diff --git a/client/src/api/schema/schema.ts b/client/src/api/schema/schema.ts
index 7e3cda1f61c4..c5efbb5b9de3 100644
--- a/client/src/api/schema/schema.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/schema/schema.ts
@@ -12397,6 +12397,26 @@ export interface components {
             visible?: boolean | null;
             [key: string]: unknown;
         };
+        /** UpdateHistoryPayload */
+        UpdateHistoryPayload: {
+            /** Annotation */
+            annotation?: string | null;
+            /** Deleted */
+            deleted?: boolean | null;
+            /** Genome Build */
+            genome_build?: string | null;
+            /** Importable */
+            importable?: boolean | null;
+            /** Name */
+            name?: string | null;
+            /** Preferred Object Store Id */
+            preferred_object_store_id?: string | null;
+            /** Published */
+            published?: boolean | null;
+            /** Purged */
+            purged?: boolean | null;
+            tags?: components["schemas"]["TagCollection"] | null;
+        };
         /** UpdateInstancePayload */
         UpdateInstancePayload: {
             /** Active */
@@ -17588,7 +17608,7 @@ export interface operations {
         };
         requestBody: {
             content: {
-                "application/json": unknown;
+                "application/json": components["schemas"]["UpdateHistoryPayload"];
             };
         };
         responses: {
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/schema/schema.py b/lib/galaxy/schema/schema.py
index e83c76edfef2..879d3158ad2f 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/schema/schema.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/schema/schema.py
@@ -1445,6 +1445,18 @@ class CustomHistoryView(HistoryDetailed):
 ]
 
 
+class UpdateHistoryPayload(Model):
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    annotation: Optional[str] = None
+    tags: Optional[TagCollection] = None
+    published: Optional[bool] = None
+    importable: Optional[bool] = None
+    deleted: Optional[bool] = None
+    purged: Optional[bool] = None
+    genome_build: Optional[str] = None
+    preferred_object_store_id: Optional[str] = None
+
+
 class ExportHistoryArchivePayload(Model):
     gzip: Optional[bool] = Field(
         default=True,
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/histories.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/histories.py
index 067dd425369a..de0a331ec70f 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/histories.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/histories.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     ShareWithPayload,
     SharingStatus,
     StoreExportPayload,
+    UpdateHistoryPayload,
     WriteStoreToPayload,
 )
 from galaxy.schema.types import LatestLiteral
@@ -457,13 +458,14 @@ def update(
         self,
         history_id: HistoryIDPathParam,
         trans: ProvidesHistoryContext = DependsOnTrans,
-        payload: Any = Body(
+        payload: UpdateHistoryPayload = Body(
             ...,
             description="Object containing any of the editable fields of the history.",
         ),
         serialization_params: SerializationParams = Depends(query_serialization_params),
     ) -> AnyHistoryView:
-        return self.service.update(trans, history_id, payload, serialization_params)
+        data = payload.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
+        return self.service.update(trans, history_id, data, serialization_params)
 
     @router.post(
         "/api/histories/from_store",