diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4b8591368a7785006df087e5389fab90d385d59..438fef824e0cacaf6c2a7bfaeaef5570dfe2f164 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
   <artifactId>os-core-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.20</version>
+  <version>0.3.21</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/IPartitionProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/IPartitionProvider.java
index 54a09db9fc3970bc92c3a60f6cff42b56da645c0..f97195a0df180836d58f6649537ecfa76bb8540e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/IPartitionProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/IPartitionProvider.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public interface IPartitionProvider {
 
     PartitionInfo create(String partitionId, PartitionInfo partitionInfo) throws PartitionException;
 
+    void update(String partitionId, PartitionInfo partitionInfo) throws PartitionException;
+
     void delete(String partitionId) throws PartitionException;
 
     List<String> list() throws PartitionException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionService.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionService.java
index 2944b9864f34ee3e92d4a0728822ace15b26de26..7cc7b30db0a8158f1d12ab74eb2431b4ae3065ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionService.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class PartitionService implements IPartitionProvider {
             entity = new StringEntity(jsonString);
         } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
             throw new PartitionException(
-                    String.format("Error making request to Partition service, error: %s", e.getMessage()), null);
+                    String.format("Error making request to Partition service create api, error: %s", e.getMessage()), null);
         }
         httpPost.setEntity(entity);
         HttpResponse response = send(httpPost);
@@ -83,6 +83,23 @@ public class PartitionService implements IPartitionProvider {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void update(String partitionId, PartitionInfo partitionInfo) throws PartitionException {
+        String url = this.createUrl(String.format("/partitions/%s", partitionId));
+        HttpPatch httpPatch = new HttpPatch(url);
+        StringEntity entity;
+        try {
+            String jsonString = this.gson.toJson(partitionInfo);
+            entity = new StringEntity(jsonString);
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new PartitionException(
+                    String.format("Error making request to Partition service update api, error: %s", e.getMessage()), null);
+        }
+        httpPatch.setEntity(entity);
+        HttpResponse response = send(httpPatch);
+        getResult(response, String.class);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void delete(String partitionId) throws PartitionException {
         String url = this.createUrl(String.format("/partitions/%s", partitionId));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionServiceTest.java
index a7c1dbd70f9be8793a2474e7ac1e362592225dd7..2f567f0dca7daf51b7bc7cc08ed30e10e778309c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/partition/PartitionServiceTest.java
@@ -113,6 +113,57 @@ public class PartitionServiceTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void should_return_null_when_updating_partition() throws IOException, PartitionException {
+        PartitionAPIConfig config = PartitionAPIConfig.builder().rootUrl("http://localhost").build();
+        DpsHeaders headers = new DpsHeaders();
+        CloseableHttpResponse mockResponse = getResponse(204, null);
+        when(cacheHttpClient.execute(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
+
+        PartitionService sut = new PartitionService(config, headers, cacheHttpClient);
+        PartitionInfo input = PartitionInfo.builder()
+                .properties(new HashMap<>())
+                .build();
+        sut.update(PARTITION_ID, input);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_return_exception_when_updating_with_bad_partitionId() throws IOException {
+        PartitionAPIConfig config = PartitionAPIConfig.builder().rootUrl("http://localhost").build();
+        DpsHeaders headers = new DpsHeaders();
+        CloseableHttpResponse mockResponse = getResponse(400, BAD_REQUEST);
+        when(cacheHttpClient.execute(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
+
+        PartitionService sut = new PartitionService(config, headers, cacheHttpClient);
+        try {
+            PartitionInfo input = PartitionInfo.builder()
+                    .properties(new HashMap<>())
+                    .build();
+            sut.update(null, input);
+            fail("should not be here");
+        } catch (PartitionException e) {
+            assertNotNull(e);
+            assertEquals(BAD_REQUEST, e.getHttpResponse().getBody());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_return_exception_when_updating_with_bad_partitionInfo() throws IOException {
+        PartitionAPIConfig config = PartitionAPIConfig.builder().rootUrl("http://localhost").build();
+        DpsHeaders headers = new DpsHeaders();
+        CloseableHttpResponse mockResponse = getResponse(400, BAD_REQUEST);
+        when(cacheHttpClient.execute(any())).thenReturn(mockResponse);
+
+        PartitionService sut = new PartitionService(config, headers, cacheHttpClient);
+        try {
+            sut.update(PARTITION_ID, null);
+            fail("should not be here");
+        } catch (PartitionException e) {
+            assertNotNull(e);
+            assertEquals(BAD_REQUEST, e.getHttpResponse().getBody());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void should_return_partition_204_after_deleting() throws IOException, PartitionException {
         PartitionAPIConfig config = PartitionAPIConfig.builder().rootUrl("http://localhost").build();