diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53628a556bf..e6318bb2b55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 ## Documentation
 
+*  fix swagger: mark name in UserUpdate as optional (#1691)
+
 ## Internal changes
 
 
diff --git a/libs/wire-api/src/Wire/API/User.hs b/libs/wire-api/src/Wire/API/User.hs
index 0e6032927ce..4a49ddb2ee4 100644
--- a/libs/wire-api/src/Wire/API/User.hs
+++ b/libs/wire-api/src/Wire/API/User.hs
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ modelUserUpdate = Doc.defineModel "UserUpdate" $ do
   Doc.description "User Update Data"
   Doc.property "name" Doc.string' $
     Doc.description "Name (1 - 128 characters)"
+    Doc.optional
   Doc.property "assets" (Doc.array (Doc.ref modelAsset)) $ do
     Doc.description "Profile assets"
     Doc.optional