diff --git a/mistralclient/commands/v2/action_executions.py b/mistralclient/commands/v2/action_executions.py
index 195cf9eb..ea754bc9 100644
--- a/mistralclient/commands/v2/action_executions.py
+++ b/mistralclient/commands/v2/action_executions.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class Update(command.ShowOne):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--state',
             dest='state',
-            choices=['IDLE', 'RUNNING', 'SUCCESS', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED'],
+            choices=['PAUSED', 'RUNNING', 'SUCCESS', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED'],
             help='Action execution state')
         parser.add_argument(
             '--output',
diff --git a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_action_execs.py b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_action_execs.py
index fe1a1e87..786026c0 100644
--- a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_action_execs.py
+++ b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_action_execs.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class TestCLIActionExecutions(base.BaseCommandTest):
         )
 
     def test_update(self):
-        states = ['IDLE', 'RUNNING', 'SUCCESS', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED']
+        states = ['PAUSED', 'RUNNING', 'SUCCESS', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED']
 
         for state in states:
             action_ex_dict = copy.deepcopy(ACTION_EX_DICT)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class TestCLIActionExecutions(base.BaseCommandTest):
             self.assertEqual(expected_result, result[1])
 
     def test_update_invalid_state(self):
-        states = ['PAUSED', 'WAITING', 'DELAYED']
+        states = ['IDLE', 'WAITING', 'DELAYED']
 
         # Redirect the stderr so it doesn't show during tox
         _stderr = sys.stderr