diff --git a/eventstore/tasks.py b/eventstore/tasks.py
index c165b1a7..1eb73625 100644
--- a/eventstore/tasks.py
+++ b/eventstore/tasks.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ def get_engage_inbound_and_reply(wa_contact_id, message_id):
     }
 
 
-@app.task(acks_late=True, soft_time_limit=10, time_limit=15, bind=True)
+@app.task(acks_late=True, soft_time_limit=10, time_limit=15)
 def update_whatsapp_template_send_status(message_id, preferred_channel=None):
     try:
         status = WhatsAppTemplateSendStatus.objects.get(
diff --git a/eventstore/tests/test_tasks.py b/eventstore/tests/test_tasks.py
index 16ddaa21..b8ca488a 100644
--- a/eventstore/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/eventstore/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 from temba_client.v2 import TembaClient
 
 from eventstore import tasks
-from eventstore.models import Covid19Triage, ImportError, ImportRow, MomConnectImport
+from eventstore.models import (
+    Covid19Triage,
+    ImportError,
+    ImportRow,
+    MomConnectImport,
+    WhatsAppTemplateSendStatus,
+)
 from ndoh_hub import utils
 from registrations.models import ClinicCode
 
@@ -917,3 +923,32 @@ def test_send_slack_message(self):
         response = utils.send_slack_message("test-mom", str(self.contact_details))
 
         self.assertEqual(response, True)
+
+
+class UpdateWhatsappTemplateSendStatus(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.status = WhatsAppTemplateSendStatus.objects.create(
+            message_id="test-message-id"
+        )
+
+    def test_update_status_whatsapp(self):
+        tasks.update_whatsapp_template_send_status.delay(self.status.message_id)
+
+        self.status.refresh_from_db()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.status.status, WhatsAppTemplateSendStatus.Status.EVENT_RECEIVED
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.status.preferred_channel, "WhatsApp")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.status.event_received_at)
+
+    def test_update_status_sms(self):
+        tasks.update_whatsapp_template_send_status.delay(self.status.message_id, "SMS")
+
+        self.status.refresh_from_db()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.status.status, WhatsAppTemplateSendStatus.Status.EVENT_RECEIVED
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.status.preferred_channel, "SMS")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.status.event_received_at)