diff --git a/draft-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/draftapi/integration/ArticleApiClient.scala b/draft-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/draftapi/integration/ArticleApiClient.scala
index 016b6adff3..e15f5a12e3 100644
--- a/draft-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/draftapi/integration/ArticleApiClient.scala
+++ b/draft-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/draftapi/integration/ArticleApiClient.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ trait ArticleApiClient {
     ): Try[Draft] = {
       converterService
         .toArticleApiArticle(draft)
-        .map(article =>
+        .flatMap(article =>
           postWithData[common.article.Article, common.article.Article](
             s"$InternalEndpoint/article/$id",
             article,
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/scala/no/ndla/integrationtests/draftapi/articleapi/ArticleApiClientTest.scala b/integration-tests/src/test/scala/no/ndla/integrationtests/draftapi/articleapi/ArticleApiClientTest.scala
index 2bcdcecd54..a09553f404 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/scala/no/ndla/integrationtests/draftapi/articleapi/ArticleApiClientTest.scala
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/scala/no/ndla/integrationtests/draftapi/articleapi/ArticleApiClientTest.scala
@@ -190,4 +190,20 @@ class ArticleApiClientTest
       .flatMap(article => articleApiCient.validateArticle(article, importValidate = false, None))
     result.isSuccess should be(false)
   }
+
+  test("that updating an article returns 400 if missing required field") {
+    AuthUser.setHeader(s"Bearer $exampleToken")
+    val articleApiCient = new ArticleApiClient(articleApiBaseUrl)
+    val invalidArticle  = testArticle.copy(metaDescription = Seq.empty)
+    val result = articleApiCient.updateArticle(
+      id = 10,
+      draft = invalidArticle,
+      externalIds = List.empty,
+      useImportValidation = false,
+      useSoftValidation = false,
+      user = authUser
+    )
+
+    result.isSuccess should be(false)
+  }
 }