diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7db320d..ff58c08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - This file and CONTRIBUTING.rst to markdown
+- Updated inference status enum from numerical to meaningful string values
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/datacrunch/InferenceClient/inference_client.py b/datacrunch/InferenceClient/inference_client.py
index 216a057..df3fb05 100644
--- a/datacrunch/InferenceClient/inference_client.py
+++ b/datacrunch/InferenceClient/inference_client.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ class InferenceClientError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class AsyncStatus(int, Enum):
-    Initialized = 0
-    Queue = 1
-    Inference = 2
-    Completed = 3
+class AsyncStatus(str, Enum):
+    Initialized = "Initialized"
+    Queue = "Queue"
+    Inference = "Inference"
+    Completed = "Completed"
 
 
 @dataclass_json(undefined=Undefined.EXCLUDE)