diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/database.js b/keyserver/src/database/database.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/database.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/database.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 import { connectionLimit, queryWarnTime } from './consts.js';
 import { getDBConfig } from './db-config.js';
 import DatabaseMonitor from './monitor.js';
-import type { Pool, SQLOrString, SQLStatementType } from './types.js';
+import type {
+  Connection,
+  Pool,
+  SQLOrString,
+  SQLStatementType,
+} from './types.js';
 import { getScriptContext } from '../scripts/script-context.js';
 
 const SQLStatement: SQLStatementType = SQL.SQLStatement;
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@
   return mysql.format(statement.sql, statement.values);
 }
 
-async function getMultipleStatementsConnection() {
+async function getMultipleStatementsConnection(): Promise<Connection> {
   const { dbType, ...dbConfig } = await getDBConfig();
   const options: ConnectionOptions = {
     ...dbConfig,
@@ -203,4 +208,5 @@
   setConnectionContext,
   dbQuery,
   rawSQL,
+  getMultipleStatementsConnection,
 };
diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/types.js b/keyserver/src/database/types.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/types.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/types.js
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@
 };
 
 export type SQLOrString = SQLStatementType | string;
+
+export type Connection = {
+  +query: (input: SQLOrString) => Promise<QueryResults>,
+  +end: () => void,
+};
diff --git a/keyserver/src/updaters/olm-account-updater.js b/keyserver/src/updaters/olm-account-updater.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyserver/src/updaters/olm-account-updater.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// @flow
+
+import type { Account as OlmAccount } from '@commapp/olm';
+
+import { ServerError } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
+
+import { SQL, getMultipleStatementsConnection } from '../database/database.js';
+import { unpicklePickledOlmAccount } from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
+
+async function fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
+  olmAccountType: 'primary' | 'notifications',
+  callback: (account: OlmAccount) => Promise<void>,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const isPrimary = olmAccountType === 'primary';
+  const connection = await getMultipleStatementsConnection();
+  await connection.query(
+    SQL`
+      START TRANSACTION
+    `,
+  );
+  const [olmAccountResult] = await connection.query(
+    SQL`
+      SELECT pickling_key, pickled_olm_account 
+      FROM keyserver_olm_accounts 
+      WHERE is_primary = ${isPrimary};
+    `,
+  );
+
+  if (olmAccountResult.length === 0) {
+    await connection.query(
+      SQL`
+        ROLLBACK;
+      `,
+    );
+    throw new ServerError('missing_olm_account');
+  }
+
+  const picklingKey = olmAccountResult[0].pickling_key;
+  const pickledAccount = olmAccountResult[0].pickled_olm_account;
+  const account = await unpicklePickledOlmAccount({
+    picklingKey,
+    pickledAccount,
+  });
+  await callback(account);
+  const updatedPickledAccount = account.pickle(picklingKey);
+
+  await connection.query(
+    SQL`
+      UPDATE keyserver_olm_accounts 
+      SET pickled_olm_account = ${updatedPickledAccount} 
+      WHERE is_primary = ${isPrimary};
+    `,
+  );
+  await connection.query(
+    SQL`
+      COMMIT;
+    `,
+  );
+}
+
+export { fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount };