diff --git a/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/groups_endpoint.py b/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/groups_endpoint.py
index ad3828568..ab5f672d1 100644
--- a/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/groups_endpoint.py
+++ b/tableauserverclient/server/endpoint/groups_endpoint.py
@@ -82,14 +82,17 @@ def update(
             )
             group_item.minimum_site_role = default_site_role
 
+        url = "{0}/{1}".format(self.baseurl, group_item.id)
+
         if not group_item.id:
             error = "Group item missing ID."
             raise MissingRequiredFieldError(error)
         if as_job and (group_item.domain_name is None or group_item.domain_name == "local"):
             error = "Local groups cannot be updated asynchronously."
             raise ValueError(error)
+        elif as_job:
+            url = "?".join([url, "asJob=True"])
 
-        url = "{0}/{1}".format(self.baseurl, group_item.id)
         update_req = RequestFactory.Group.update_req(group_item, None)
         server_response = self.put_request(url, update_req)
         logger.info("Updated group item (ID: {0})".format(group_item.id))
diff --git a/test/assets/group_update_async.xml b/test/assets/group_update_async.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea6b47eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/group_update_async.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<tsResponse xmlns="http://tableau.com/api"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://tableau.com/api http://tableau.com/api/ts-api-2.3.xsd">
+  <job id="c2566efc-0767-4f15-89cb-56acb4349c1b"
+    mode="Asynchronous"
+    type="GroupSync"
+    progress="0"
+    createdAt="time-job-created" />
+</tsResponse>
diff --git a/test/test_group.py b/test/test_group.py
index 306d42170..1edc50555 100644
--- a/test/test_group.py
+++ b/test/test_group.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # encoding=utf-8
+from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
 import os
 import requests_mock
 import tableauserverclient as TSC
 from tableauserverclient.datetime_helpers import format_datetime
 
-TEST_ASSET_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "assets")
+TEST_ASSET_DIR = Path(__file__).absolute().parent / "assets"
+
+# TEST_ASSET_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "assets")
 
 GET_XML = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "group_get.xml")
 POPULATE_USERS = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "group_populate_users.xml")
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@
 CREATE_GROUP_AD = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "group_create_ad.xml")
 CREATE_GROUP_ASYNC = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "group_create_async.xml")
 UPDATE_XML = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, "group_update.xml")
+UPDATE_ASYNC_XML = TEST_ASSET_DIR / "group_update_async.xml"
 
 
 class GroupTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -245,3 +249,16 @@ def test_update_local_async(self) -> None:
         # mimic group returned from server where domain name is set to 'local'
         group.domain_name = "local"
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.server.groups.update, group, as_job=True)
+
+    def test_update_ad_async(self) -> None:
+        group = TSC.GroupItem("myGroup", "example.com")
+        group._id = "ef8b19c0-43b6-11e6-af50-63f5805dbe3c"
+        group.minimum_site_role = TSC.UserItem.Roles.Viewer
+
+        with requests_mock.mock() as m:
+            m.put(f"{self.baseurl}/{group.id}?asJob=True", text=UPDATE_ASYNC_XML.read_bytes().decode("utf8"))
+            job = self.server.groups.update(group, as_job=True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(job.id, "c2566efc-0767-4f15-89cb-56acb4349c1b")
+        self.assertEqual(job.mode, "Asynchronous")
+        self.assertEqual(job.type, "GroupSync")