---
title: "Update System Account Access Token"
method: PATCH
path: "/v3/system-accounts/{accountId}/access-tokens/{tokenId}"
tags: ["System Accounts - Access Tokens"]
---

# Update System Account Access Token

`PATCH /v3/system-accounts/{accountId}/access-tokens/{tokenId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com`
- URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com/v3/system-accounts/{accountId}/access-tokens/{tokenId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

Updates the specified access token. Returns a 409 if the updated name is the same as another token belonging to the specified system user.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Name of the system account access token.

## Response `200`

A response including a single system account access token.

- SystemAccountAccessToken: Schema of the system account access token.
  - `id` string, uuid: ID of the system account access token.
  - `name` string: Name of the system account access token.
  - `created_at` string, date-time: Timestamp of when the system account access token was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time: Timestamp of when the system account access token was last updated.
  - `expires_at` string, date-time: Timestamp of when the system account access token will expire.
  - `last_used_at` string, date-time: Timestamp of when the system account access token was last used.

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthenticated
- `403`: Unauthorized
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict

## Changes

- **2026-09-25** `68d43091b84d`: 3 warning
  - added the new `401.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `404.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `409.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `409`
- **2026-09-18** `f324fb7610e4`: 3 breaking, 23 info
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `401`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `404`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `409`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseError, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `401`
  - …22 more
- **2025-10-20** `d2ca10cddf1f`: 2 breaking
  - the request property `name` became not nullable
  - the request property `name` became required
- **2025-08-22** `3c0154b2053a`: 6 breaking, 1 info
  - the response property `detail` became nullable for the status `403`
  - the response property `expires_at` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `instance` became nullable for the status `403`
  - the response property `name` became nullable for the status `200`
  - …3 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/changes/v3/system-accounts/:accountId/access-tokens/:tokenId/patch.md)

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