diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/wait_condition_handle.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/wait_condition_handle.py
index 48205ca2e9..8506c6abaf 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/wait_condition_handle.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/wait_condition_handle.py
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ class UpdateWaitConditionHandle(aws_wch.WaitConditionHandle):
 
     support_status = support.SupportStatus(version='2014.1')
 
-    def update(self, after, before=None, prev_resource=None):
+    def update(self, after, before=None, prev_resource=None,
+               new_template_id=None, new_requires=None):
         raise resource.UpdateReplace(self.name)
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-update-of-UpdateWaitConditionHandle-98ef3ed47892bbc8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-update-of-UpdateWaitConditionHandle-98ef3ed47892bbc8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76a911d02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-update-of-UpdateWaitConditionHandle-98ef3ed47892bbc8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Fixed the ``OS::Heat::UpdateWaitConditionHandle`` resource type, which
+    caused stack update to fail consistently.