template(client, sample_user, sample_template):
+def test_update_should_update_a_template(client, sample_user):
+    service = create_service(service_permissions=[LETTER_TYPE, CHOOSE_POSTAGE])
+    template = create_template(service, template_type="letter", postage="second")
     data = {
-        'content': 'my template has new content <script type="text/javascript">alert("foo")</script>',
-        'created_by': str(sample_user.id)
+        'content': 'my template has new content, swell!',
+        'created_by': str(sample_user.id),
+        'postage': 'first'
     }
     data = json.dumps(data)
     auth_header = create_authorization_header()
 
     update_response = client.post(
-        '/service/{}/template/{}'.format(sample_template.service_id, sample_template.id),
+        '/service/{}/template/{}'.format(service.id, template.id),
         headers=[('Content-Type', 'application/json'), auth_header],
         data=data
     )
@@ -373,10 +384,11 @@ def test_update_should_update_a_template(client, sample_user, sample_template):
     assert update_response.status_code == 200
     update_json_resp = json.loads(update_response.get_data(as_text=True))
     assert update_json_resp['data']['content'] == (
-        'my template has new content <script type="text/javascript">alert("foo")</script>'
+        'my template has new content, swell!'
     )
-    assert update_json_resp['data']['name'] == sample_template.name
-    assert update_json_resp['data']['template_type'] == sample_template.template_type
+    assert update_json_resp['data']['postage'] == 'first'
+    assert update_json_resp['data']['name'] == template.name
+    assert update_json_resp['data']['template_type'] == template.template_type
     assert update_json_resp['data']['version'] == 2