diff --git a/packages/mds-db/geographies.ts b/packages/mds-db/geographies.ts
index be0d90288..86f49387c 100644
--- a/packages/mds-db/geographies.ts
+++ b/packages/mds-db/geographies.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,17 @@ export async function editGeography(geography: Geography) {
   }
 
   const client = await getWriteableClient()
-  const sql = `UPDATE ${schema.TABLE.geographies} SET geography_json=$1 WHERE geography_id='${geography.geography_id}' AND publish_date IS NULL`
-  await client.query(sql, [geography.geography_json])
+  const vals = new SqlVals()
+  const conditions: string[] = []
+  Object.entries(geography).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+    if (key === 'geography_json') {
+      conditions.push(`geography_json = ${vals.add(JSON.stringify(geography.geography_json))}`)
+    } else {
+      conditions.push(`${key} = ${vals.add(value)}`)
+    }
+  })
+  const sql = `UPDATE ${schema.TABLE.geographies} SET ${conditions} WHERE geography_id='${geography.geography_id}' AND publish_date IS NULL`
+  await client.query(sql, vals.values())
   return geography
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/mds-db/tests/mds-db.spec.ts b/packages/mds-db/tests/mds-db.spec.ts
index 1530a0582..220a117ad 100644
--- a/packages/mds-db/tests/mds-db.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mds-db/tests/mds-db.spec.ts
@@ -401,12 +401,13 @@ if (pg_info.database) {
         const numFeatures = geography_json.features.length
         geography_json.features = []
         await MDSDBPostgres.editGeography({
-          name: 'District Seven',
+          name: 'District Seven Updated Name',
           geography_id: DistrictSeven.geography_id,
           geography_json
         })
         const result = await MDSDBPostgres.readSingleGeography(GEOGRAPHY2_UUID)
         assert.notEqual(result.geography_json.features.length, numFeatures)
+        assert.equal(result.name, 'District Seven Updated Name')
         assert.equal(result.geography_json.features.length, 0)
       })