diff --git a/cmd/agola/cmd/projectupdate.go b/cmd/agola/cmd/projectupdate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5af17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/agola/cmd/projectupdate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Sorint.lab
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	gwapitypes "agola.io/agola/services/gateway/api/types"
+	gwclient "agola.io/agola/services/gateway/client"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	errors "golang.org/x/xerrors"
+)
+
+var cmdProjectUpdate = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "update",
+	Short: "update a project",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if err := projectUpdate(cmd, args); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+type projectUpdateOptions struct {
+	ref string
+
+	name       string
+	parentPath string
+	visibility string
+}
+
+var projectUpdateOpts projectUpdateOptions
+
+func init() {
+	flags := cmdProjectUpdate.Flags()
+
+	flags.StringVarP(&projectUpdateOpts.ref, "ref", "", "", "current project path or id")
+	flags.StringVarP(&projectUpdateOpts.name, "name", "n", "", "project name")
+	flags.StringVar(&projectUpdateOpts.parentPath, "parent", "", `parent project group path (i.e "org/org01" for root project group in org01, "user/user01/group01/subgroub01") or project group id where the project should be moved`)
+	flags.StringVar(&projectUpdateOpts.visibility, "visibility", "public", `project visibility (public or private)`)
+
+	if err := cmdProjectUpdate.MarkFlagRequired("ref"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cmdProject.AddCommand(cmdProjectUpdate)
+}
+
+func projectUpdate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	gwclient := gwclient.NewClient(gatewayURL, token)
+
+	req := &gwapitypes.UpdateProjectRequest{}
+
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	if flags.Changed("name") {
+		req.Name = &projectUpdateOpts.name
+	}
+	if flags.Changed("parent") {
+		req.ParentRef = &projectUpdateOpts.parentPath
+	}
+	if flags.Changed("visibility") {
+		if !IsValidVisibility(projectUpdateOpts.visibility) {
+			return errors.Errorf("invalid visibility %q", projectUpdateOpts.visibility)
+		}
+		req.Name = &projectUpdateOpts.visibility
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("updating project")
+	project, _, err := gwclient.UpdateProject(context.TODO(), projectUpdateOpts.ref, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Errorf("failed to update project: %w", err)
+	}
+	log.Infof("project %s update, ID: %s", project.Name, project.ID)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/services/gateway/client/client.go b/services/gateway/client/client.go
index 666d7d9..3399e23 100644
--- a/services/gateway/client/client.go
+++ b/services/gateway/client/client.go
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ func (c *Client) CreateProject(ctx context.Context, req *gwapitypes.CreateProjec
 	return project, resp, err
 }
 
+func (c *Client) UpdateProject(ctx context.Context, projectRef string, req *gwapitypes.UpdateProjectRequest) (*gwapitypes.ProjectResponse, *http.Response, error) {
+	reqj, err := json.Marshal(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	project := new(gwapitypes.ProjectResponse)
+	resp, err := c.getParsedResponse(ctx, "PUT", path.Join("/projects", url.PathEscape(projectRef)), nil, jsonContent, bytes.NewReader(reqj), project)
+	return project, resp, err
+}
+
 func (c *Client) CreateProjectGroupSecret(ctx context.Context, projectGroupRef string, req *gwapitypes.CreateSecretRequest) (*gwapitypes.SecretResponse, *http.Response, error) {
 	reqj, err := json.Marshal(req)
 	if err != nil {