diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
index b9870b0b9c..d9ce673dc4 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ const messages = {
     }
 };
 
+type CollectionPost = {
+    id: string;
+    featured?: boolean;
+    published_at?: Date;
+}
+
 export class Collection {
     id: string;
     title: string;
@@ -40,6 +46,37 @@ export class Collection {
         }
     }
 
+    public edit(data: Partial<Collection>) {
+        if (this.type === 'automatic' && (data.filter === null || data.filter === '')) {
+            throw new ValidationError({
+                message: tpl(messages.invalidFilterProvided.message),
+                context: tpl(messages.invalidFilterProvided.context)
+            });
+        }
+
+        if (data.title !== undefined) {
+            this.title = data.title;
+        }
+
+        if (data.slug !== undefined) {
+            this.slug = data.slug;
+        }
+
+        if (data.description !== undefined) {
+            this.description = data.description;
+        }
+
+        if (data.filter !== undefined) {
+            this.filter = data.filter;
+        }
+
+        if (data.featureImage !== undefined) {
+            this.featureImage = data.featureImage;
+        }
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param post {{id: string}} - The post to add to the collection
      * @param index {number} - The index to insert the post at, use negative numbers to count from the end.
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
index 4c177aac7f..4ef4e49b71 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ export class CollectionsService {
             return null;
         }
 
+        const collectionData = this.fromDTO(data);
+        await collection.edit(collectionData);
+
         if (collection.type === 'manual' && data.posts) {
             for (const post of data.posts) {
                 collection.addPost(post);
@@ -261,10 +264,6 @@ export class CollectionsService {
             await this.updateAutomaticCollectionItems(collection, data.filter);
         }
 
-        const collectionData = this.fromDTO(data);
-
-        Object.assign(collection, collectionData);
-
         await this.collectionsRepository.save(collection);
 
         return this.toDTO(collection);
diff --git a/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
index ded24c946a..9c09f256fe 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,45 @@ describe('Collection', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('edit', function () {
+        it('Can edit Collection values', async function () {
+            const collection = await Collection.create({
+                slug: 'test-collection',
+                title: 'Testing edits',
+                type: 'automatic',
+                filter: 'featured:true'
+            });
+
+            assert.equal(collection.title, 'Testing edits');
+
+            collection.edit({
+                title: 'Edited title',
+                slug: 'edited-slug'
+            });
+
+            assert.equal(collection.title, 'Edited title');
+            assert.equal(collection.slug, 'edited-slug');
+        });
+
+        it('Throws when the collection filter is empty', async function () {
+            const collection = await Collection.create({
+                title: 'Testing edits',
+                type: 'automatic',
+                filter: 'featured:true'
+            });
+
+            assert.rejects(async () => {
+                await collection.edit({
+                    filter: null
+                });
+            }, (err: any) => {
+                assert.equal(err.message, 'Invalid filter provided for automatic Collection', 'Error message should match');
+                assert.equal(err.context, 'Automatic type of collection should always have a filter value', 'Error message should match');
+                return true;
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     it('Can add posts to different positions', async function () {
         const collection = await Collection.create({
             title: 'Testing adding posts'