diff --git a/internal/api/controller/user/update_admin.go b/internal/api/controller/user/update_admin.go
index 2b5891a97..f67af65f8 100644
--- a/internal/api/controller/user/update_admin.go
+++ b/internal/api/controller/user/update_admin.go
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/harness/gitness/types/enum"
 )
 
+type UpdateAdminInput struct {
+	admin bool `json:"admin"`
+}
+
 /*
  * UpdateAdmin updates the admin state of a user.
  */
 func (c *Controller) UpdateAdmin(ctx context.Context, session *auth.Session,
-	userUID string, admin bool) (*types.User, error) {
-	user, err := findUserFromUID(ctx, c.principalStore, userUID)
+	userID string, request *UpdateAdminInput) (*types.User, error) {
+	user, err := findUserFromUID(ctx, c.principalStore, userID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ func (c *Controller) UpdateAdmin(ctx context.Context, session *auth.Session,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	user.Admin = admin
+	user.Admin = request.admin
 	user.Updated = time.Now().UnixMilli()
 
 	err = c.principalStore.UpdateUser(ctx, user)
diff --git a/internal/api/handler/user/update_admin.go b/internal/api/handler/user/update_admin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfa738b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/handler/user/update_admin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Harness Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the Polyform Free Trial License
+// that can be found in the LICENSE.md file for this repository.
+
+package user
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/internal/api/controller/user"
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/internal/api/render"
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/internal/api/request"
+)
+
+// HandleUpdateAdmin returns an http.HandlerFunc that processes an http.Request
+// to update the current user admin status.
+func HandleUpdateAdmin(userCtrl *user.Controller) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ctx := r.Context()
+		session, _ := request.AuthSessionFrom(ctx)
+
+		userID, err := request.GetUserUIDFromPath(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			render.BadRequestf(w, "Invalid request: %s.", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		in := new(user.UpdateAdminInput)
+		err = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(in)
+		if err != nil {
+			render.BadRequestf(w, "Invalid request body: %s.", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		user, err := userCtrl.UpdateAdmin(ctx, session, userID, in)
+		if err != nil {
+			render.TranslatedUserError(w, err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		render.JSON(w, http.StatusOK, user)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/openapi/user.go b/internal/api/openapi/user.go
index 1c7030f96..f28062a2d 100644
--- a/internal/api/openapi/user.go
+++ b/internal/api/openapi/user.go
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ type createTokenRequest struct {
 	user.CreateTokenInput
 }
 
+type updateAdminRequest struct {
+	ID int64 `path:"user_id"`
+	user.UpdateAdminInput
+}
+
 // helper function that constructs the openapi specification
 // for user account resources.
 func buildUser(reflector *openapi3.Reflector) {
@@ -43,4 +48,14 @@ func buildUser(reflector *openapi3.Reflector) {
 	_ = reflector.SetRequest(&opToken, new(createTokenRequest), http.MethodPost)
 	_ = reflector.SetJSONResponse(&opToken, new(types.TokenResponse), http.StatusCreated)
 	_ = reflector.SetJSONResponse(&opToken, new(usererror.Error), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	_ = reflector.Spec.AddOperation(http.MethodPost, "/user/token", opToken)
+
+	opUpdateAdmin := openapi3.Operation{}
+	opUpdateAdmin.WithTags("user")
+	opUpdateAdmin.WithMapOfAnything(map[string]interface{}{"operationId": "updateUserAdmin"})
+	_ = reflector.SetRequest(&opUpdateAdmin, new(updateAdminRequest), http.MethodPatch)
+	_ = reflector.SetJSONResponse(&opUpdateAdmin, new(types.User), http.StatusOK)
+	_ = reflector.SetJSONResponse(&opUpdateAdmin, new(usererror.Error), http.StatusNotFound)
+	_ = reflector.SetJSONResponse(&opUpdateAdmin, new(usererror.Error), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	_ = reflector.Spec.AddOperation(http.MethodPatch, "/user/{user_id}/admin", opUpdateAdmin)
 }
diff --git a/internal/router/api.go b/internal/router/api.go
index 7263b1c17..2514628b7 100644
--- a/internal/router/api.go
+++ b/internal/router/api.go
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ func setupUser(r chi.Router, userCtrl *user.Controller) {
 		r.Use(middlewareprincipal.RestrictTo(enum.PrincipalTypeUser))
 		r.Get("/", handleruser.HandleFind(userCtrl))
 		r.Patch("/", handleruser.HandleUpdate(userCtrl))
+		r.Route(fmt.Sprintf("/{%s}", request.PathParamUserUID), func(r chi.Router) {
+			r.Patch("/admin", handleruser.HandleUpdateAdmin(userCtrl))
+		})
 
 		// PAT
 		r.Route("/tokens", func(r chi.Router) {