diff --git a/spec/api-review-state.spec.ts b/spec/api-review-state.spec.ts
index c3e0273..04ad2eb 100644
--- a/spec/api-review-state.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-review-state.spec.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('api review', () => {
       data: [
         {
           user: { id: 1, login: 'ckerr' },
-          body: 'Fix this please!',
+          body: 'API CHANGES REQUESTED',
           state: 'CHANGES_REQUESTED',
         },
         {
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ describe('api review', () => {
           body: 'API DECLINED',
           state: 'COMMENTED',
         },
+        {
+          user: { id: 5, login: 'itsananderson' },
+          body: 'API CHANGES REQUESTED',
+          state: 'COMMENTED',
+        },
       ],
     });
 
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@ describe('api review', () => {
         { login: 'jkleinsc' },
         { login: 'nornagon' },
         { login: 'ckerr' },
+        { login: 'itsananderson' },
       ],
     });
 
@@ -212,6 +218,7 @@ describe('api review', () => {
 #### Requested Changes
 
 * @ckerr
+* @itsananderson
 #### Declined
 
 * @jkleinsc
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ describe('api review', () => {
     expect(users).toEqual({
       approved: ['codebytere', 'nornagon'],
       declined: ['jkleinsc'],
-      requestedChanges: ['ckerr'],
+      requestedChanges: ['ckerr', 'itsananderson'],
     });
   });
 
@@ -250,8 +257,8 @@ describe('api review', () => {
         },
         {
           user: { id: 2, login: 'jkleinsc' },
-          body: 'This test is failing!!',
-          state: 'CHANGES_REQUESTED',
+          body: 'API CHANGES REQUESTED',
+          state: 'COMMENTED',
           submitted_at: '2020-12-10T01:24:55Z',
         },
       ],
@@ -269,6 +276,40 @@ describe('api review', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should correctly parse user approvals when a reviewer requests changes and then approves', async () => {
+    const { pull_request } = loadFixture(
+      'api-review-state/pull_request.requested_review_label.json',
+    );
+
+    moctokit.pulls.listReviews.mockReturnValue({
+      data: [
+        {
+          user: { id: 2, login: 'marshallofsound' },
+          body: 'API CHANGES REQUESTED',
+          state: 'COMMENTED',
+          submitted_at: '2020-12-09T01:24:55Z',
+        },
+        {
+          user: { id: 2, login: 'marshallofsound' },
+          body: 'API LGTM',
+          state: 'COMMENTED',
+          submitted_at: '2020-12-10T01:24:55Z',
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    moctokit.teams.listMembersInOrg.mockReturnValue({
+      data: [{ login: 'marshallofsound' }],
+    });
+
+    const users = await addOrUpdateAPIReviewCheck(moctokit, pull_request);
+    expect(users).toEqual({
+      approved: ['marshallofsound'],
+      declined: [],
+      requestedChanges: [],
+    });
+  });
+
   it(`should correctly update api review check for ${REVIEW_LABELS.APPROVED} label`, async () => {
     const { pull_request } = loadFixture(
       'api-review-state/pull_request.approved_review_label.json',
diff --git a/src/api-review-state.ts b/src/api-review-state.ts
index 8fb55e2..cc0e052 100644
--- a/src/api-review-state.ts
+++ b/src/api-review-state.ts
@@ -159,14 +159,15 @@ export async function addOrUpdateAPIReviewCheck(octokit: Context['octokit'], pr:
 
   const lgtm = /API LGTM/i;
   const decline = /API DECLINED/i;
+  const changesRequested = /API CHANGES REQUESTED/i;
 
   // Combine reviews/comments and filter by recency.
   const filtered = ([...comments, ...reviews] as CommentOrReview[]).reduce((items, item) => {
     if (!item?.body || !item.user) return items;
 
-    const changeRequest = item.state === REVIEW_STATUS.CHANGES_REQUESTED;
-    const reviewComment = lgtm.test(item.body) || decline.test(item.body);
-    if (!reviewComment && !changeRequest) return items;
+    const reviewComment =
+      lgtm.test(item.body) || decline.test(item.body) || changesRequested.test(item.body);
+    if (!reviewComment) return items;
 
     const prev = items[item.user.id];
     if (!prev) {
@@ -209,13 +210,13 @@ export async function addOrUpdateAPIReviewCheck(octokit: Context['octokit'], pr:
   const approved = allReviews.filter((r) => r.body?.match(lgtm)).map((r) => r.user?.login);
   const declined = allReviews.filter((r) => r.body?.match(decline)).map((r) => r.user?.login);
   const requestedChanges = allReviews
-    .filter((r) => r.state === REVIEW_STATUS.CHANGES_REQUESTED)
+    .filter((r) => r.body?.match(changesRequested))
     .map((r) => r.user?.login);
 
   log(
     'addOrUpdateAPIReviewCheck',
     LogLevel.INFO,
-    `PR ${pr.number} has ${approved.length} API LGTMs, ${declined.length} API DECLINEDs, and ${requestedChanges.length} change requests`,
+    `PR ${pr.number} has ${approved.length} API LGTMs, ${declined.length} API DECLINEDs, and ${requestedChanges.length} API CHANGES REQUESTED`,
   );
 
   const users = { approved, declined, requestedChanges };