diff --git a/rally-jobs/nova.yaml b/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
index fa94b811..cc1d234f 100644
--- a/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
+++ b/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
@@ -484,6 +484,25 @@
         failure_rate:
           max: 0
 
+  NovaSecGroup.create_and_update_secgroups:
+    -
+      args:
+        security_group_count: 5
+      runner:
+        type: "constant"
+        times: 4
+        concurrency: 4
+      context:
+        users:
+          tenants: 3
+          users_per_tenant: 2
+        quotas:
+          nova:
+            security_groups: -1
+      sla:
+        failure_rate:
+          max: 0
+
   NovaSecGroup.create_and_list_secgroups:
     -
       args:
diff --git a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/utils.py b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/utils.py
index a32b04ea..783a53eb 100644
--- a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/utils.py
+++ b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/utils.py
@@ -760,6 +760,20 @@ class NovaScenario(scenario.OpenStackScenario):
                             ip_protocol=ip_protocol,
                             cidr=cidr)
 
+    def _update_security_groups(self, security_groups):
+        """Update a list of security groups
+
+        :param security_groups: list, security_groups that are to be updated
+        """
+        with atomic.ActionTimer(self, "nova.update_%s_security_groups" %
+                                len(security_groups)):
+            for sec_group in security_groups:
+                sg_new_name = self._generate_random_name()
+                sg_new_desc = self._generate_random_name()
+                self.clients("nova").security_groups.update(sec_group.id,
+                                                            sg_new_name,
+                                                            sg_new_desc)
+
     def _delete_security_groups(self, security_group):
         with atomic.ActionTimer(self, "nova.delete_%s_security_groups" %
                                 len(security_group)):
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/test_utils.py
index 1894b6cf..9bb23260 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/nova/test_utils.py
@@ -661,6 +661,18 @@ class NovaScenarioTestCase(test.ScenarioTestCase):
             "nova.create_%s_rules" %
             (rules_per_security_group * len(fake_secgroups)))
 
+    def test__update_security_groups(self):
+        nova_scenario = utils.NovaScenario()
+        fake_secgroups = [fakes.FakeSecurityGroup(None, None, 1, "uuid1"),
+                          fakes.FakeSecurityGroup(None, None, 2, "uuid2")]
+        nova_scenario._update_security_groups(fake_secgroups)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            len(fake_secgroups),
+            self.clients("nova").security_groups.update.call_count)
+        self._test_atomic_action_timer(
+            nova_scenario.atomic_actions(),
+            "nova.update_%s_security_groups" % len(fake_secgroups))
+
     def test__delete_security_groups(self):
         nova_scenario = utils.NovaScenario()