diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestone.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestone.java
index 50ad549e82..3ed54636c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestone.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestone.java
@@ -85,10 +85,29 @@ public void reopen() throws IOException {
         edit("state", "open");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes this milestone.
+     */
+    public void delete() throws IOException {
+        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+    }
+
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
         new Requester(root)._with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
     }
 
+    public void setTitle(String title) throws IOException {
+        edit("title", title);
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) throws IOException {
+        edit("description", description);
+    }
+
+    public void setDueOn(Date dueOn) throws IOException {
+        edit("due_on", GitHub.printDate(dueOn));
+    }
+
     protected String getApiRoute() {
         return "/repos/"+owner.getOwnerName()+"/"+owner.getName()+"/milestones/"+number;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestoneTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestoneTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f987fd669f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestoneTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Date;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin van Zijl
+ */
+public class GHMilestoneTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
+
+    @Before
+    @After
+    public void cleanUp() throws Exception {
+        // Cleanup is only needed when proxying
+        if (!mockGitHub.isUseProxy()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (GHMilestone milestone : getRepository().listMilestones(GHIssueState.ALL)) {
+            if ("Original Title".equals(milestone.getTitle()) ||
+                "Updated Title".equals(milestone.getTitle())) {
+                milestone.delete();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateMilestone() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository();
+        GHMilestone milestone = repo.createMilestone("Original Title",
+                "To test the update methods");
+
+        String NEW_TITLE = "Updated Title";
+        String NEW_DESCRIPTION = "Updated Description";
+        Date NEW_DUE_DATE = GitHub.parseDate("2020-10-01T17:00:00Z");
+
+        milestone.setTitle(NEW_TITLE);
+        milestone.setDescription(NEW_DESCRIPTION);
+        milestone.setDueOn(NEW_DUE_DATE);
+
+        // Force reload.
+        milestone = repo.getMilestone(milestone.getNumber());
+
+        assertEquals(NEW_TITLE, milestone.getTitle());
+        assertEquals(NEW_DESCRIPTION, milestone.getDescription());
+        // The dates never seem to match exactly...
+        //assertEquals(NEW_DUE_DATE, milestone.getDueOn());
+        assertNotNull(milestone.getDueOn());
+    }
+
+    protected GHRepository getRepository() throws IOException {
+        return getRepository(gitHub);
+    }
+
+    private GHRepository getRepository(GitHub gitHub) throws IOException {
+        return gitHub.getOrganization("github-api-test-org").getRepository("github-api");
+    }
+}