diff --git a/src/lib/db/feature-type-store.ts b/src/lib/db/feature-type-store.ts
index 9415ab4f8d..3f4fb32511 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/feature-type-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/feature-type-store.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ class FeatureTypeStore implements IFeatureTypeStore {
         const { present } = result.rows[0];
         return present;
     }
+
+    async updateLifetime(
+        name: string,
+        newLifetimeDays: number | null,
+    ): Promise<IFeatureType | undefined> {
+        const [updatedType] = await this.db(TABLE)
+            .update({ lifetime_days: newLifetimeDays })
+            .where({ name })
+            .returning(['*']);
+
+        if (updatedType) {
+            return this.rowToFeatureType(updatedType);
+        } else {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+    }
 }
 export default FeatureTypeStore;
 module.exports = FeatureTypeStore;
diff --git a/src/lib/types/stores/feature-type-store.ts b/src/lib/types/stores/feature-type-store.ts
index dfc34e43e3..24ac6b923e 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/stores/feature-type-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/stores/feature-type-store.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ export interface IFeatureType {
 
 export interface IFeatureTypeStore extends Store<IFeatureType, string> {
     getByName(name: string): Promise<IFeatureType>;
+    updateLifetime(
+        name: string,
+        newLifetimeDays: number | null,
+    ): Promise<IFeatureType | undefined>;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-type-store.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-type-store.e2e.test.ts
index e7da2e08d3..bf90fcc6c8 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-type-store.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-type-store.e2e.test.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,28 @@ test('should be possible to delete by id', async () => {
     const typesAfterDelete = await featureTypeStore.getAll();
     expect(typesAfterDelete.length).toBe(4);
 });
+
+describe('update lifetimes', () => {
+    test.each([null, 5])('it sets lifetimeDays to %s', async (newLifetime) => {
+        const featureTypes = await featureTypeStore.getAll();
+
+        for (const type of featureTypes) {
+            const updated = await featureTypeStore.updateLifetime(
+                type.name,
+                newLifetime,
+            );
+
+            expect(updated?.lifetimeDays).toBe(newLifetime);
+
+            expect(updated).toMatchObject(
+                await featureTypeStore.getByName(type.name),
+            );
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("It returns undefined if you try to update a feature type that doesn't exist", async () => {
+        expect(
+            await featureTypeStore.updateLifetime('bogus-type', 40),
+        ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/fake-feature-type-store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/fake-feature-type-store.ts
index 028f700cb3..2e40e63f06 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/fake-feature-type-store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/fake-feature-type-store.ts
@@ -45,4 +45,18 @@ export default class FakeFeatureTypeStore implements IFeatureTypeStore {
             `Could not find feature type with name: ${name}`,
         );
     }
+
+    async updateLifetime(
+        name: string,
+        newLifetimeDays: number | null,
+    ): Promise<IFeatureType | undefined> {
+        const featureType = this.featureTypes.find(
+            ({ name: type }) => type === name,
+        );
+        if (!featureType) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        featureType.lifetimeDays = newLifetimeDays;
+        return featureType;
+    }
 }