diff --git a/appview/ingester.go b/appview/ingester.go
--- a/appview/ingester.go
+++ b/appview/ingester.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 	l = l.With("nsid", e.Commit.Collection)
 
 	switch e.Commit.Operation {
-	case jmodels.CommitOperationCreate, jmodels.CommitOperationUpdate:
+	case jmodels.CommitOperationCreate:
 		l.Debug("processing add of pubkey")
 		raw := json.RawMessage(e.Commit.Record)
 		record := tangled.PublicKey{}
@@ -224,6 +224,19 @@
 		name := record.Name
 		key := record.Key
 		err = db.AddPublicKey(i.Db, did, name, key, e.Commit.RKey)
+	case jmodels.CommitOperationUpdate:
+		l.Debug("processing update of pubkey")
+		raw := json.RawMessage(e.Commit.Record)
+		record := tangled.PublicKey{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(raw, &record)
+		if err != nil {
+			l.Error("invalid record", "err", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		name := record.Name
+		key := record.Key
+		err = db.UpdatePublicKey(i.Db, did, name, key, e.Commit.RKey)
 	case jmodels.CommitOperationDelete:
 		l.Debug("processing delete of pubkey")
 		err = db.DeletePublicKeyByRkey(i.Db, did, e.Commit.RKey)
diff --git a/appview/db/pubkeys.go b/appview/db/pubkeys.go
--- a/appview/db/pubkeys.go
+++ b/appview/db/pubkeys.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package db
 
 import (
-	"tangled.org/core/appview/models"
 	"time"
+
+	"tangled.org/core/appview/models"
 )
 
 func AddPublicKey(e Execer, did, name, key, rkey string) error {
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@
 		`insert or ignore into public_keys (did, name, key, rkey)
 		 values (?, ?, ?, ?)`,
 		did, name, key, rkey)
+	return err
+}
+
+func UpdatePublicKey(e Execer, did, name, key, rkey string) error {
+	_, err := e.Exec(
+		`update public_keys set name = ? where did = ? and key = ? and rkey = ?`,
+		name, did, key, rkey)
 	return err
 }