diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a21fb77ea..6897d20bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Android: Expose app-hang detection through the NDK bindings via `NdkOptions.setEnableAppHangTracking()` and `NdkOptions.setAppHangTimeoutMillis()`. ([#1823](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1823))
 - Windows: add wide-char versions of `sentry_capture_minidump` and `sentry_capture_minidump_n`. ([#1827](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1827))
+- Add `sentry_update_context` to allow updating already set context objects with new key-value pairs, as well as new values for existing keys. ([#1835](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1835))
 
 **Fixes**:
 
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index 341d1af10..2c41e9dfd 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -2300,6 +2300,19 @@ SENTRY_API void sentry_scope_set_context(
     sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *key, sentry_value_t value);
 SENTRY_API void sentry_scope_set_context_n(sentry_scope_t *scope,
     const char *key, size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value);
+/**
+ * Updates a context object by merging the provided values into it.
+ * Keys in `value` take precedence over keys in the context, updating the
+ * existing values. Keys in the existing context that are not present in `value`
+ * are preserved. If the context object does not exist yet, it will be created.
+ */
+SENTRY_API void sentry_update_context(const char *key, sentry_value_t value);
+SENTRY_API void sentry_update_context_n(
+    const char *key, size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value);
+SENTRY_API void sentry_scope_update_context(
+    sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *key, sentry_value_t value);
+SENTRY_API void sentry_scope_update_context_n(sentry_scope_t *scope,
+    const char *key, size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value);
 
 /**
  * Removes the context object with the specified key.
diff --git a/src/sentry_core.c b/src/sentry_core.c
index 984e50a83..e169f7308 100644
--- a/src/sentry_core.c
+++ b/src/sentry_core.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,22 @@ sentry_set_context_n(const char *key, size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value)
     }
 }
 
+void
+sentry_update_context(const char *key, sentry_value_t value)
+{
+    SENTRY_WITH_SCOPE_MUT (scope) {
+        sentry_scope_update_context(scope, key, value);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+sentry_update_context_n(const char *key, size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value)
+{
+    SENTRY_WITH_SCOPE_MUT (scope) {
+        sentry_scope_update_context_n(scope, key, key_len, value);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 sentry__set_propagation_context(const char *key, sentry_value_t value)
 {
diff --git a/src/sentry_scope.c b/src/sentry_scope.c
index 4ea51b60e..1a6f54a55 100644
--- a/src/sentry_scope.c
+++ b/src/sentry_scope.c
@@ -599,6 +599,28 @@ sentry_scope_set_context_n(sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *key,
     sentry_value_set_by_key_n(scope->contexts, key, key_len, value);
 }
 
+void
+sentry_scope_update_context(
+    sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *key, sentry_value_t value)
+{
+    sentry_scope_update_context_n(
+        scope, key, sentry__guarded_strlen(key), value);
+}
+
+void
+sentry_scope_update_context_n(sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *key,
+    size_t key_len, sentry_value_t value)
+{
+    sentry_value_t context
+        = sentry_value_get_by_key_n(scope->contexts, key, key_len);
+    if (sentry_value_is_null(context)) {
+        sentry_value_set_by_key_n(scope->contexts, key, key_len, value);
+    } else {
+        sentry__value_merge_objects(value, context);
+        sentry_value_set_by_key_n(scope->contexts, key, key_len, value);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 sentry__scope_set_fingerprint_va(
     sentry_scope_t *scope, const char *fingerprint, va_list va)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_scope.c b/tests/unit/test_scope.c
index fa74592f2..0ac3951ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_scope.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_scope.c
@@ -100,6 +100,90 @@ SENTRY_TEST(scope_contexts)
     sentry_close();
 }
 
+SENTRY_TEST(scope_update_context)
+{
+    SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
+    sentry_init(options);
+
+    // update into empty: context does not exist yet
+    {
+        sentry_value_t device = sentry_value_new_object();
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(
+            device, "model", sentry_value_new_string("Xbox Series X"));
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(
+            device, "family", sentry_value_new_string("Xbox"));
+        sentry_update_context("device", device);
+
+        SENTRY_WITH_SCOPE (scope) {
+            sentry_value_t ctx
+                = sentry_value_get_by_key(scope->contexts, "device");
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+                sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "model")),
+                "Xbox Series X");
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+                sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "family")),
+                "Xbox");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // update should overwrite existing keys
+    {
+        sentry_value_t extra = sentry_value_new_object();
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(extra, "model", sentry_value_new_string("PC"));
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(
+            extra, "cpu_description", sentry_value_new_string("some cpu"));
+        sentry_update_context("device", extra);
+
+        SENTRY_WITH_SCOPE (scope) {
+            sentry_value_t ctx
+                = sentry_value_get_by_key(scope->contexts, "device");
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+                sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "model")),
+                "PC");
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+                sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "family")),
+                "Xbox");
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+                sentry_value_as_string(
+                    sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "cpu_description")),
+                "some cpu");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // scoped update into empty
+    {
+        sentry_scope_t *local_scope = sentry_local_scope_new();
+
+        sentry_value_t os = sentry_value_new_object();
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(os, "name", sentry_value_new_string("SteamOS"));
+        sentry_scope_update_context(local_scope, "os", os);
+
+        sentry_value_t ctx
+            = sentry_value_get_by_key(local_scope->contexts, "os");
+        TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+            sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "name")),
+            "SteamOS");
+
+        // scoped update overwrites existing keys
+        sentry_value_t os2 = sentry_value_new_object();
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(os2, "name", sentry_value_new_string("Linux"));
+        sentry_value_set_by_key(os2, "version", sentry_value_new_string("6.1"));
+        sentry_scope_update_context(local_scope, "os", os2);
+
+        ctx = sentry_value_get_by_key(local_scope->contexts, "os");
+        TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+            sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "name")),
+            "Linux");
+        TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(
+            sentry_value_as_string(sentry_value_get_by_key(ctx, "version")),
+            "6.1");
+
+        sentry__scope_free(local_scope);
+    }
+
+    sentry_close();
+}
+
 SENTRY_TEST(scope_extra)
 {
     SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests.inc b/tests/unit/tests.inc
index 8170e4570..86addc6da 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests.inc
+++ b/tests/unit/tests.inc
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ XX(sampling_decision)
 XX(sampling_transaction)
 XX(scope_breadcrumbs)
 XX(scope_contexts)
+XX(scope_update_context)
 XX(scope_extra)
 XX(scope_fingerprint)
 XX(scope_fingerprint_n)