diff --git a/src/PlotlyJS.jl b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
index 8b241847..94e37519 100644
--- a/src/PlotlyJS.jl
+++ b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ using Base.Iterators
 
 # need to import some functions because methods are meta-generated
 import PlotlyBase:
-    restyle!, relayout!, addtraces!, deletetraces!, movetraces!, redraw!,
-    extendtraces!, prependtraces!, purge!, to_image, download_image,
-    restyle, relayout, addtraces, deletetraces, movetraces, redraw,
+    restyle!, relayout!, update!, addtraces!, deletetraces!, movetraces!,
+    redraw!, extendtraces!, prependtraces!, purge!, to_image, download_image,
+    restyle, relayout, update, addtraces, deletetraces, movetraces, redraw,
     extendtraces, prependtraces, prep_kwargs, sizes, savefig
 
 using Blink
diff --git a/src/displays/ijulia.jl b/src/displays/ijulia.jl
index 47624fec..193f6d54 100644
--- a/src/displays/ijulia.jl
+++ b/src/displays/ijulia.jl
@@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ end
 restyle!(jd::JupyterDisplay, update::Associative=Dict(); kwargs...) =
     _call_plotlyjs(jd, "restyle", merge(update, prep_kwargs(kwargs)))
 
+function update!(
+        jd::JupyterDisplay, ind::Int, update::Associative=Dict();
+        layout::Layout=Layout(), kwargs...
+    )
+    _call_plotlyjs(jd, "update", merge(update, prep_kwargs(kwargs)), layout, ind-1)
+end
+
+function update!(
+        jd::JupyterDisplay, inds::AbstractVector{Int},
+        update::Associative=Dict(); layout::Layout=Layout(), kwargs...
+    )
+    _call_plotlyjs(jd, "update", merge(update, prep_kwargs(kwargs)), layout, inds-1)
+end
+
+function update!(
+        jd::JupyterDisplay, update::Associative=Dict();
+        layout::Layout=Layout(),  kwargs...
+    )
+    _call_plotlyjs(jd, "update", merge(update, prep_kwargs(kwargs)), layout)
+end
+
 addtraces!(jd::JupyterDisplay, traces::AbstractTrace...) =
     _call_plotlyjs(jd, "addTraces", traces)