diff --git a/internal/services/gateway/action/project.go b/internal/services/gateway/action/project.go
index f470d71..5c035e8 100644
--- a/internal/services/gateway/action/project.go
+++ b/internal/services/gateway/action/project.go
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ func (h *ActionHandler) CreateProject(ctx context.Context, req *CreateProjectReq
 }
 
 type UpdateProjectRequest struct {
-	Name       string
-	Visibility cstypes.Visibility
+	Name      *string
+	ParentRef *string
+
+	Visibility *cstypes.Visibility
 }
 
 func (h *ActionHandler) UpdateProject(ctx context.Context, projectRef string, req *UpdateProjectRequest) (*csapitypes.Project, error) {
@@ -198,8 +200,15 @@ func (h *ActionHandler) UpdateProject(ctx context.Context, projectRef string, re
 		return nil, util.NewErrForbidden(errors.Errorf("user not authorized"))
 	}
 
-	p.Name = req.Name
-	p.Visibility = req.Visibility
+	if req.Name != nil {
+		p.Name = *req.Name
+	}
+	if req.ParentRef != nil {
+		p.Parent.ID = *req.ParentRef
+	}
+	if req.Visibility != nil {
+		p.Visibility = *req.Visibility
+	}
 
 	h.log.Infof("updating project")
 	rp, resp, err := h.configstoreClient.UpdateProject(ctx, p.ID, p.Project)
diff --git a/internal/services/gateway/api/project.go b/internal/services/gateway/api/project.go
index 4c03c87..f68eef9 100644
--- a/internal/services/gateway/api/project.go
+++ b/internal/services/gateway/api/project.go
@@ -94,9 +94,16 @@ func (h *UpdateProjectHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		return
 	}
 
+	var visibility *cstypes.Visibility
+	if req.Visibility != nil {
+		v := cstypes.Visibility(*req.Visibility)
+		visibility = &v
+	}
+
 	areq := &action.UpdateProjectRequest{
 		Name:       req.Name,
-		Visibility: cstypes.Visibility(req.Visibility),
+		ParentRef:  req.ParentRef,
+		Visibility: visibility,
 	}
 	project, err := h.ah.UpdateProject(ctx, projectRef, areq)
 	if httpError(w, err) {
diff --git a/services/gateway/api/types/project.go b/services/gateway/api/types/project.go
index 66e2486..0dcdc8a 100644
--- a/services/gateway/api/types/project.go
+++ b/services/gateway/api/types/project.go
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ type CreateProjectRequest struct {
 }
 
 type UpdateProjectRequest struct {
-	Name       string     `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	Visibility Visibility `json:"visibility,omitempty"`
+	Name       *string     `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	ParentRef  *string     `json:"parent_ref,omitempty"`
+	Visibility *Visibility `json:"visibility,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ProjectResponse struct {