diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/UpdateServiceCmd.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/UpdateServiceCmd.java
index da4b78387..4eec153fd 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/UpdateServiceCmd.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/UpdateServiceCmd.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.api.command;
 
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.AuthConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.ServiceSpec;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ public interface UpdateServiceCmd extends SyncDockerCmd<Void> {
 
     UpdateServiceCmd withVersion(Long version);
 
+    @CheckForNull
+    AuthConfig getAuthConfig();
+
+    UpdateServiceCmd withAuthConfig(AuthConfig authConfig);
+
     interface Exec extends DockerCmdSyncExec<UpdateServiceCmd, Void> {
     }
 }
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/UpdateServiceCmdImpl.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/UpdateServiceCmdImpl.java
index 7ff9412a9..e303706f9 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/UpdateServiceCmdImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/UpdateServiceCmdImpl.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UpdateServiceCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.AuthConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.ServiceSpec;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * @since {@link RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_24}
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ public class UpdateServiceCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<UpdateServiceCmd, Void>
      */
     private Long version;
 
+    private AuthConfig authConfig;
+
     public UpdateServiceCmdImpl(Exec exec, String serviceId, ServiceSpec serviceSpec) {
         super(exec);
         withServiceId(serviceId);
@@ -87,6 +91,19 @@ public UpdateServiceCmdImpl withVersion(Long version) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @CheckForNull
+    public AuthConfig getAuthConfig() {
+        return authConfig;
+    }
+
+    @CheckForNull
+    @Override
+    public UpdateServiceCmd withAuthConfig(AuthConfig authConfig) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(authConfig, "authConfig was not specified");
+        this.authConfig = authConfig;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws NotFoundException No such service
      */
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/UpdateServiceCmdExec.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/UpdateServiceCmdExec.java
index 61eb8b271..187fdeb3b 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/UpdateServiceCmdExec.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/UpdateServiceCmdExec.java
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.core.exec;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateServiceResponse;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UpdateServiceCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.InvocationBuilder;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.MediaType;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.WebTarget;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 /**
  * Update service settings.
  */
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ protected Void execute(UpdateServiceCmd command) {
                 .queryParam("version", command.getVersion());
 
         LOGGER.trace("POST: {}", webResource);
-        try {
-            webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).post(command.getServiceSpec()).close();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
+        InvocationBuilder builder = resourceWithOptionalAuthConfig(command.getAuthConfig(), webResource.request())
+                .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+
+        builder.post(command.getServiceSpec(), new TypeReference<CreateServiceResponse>() {
+        });
         return null;
     }
 }