diff --git a/examples/python/src/authors/query.py b/examples/python/src/authors/query.py
index db99918720..28fcb20ae4 100644
--- a/examples/python/src/authors/query.py
+++ b/examples/python/src/authors/query.py
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
 """
 
 
+UPDATE_AUTHOR = """-- name: update_author \\:exec
+UPDATE authors
+SET
+ name = coalesce(:p1, name),
+ bio = coalesce(:p2, bio)
+WHERE id = :p3
+"""
+
+
 class Querier:
     def __init__(self, conn: sqlalchemy.engine.Connection):
         self._conn = conn
@@ -74,6 +83,9 @@ def list_authors(self) -> Iterator[models.Author]:
                 bio=row[2],
             )
 
+    def update_author(self, *, name: Optional[str], bio: Optional[str], id: int) -> None:
+        self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(UPDATE_AUTHOR), {"p1": name, "p2": bio, "p3": id})
+
 
 class AsyncQuerier:
     def __init__(self, conn: sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio.AsyncConnection):
@@ -110,3 +122,6 @@ async def list_authors(self) -> AsyncIterator[models.Author]:
                 name=row[1],
                 bio=row[2],
             )
+
+    async def update_author(self, *, name: Optional[str], bio: Optional[str], id: int) -> None:
+        await self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(UPDATE_AUTHOR), {"p1": name, "p2": bio, "p3": id})