diff --git a/static/js/activity.js b/static/js/activity.js
index 0e37bc6d4b..9840e60057 100644
--- a/static/js/activity.js
+++ b/static/js/activity.js
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ exports._status_from_timestamp = status_from_timestamp;
 
 function focus_ping() {
     channel.post({
-        url: '/json/update_active_status',
+        url: '/json/users/me/presence',
         data: {status: (exports.has_focus) ? exports.ACTIVE : exports.IDLE,
                new_user_input: exports.new_user_input},
         idempotent: true,
diff --git a/tools/deprecated/stress-test/stress-test.coffee b/tools/deprecated/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
index ef024ab50a..22052972b8 100644
--- a/tools/deprecated/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
+++ b/tools/deprecated/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ZulipSession extends Session
             message_latency.update(+new Date() - parseInt(m[1], 10))
 
     update_active_status: ->
-        @post "/json/update_active_status", {status: "active"}, update_status_time.cbTimer()
+        @post "/json/users/me/presence", {status: "active"}, update_status_time.cbTimer()
 
     send_stream_message: (stream, subject, content) ->
         @post '/json/messages', {
diff --git a/zerver/decorator.py b/zerver/decorator.py
index ad04bda21e..d741d41b71 100644
--- a/zerver/decorator.py
+++ b/zerver/decorator.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def asynchronous(method):
 def update_user_activity(request, user_profile):
     # update_active_status also pushes to rabbitmq, and it seems
     # redundant to log that here as well.
-    if request.META["PATH_INFO"] == '/json/update_active_status':
+    if request.META["PATH_INFO"] == '/json/users/me/presence':
         return
 
     if hasattr(request, '_query'):
diff --git a/zerver/tests.py b/zerver/tests.py
index f5a88e8946..9d6d02e6fd 100644
--- a/zerver/tests.py
+++ b/zerver/tests.py
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ class UserPresenceTests(AuthedTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(list(json['presences'].keys()), ['hamlet@zulip.com'])
             return json['presences'][email][client]['timestamp']
 
-        result = self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        result = self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         test_result(result)
 
         result = self.client.post("/json/get_active_statuses", {})
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ class UserPresenceTests(AuthedTestCase):
 
         email = "othello@zulip.com"
         self.login(email)
-        self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         result = self.client.post("/json/get_active_statuses", {})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ class UserPresenceTests(AuthedTestCase):
         self.login("hamlet@zulip.com")
         client = 'website'
 
-        self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         result = self.client.post("/json/get_active_statuses", {})
 
         self.assert_json_success(result)
@@ -1172,14 +1172,14 @@ class UserPresenceTests(AuthedTestCase):
 
         email = "othello@zulip.com"
         self.login("othello@zulip.com")
-        self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         result = self.client.post("/json/get_active_statuses", {})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
         self.assertEqual(json['presences'][email][client]['status'], 'idle')
         self.assertEqual(json['presences']['hamlet@zulip.com'][client]['status'], 'idle')
 
-        self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'active'})
+        self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'active'})
         result = self.client.post("/json/get_active_statuses", {})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
@@ -1189,19 +1189,19 @@ class UserPresenceTests(AuthedTestCase):
     def test_no_mit(self):
         # MIT never gets a list of users
         self.login("espuser@mit.edu")
-        result = self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        result = self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
         self.assertEqual(json['presences'], {})
 
     def test_same_realm(self):
         self.login("espuser@mit.edu")
-        self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         result = self.client.post("/accounts/logout/")
 
         # Ensure we don't see hamlet@zulip.com information leakage
         self.login("hamlet@zulip.com")
-        result = self.client.post("/json/update_active_status", {'status': 'idle'})
+        result = self.client.post("/json/users/me/presence", {'status': 'idle'})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
         self.assertEqual(json['presences']["hamlet@zulip.com"]["website"]['status'], 'idle')