# Update role for organization member

`PATCH /organizations/{org_id}/members/{member_id}`

Updates the role of an existing member in the specified organization. The requested role must be valid for the organization. Only organization admins can call this endpoint.

[Markdown for AI context](/guides/apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-update-organization-member)

```bash title="REST API - curl"
curl "https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/organizations/$ORG_ID/members/$MEMBER_ID" \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"role":"member"}'
```

Also available in

::::tabs
:::tab{title="SDK"}
```typescript
import { createNeonClient, raw } from '@neon/sdk';

const neon = createNeonClient({ apiKey: process.env.NEON_API_KEY });
const { data } = await raw.updateOrganizationMember({
  client: neon.client,
  path: {
    org_id: process.env.ORG_ID,
    member_id: process.env.MEMBER_ID
  },
  body: {
    role: "member"
  }
});
```
:::

:::tab{title="Console"}
Console path: Organization → People → Members
:::
::::

## Parameters

Organization

`org_id`

string

The Neon organization ID

Member ID

`member_id`

string

The Neon organization member ID

## Request body

**1 required** Required: `role`.

Role

`role`

string

Organization member's role. `admin`: full administrative access. `editor` (and its legacy alias `member`): standard access governed by project permissions. `viewer` and `collaborator`: additional scoped project roles. Some values may not be available for all organizations.

adminmembereditorviewercollaborator

## Response

200

The updated organization member

Depth

"id": (string),requuid

"user\_id": (string),requuid

"org\_id": (string),req

"role": (string),reqadmin | member | editor | viewer | collaborator

"joined\_at": (string),date-time

## Errors

default

General error

This endpoint can return the standard Neon API error response.

Response fields

- `message` Required. Human-readable error message.
- `code` Required. Machine-readable error code.
- `request_id` Optional. Request identifier for debugging. You can provide one with the `X-Request-ID` header.

Retry guidance

If no response is returned, the request may still have reached the server. This is why retry safety depends on the method and status code.

Idempotent methods (`GET`, `HEAD`, `OPTIONS`) are generally safe to retry after a network error or timeout. Non-idempotent methods (`POST`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `PUT`) can change state, so avoid automatic retries unless your workflow can tolerate duplicate effects.

Responses with `423 Locked` or `503 Service Unavailable` are safe to retry. `423 Locked` means the resource is temporarily locked, usually because another operation is in progress.

## Related pages

- [Assign or update VPC endpoint](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-assign-organization-vpc-endpoint.md)
- [Create organization API key](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-create-org-api-key.md)
- [Create organization invitations](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-create-organization-invitations.md)
- [Delete VPC endpoint](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-delete-organization-vpc-endpoint.md)
- [List organization API keys](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-org-api-keys.md)
- [List organization invitations](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-get-organization-invitations.md)
- [List organization members](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-get-organization-members.md)
- [List VPC endpoints](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-organization-vpc-endpoints.md)
- [List VPC endpoints across all regions](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-organization-vpc-endpoints-all-regions.md)
- [Remove organization member](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-remove-organization-member.md)

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