diff --git a/app/api/v2/handlers/planner_api.py b/app/api/v2/handlers/planner_api.py
index f109907a8..8b9b358fd 100644
--- a/app/api/v2/handlers/planner_api.py
+++ b/app/api/v2/handlers/planner_api.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def add_routes(self, app: web.Application):
         router = app.router
         router.add_get('/planners', self.get_planners)
         router.add_get('/planners/{planner_id}', self.get_planner_by_id)
+        router.add_patch('/planners/{planner_id}', self.update_planner)
 
     @aiohttp_apispec.docs(tags=['planners'],
                           summary='Retrieve planners',
@@ -49,3 +50,20 @@ async def get_planners(self, request: web.Request):
     async def get_planner_by_id(self, request: web.Request):
         planner = await self.get_object(request)
         return web.json_response(planner)
+
+    @aiohttp_apispec.docs(tags=['planners'],
+                          summary='Updates an existing planner.',
+                          description='Updates a planner based on the `PlannerSchema` value provided in the message body.',
+                          parameters=[{
+                              'in': 'path',
+                              'name': 'planner_id',
+                              'schema': {'type': 'string'},
+                              'required': 'true',
+                              'description': 'UUID of the Planner to be updated'
+                          }])
+    @aiohttp_apispec.request_schema(PlannerSchema(partial=True))
+    @aiohttp_apispec.response_schema(PlannerSchema(partial=True),
+                                     description='JSON dictionary representation of the replaced Planner.')
+    async def update_planner(self, request: web.Request):
+        planner = await self.update_on_disk_object(request)
+        return web.json_response(planner.display)
diff --git a/app/objects/c_planner.py b/app/objects/c_planner.py
index 010c08752..ed06f2af0 100644
--- a/app/objects/c_planner.py
+++ b/app/objects/c_planner.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ class PlannerSchema(ma.Schema):
     allow_repeatable_abilities = ma.fields.Boolean()
     plugin = ma.fields.String(load_default=None)
 
+    @ma.pre_load
+    def fix_id(self, data, **_):
+        if 'planner_id' in data:
+            data['id'] = data.pop('planner_id')
+        return data
+
     @ma.post_load()
     def build_planner(self, data, **kwargs):
         return None if kwargs.get('partial') is True else Planner(**data)
@@ -54,6 +60,8 @@ def store(self, ram):
             existing.update('stopping_conditions', self.stopping_conditions)
             existing.update('params', self.params)
             existing.update('plugin', self.plugin)
+            existing.update('description', self.description)
+            existing.update('allow_repeatable_abilities', self.allow_repeatable_abilities)
         return existing
 
     async def which_plugin(self):
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_planners_api.py b/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_planners_api.py
index 47afc2b22..09b371115 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_planners_api.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_planners_api.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ def expected_test_planner_dump(test_planner):
     return test_planner.display_schema.dump(test_planner)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def updated_planner(test_planner):
+    planner_dict = test_planner.schema.dump(test_planner)
+    planner_dict.update(dict(description="a test planner with updated description"))
+    return planner_dict
+
+
 class TestPlannersApi:
     async def test_get_planners(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, test_planner, expected_test_planner_dump):
         resp = await api_v2_client.get('/api/v2/planners', cookies=api_cookies)
@@ -57,3 +64,19 @@ async def test_planner_defaults(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, test_planner,
         assert len(planners_list) == 2
         assert planners_list[0]["id"] == "456"
         assert planners_list[0]["name"][0] > planners_list[1]["name"][0]  # prove that this wasn't an alphabetical sort
+
+    async def test_update_planner(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, test_planner, updated_planner, mocker):
+        with mocker.patch('app.api.v2.managers.base_api_manager.BaseApiManager.strip_yml') as mock_strip_yml:
+            mock_strip_yml.return_value = [test_planner.schema.dump(test_planner)]
+            resp = await api_v2_client.patch('/api/v2/planners/123', cookies=api_cookies, json=updated_planner)
+            assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
+            planner = (await BaseService.get_service('data_svc').locate('planners'))[0]
+            assert planner.description == updated_planner["description"]
+
+    async def test_unauthorized_update_planner(self, api_v2_client, updated_planner):
+        resp = await api_v2_client.patch('/api/v2/planners/123', json=updated_planner)
+        assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED
+
+    async def test_update_nonexistent_planner(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, updated_planner):
+        resp = await api_v2_client.patch('/api/v2/planners/999', cookies=api_cookies, json=updated_planner)
+        assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND