diff --git a/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-terms-controller.php b/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-terms-controller.php
index 7e16de469..d58ce5007 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-terms-controller.php
+++ b/src/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-terms-controller.php
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Terms_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 				array(
 					'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::DELETABLE,
 					'callback'            => array($this, 'delete_item'),
-					'permission_callbacl' => array($this, 'delete_item_permissions_check')
+					'permission_callback' => array($this, 'delete_item_permissions_check')
+				),
+				array(
+					'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::EDITABLE,
+					'callback'            => array($this, 'update_item'),
+					'permission_callback' => array($this, 'update_item_permissions_check')
 				)
 			)
 		);
@@ -132,9 +137,45 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Terms_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 	}
 
 	public function delete_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
-		$term = $this->terms_repository->fetch($request['term_id']);
+		$term = new Entities\Term($this->terms_repository->fetch($request['term_id']));
 		return $this->terms_repository->can_delete($term);
 	}
+
+	public function update_item( $request ) {
+		$term_id = $request['term_id'];
+		$taxonomy_id = $request['taxonomy_id'];
+
+		$body = json_decode($request->get_body(), true);
+
+		if(!empty($body)){
+			$taxonomy_name = $this->taxonomy_repository->fetch($taxonomy_id)->get_db_identifier();
+
+			$identifiers = [
+				'term_id' => $term_id,
+				'tax_name'  => $taxonomy_name
+			];
+
+			$attributes = [];
+
+			foreach ($body as $att => $value){
+				$attributes[$att] = $value;
+			}
+
+			$updated_term = $this->terms_repository->update([$attributes, $identifiers]);
+
+			return new WP_REST_Response($updated_term->__toArray(), 200);
+		}
+
+		return new WP_REST_Response([
+			'error_message' => 'The body could not be empty',
+			'body'          => $body
+		], 400);
+	}
+
+	public function update_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
+		$term = new Entities\Term($this->terms_repository->fetch($request['term_id']));
+		return $this->terms_repository->can_edit($term);
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
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diff --git a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-terms.php b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-terms.php
index 3852a5819..d65f482f7 100644
--- a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-terms.php
+++ b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-terms.php
@@ -156,7 +156,20 @@ class Terms extends Repository {
     }
 
     public function update($object){
+	    $map = $this->get_map();
 
+	    $entity = [];
+
+	    foreach ($object[0] as $key => $value) {
+		    if($key != 'ID') {
+			    $entity[$map[$key]['map']] = $value ;
+		    }
+	    }
+
+	    $term_tax_ids = wp_update_term($object[1]['term_id'], $object[1]['tax_name'], $entity);
+	    $term_id = (int) $term_tax_ids['term_id'];
+
+	    return new Entities\Term($term_id, $object[1]['tax_name']);
     }
 
     public function delete($args){
diff --git a/tests/test-api-terms.php b/tests/test-api-terms.php
index b67d3fae3..b434c6dc7 100644
--- a/tests/test-api-terms.php
+++ b/tests/test-api-terms.php
@@ -70,6 +70,48 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Terms extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCase {
 
 		$this->assertNull($term);
 	}
+
+	public function test_update_term(){
+		$taxonomy = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'taxonomy',
+			array(
+				'name'         => '1genero',
+				'description'  => 'tipos de musica',
+				'allow_insert' => 'yes',
+				'status'       => 'publish'
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$term = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+			'term',
+			array(
+				'taxonomy' => $taxonomy->get_db_identifier(),
+				'name'     => 'Rock',
+				'user'     => get_current_user_id(),
+			),
+			true
+		);
+
+		$new_attributes = json_encode([
+			'name' => 'Trap'
+		]);
+
+		$request = new \WP_REST_Request(
+			'PATCH', $this->namespace . '/terms/' . $term . '/taxonomy/' . $taxonomy->get_id()
+		);
+
+		$request->set_body($new_attributes);
+
+		$response = $this->server->dispatch($request);
+
+		$data = $response->get_data();
+
+		$this->assertNotEquals('Rock', $data['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals('Trap', $data['name']);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($taxonomy->get_db_identifier(), $data['taxonomy']);
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
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