diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/index.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/index.js
index cd0cff2f807..3cc7e47390d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/index.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
+import mutations from './mutations';
 import operations from './operations';
 import selectors from './selectors';
 
 export default {
+	mutations,
 	operations,
 	selectors,
 };
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/mutations.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/mutations.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df73385cbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/mutations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/** @format */
+
+const updateItem = operations => ( itemType, id, itemData ) => {
+	operations.update( [ itemType ], { [ itemType ]: { id, ...itemData } } );
+};
+
+export default {
+	updateItem,
+};
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/operations.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/operations.js
index 862c5c73e82..c6cf63360df 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/operations.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/items/operations.js
@@ -64,6 +64,27 @@ function read( resourceNames, fetch = apiFetch ) {
 	} );
 }
 
+function update( resourceNames, data, fetch = apiFetch ) {
+	const updateableTypes = [ 'products' ];
+	const filteredNames = resourceNames.filter( name => {
+		return updateableTypes.includes( name );
+	} );
+
+	return filteredNames.map( async resourceName => {
+		const { id, ...itemData } = data[ resourceName ];
+		const url = NAMESPACE + `/${ resourceName }/${ id }`;
+
+		return fetch( { path: url, method: 'PUT', data: itemData } )
+			.then( item => {
+				return { [ resourceName + ':' + id ]: { data: item } };
+			} )
+			.catch( error => {
+				return { [ resourceName + ':' + id ]: { error } };
+			} );
+	} );
+}
+
 export default {
 	read,
+	update,
 };
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/wc-api-spec.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/wc-api-spec.js
index 6e559cb4288..c0e4d5bcc4d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/wc-api-spec.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/wc-api-spec.js
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import user from './user';
 function createWcApiSpec() {
 	return {
 		mutations: {
+			...items.mutations,
+			...notes.mutations,
 			...settings.mutations,
 			...user.mutations,
-			...notes.mutations,
 		},
 		selectors: {
 			...items.selectors,
@@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ function createWcApiSpec() {
 			},
 			update( resourceNames, data ) {
 				return [
+					...items.operations.update( resourceNames, data ),
+					...notes.operations.update( resourceNames, data ),
 					...settings.operations.update( resourceNames, data ),
 					...user.operations.update( resourceNames, data ),
-					...notes.operations.update( resourceNames, data ),
 				];
 			},
 		},