diff --git a/Locksmith.podspec b/Locksmith.podspec
index d341801..efd9d6b 100644
--- a/Locksmith.podspec
+++ b/Locksmith.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = "Locksmith"
-  s.version          = "2.0.2"
+  s.version          = "2.0.7"
   s.summary          = "Locksmith is a powerful, protocol-oriented library for working with the keychain in Swift."
   s.description      = <<-DESC
                        Locksmith is a powerful, protocol-oriented library for working with the iOS, Mac OS X, watchOS, and tvOS keychain in Swift. It provides extensive support for a lot of different keychain requests, and extensively uses Swift-native concepts.
diff --git a/Source/Locksmith.swift b/Source/Locksmith.swift
index 365e1fc..de4b089 100644
--- a/Source/Locksmith.swift
+++ b/Source/Locksmith.swift
@@ -39,15 +39,14 @@ public struct Locksmith {
     }
     
     public static func updateData(data: [String: AnyObject], forUserAccount userAccount: String, inService service: String = LocksmithDefaultService) throws {
-        // Delete and then re-save
-        do {
-            try Locksmith.deleteDataForUserAccount(userAccount, inService: service)
-        } catch {
-            // Deletion is likely to fail if the piece of data doesn't exist yet.
-            // This doesn't matter--we only tell the user about errors on the save request.
+        struct UpdateRequest: GenericPasswordSecureStorable, CreateableSecureStorable {
+            let service: String
+            let account: String
+            let data: [String: AnyObject]
         }
-        
-        return try Locksmith.saveData(data, forUserAccount: userAccount, inService: service)
+
+        let request = UpdateRequest(service: service, account: userAccount, data: data)
+        try request.updateInSecureStore()
     }
 }
 
@@ -424,6 +423,7 @@ public protocol CreateableSecureStorable: SecureStorable {
     var data: [String: AnyObject] { get }
     var performCreateRequestClosure: PerformRequestClosureType { get }
     func createInSecureStore() throws
+    func updateInSecureStore() throws
 }
 
 // MARK: - ReadableSecureStorable
@@ -509,6 +509,23 @@ public protocol DeleteableSecureStorable: SecureStorable {
 
 // MARK: - Default property dictionaries
 
+extension CreateableSecureStorable {
+    func updateInSecureStore(query: [String: AnyObject]) throws {
+        var attributesToUpdate = query
+        attributesToUpdate[String(kSecClass)] = nil
+
+        let status = SecItemUpdate(query, attributesToUpdate)
+
+        if let error = LocksmithError(fromStatusCode: Int(status)) {
+            throw error
+        }
+
+        if status != errSecSuccess {
+            throw LocksmithError.Undefined
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 public extension CreateableSecureStorable where Self : GenericPasswordSecureStorable {
     var asCreateableSecureStoragePropertyDictionary: [String: AnyObject] {
         var old = genericPasswordBaseStoragePropertyDictionary
@@ -521,6 +538,9 @@ public extension CreateableSecureStorable where Self : GenericPasswordSecureStor
     func createInSecureStore() throws {
         try performSecureStorageAction(performCreateRequestClosure, secureStoragePropertyDictionary: asCreateableSecureStoragePropertyDictionary)
     }
+    func updateInSecureStore() throws {
+        try self.updateInSecureStore(self.asCreateableSecureStoragePropertyDictionary)
+    }
 }
 
 public extension CreateableSecureStorable where Self : InternetPasswordSecureStorable {
@@ -543,6 +563,9 @@ public extension CreateableSecureStorable where Self : InternetPasswordSecureSto
     func createInSecureStore() throws {
         try performSecureStorageAction(performCreateRequestClosure, secureStoragePropertyDictionary: asCreateableSecureStoragePropertyDictionary)
     }
+    func updateInSecureStore() throws {
+        try self.updateInSecureStore(self.asCreateableSecureStoragePropertyDictionary)
+    }
 }
 
 public extension DeleteableSecureStorable {
diff --git a/Tests/LocksmithTests.swift b/Tests/LocksmithTests.swift
index 719537e..8042aeb 100644
--- a/Tests/LocksmithTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/LocksmithTests.swift
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ class LocksmithTests: XCTestCase {
         createGenericPasswordWithData(data)
     }
     
+    func testUpdateForGenericPassword() {
+        let data = ["some": "data"]
+        
+        struct CreateGenericPassword: CreateableSecureStorable, GenericPasswordSecureStorable, ReadableSecureStorable {
+            var data: [String: AnyObject]
+            let account: String
+            let service: String
+        }
+        
+        var create = CreateGenericPassword(data: data, account: userAccount, service: service)
+        try! create.createInSecureStore() // make sure it doesn't throw
+        create.data = ["other": "data"]
+        try! create.updateInSecureStore()
+        
+        let read = create.readFromSecureStore()!.data as! [String: String]
+        XCTAssertEqual(read, ["other": "data"])
+    }
+    
     func testLoadForGenericPassword() {
         let data = ["one": "two"]
         createGenericPasswordWithData(data)
@@ -239,7 +257,7 @@ class LocksmithTests: XCTestCase {
     func testInternetPasswordMetaAttributesAreCreatedAndReturned() {
         struct CreateInternetPassword: CreateableSecureStorable, InternetPasswordSecureStorable {
             let account: String
-            let data: [String: AnyObject]
+            var data: [String: AnyObject]
             let server: String
             let port: Int
             let internetProtocol: LocksmithInternetProtocol
@@ -265,20 +283,31 @@ class LocksmithTests: XCTestCase {
             let authenticationType: LocksmithInternetAuthenticationType
         }
         
-        let c = CreateInternetPassword(account: userAccount, data: initialData, server: server, port: port, internetProtocol: internetProtocol, authenticationType: authenticationType, path: path, securityDomain: securityDomain)
+        var c = CreateInternetPassword(account: userAccount, data: initialData, server: server, port: port, internetProtocol: internetProtocol, authenticationType: authenticationType, path: path, securityDomain: securityDomain)
         try! c.createInSecureStore()
+
+        func assertResultMetadataIsOk(result: InternetPasswordSecureStorableResultType?) {
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.account, userAccount)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.server, server)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.port, port)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.internetProtocol, internetProtocol)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.authenticationType, authenticationType)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.securityDomain, securityDomain)
+            XCTAssertEqual(result?.path, path)
+        }
         
         let r = ReadInternetPassword(account: userAccount, server: server, port: port, internetProtocol: internetProtocol, authenticationType: authenticationType)
         let result = r.readFromSecureStore()
-
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.account, userAccount)
         XCTAssertEqual(result!.data as! [String: String], initialData)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.server, server)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.port, port)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.internetProtocol, internetProtocol)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.authenticationType, authenticationType)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.securityDomain, securityDomain)
-        XCTAssertEqual(result?.path, path)
+        assertResultMetadataIsOk(result)
+        
+        // Assert that metadata is maintained after an update
+        c.data = ["other internet": "junk"]
+        try! c.updateInSecureStore()
+        
+        let result2 = r.readFromSecureStore()
+        XCTAssertEqual(result2!.data as! [String: String], ["other internet": "junk"])
+        assertResultMetadataIsOk(result2)
     }
     
     func assertStringPairsMatchInDictionary(dictionary: NSDictionary, pairs: [(key: CFString, expectedOutput: String)]) {