diff --git a/terraform/src/roles.tf b/terraform/src/roles.tf
index c44e9d5..04e2134 100644
--- a/terraform/src/roles.tf
+++ b/terraform/src/roles.tf
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "databaseReadRolePolicy" {
             "dynamodb:CreateTable",
             "dynamodb:Delete*",
             "dynamodb:Update*",
+            "dynamodb:UpdateItem",
             "dynamodb:PutItem"
         ],
         "Resource": [