diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.functions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.functions.ts
index 0e7f738277..eaeebe313e 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.functions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.functions.ts
@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ export async function pgUpdate(
 	items: INodeExecutionData[],
 ): Promise<IDataObject[]> {
 	const table = getNodeParam('table', 0) as string;
+	const schema = getNodeParam('schema', 0) as string;
 	const updateKey = getNodeParam('updateKey', 0) as string;
 	const columnString = getNodeParam('columns', 0) as string;
 
 	const columns = columnString.split(',').map(column => column.trim());
 
+	const te = new pgp.helpers.TableName({ table, schema });
+
 	// Make sure that the updateKey does also get queried
 	if (!columns.includes(updateKey)) {
 		columns.unshift(updateKey);
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ export async function pgUpdate(
 
 	// Generate the multi-row update query
 	const query =
-		pgp.helpers.update(updateItems, columns, table) + ' WHERE v.' + updateKey + ' = t.' + updateKey;
+		pgp.helpers.update(updateItems, columns, te) + ' WHERE v.' + updateKey + ' = t.' + updateKey;
 
 	// Executing the query to update the data
 	await db.none(query);
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.ts
index 7c706a0fc2..1628510841 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Postgres/Postgres.node.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ export class Postgres implements INodeType {
 			// ----------------------------------
 			//         update
 			// ----------------------------------
+			{
+				displayName: 'Schema',
+				name: 'schema',
+				type: 'string',
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: ['update'],
+					},
+				},
+				default: 'public',
+				required: true,
+				description: 'Name of the schema the table belongs to',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Table',
 				name: 'table',