diff --git a/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.html b/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.html
index ad44cb23..c81f4cbb 100644
--- a/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.html
+++ b/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.html
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
     <p>Insert will insert a new object.</p>
     <p>Save and insert either store <code>msg</code> or <code>msg.payload</code>.</p>
     <p>Update will modify an existing object or objects. The query to select objects to update uses <code>msg.query</code>
-    and the update to the element uses <code>msg.payload</code>.</p>
+    and the update to the element uses <code>msg.payload</code>. If <code>msg.query._id</code> is
+    a valid mongo ObjectId string it will be converted to an ObjectId type.</p>
     <p>Update can add a object if it does not exist or update multiple objects.</p>
     <p>Remove will remove objects that match the query passed in on <code>msg.payload</code>. A blank query will delete
     <i>all of the objects</i> in the collection.</p>
diff --git a/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.js b/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.js
index 2be88b26..2cf65681 100644
--- a/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.js
+++ b/storage/mongodb/66-mongodb.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
     var mongo = require('mongodb');
+    var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
     var MongoClient = mongo.MongoClient;
 
     function MongoNode(n) {
@@ -136,7 +137,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                                 upsert: node.upsert,
                                 multi: node.multi
                             };
-
+                            if (ObjectID.isValid(msg.query._id)) {
+                                msg.query._id = new ObjectID(msg.query._id);
+                            }
                             coll.update(query, payload, options, function(err, item) {
                                 if (err) {
                                     node.error(err,msg);
diff --git a/storage/mongodb/package.json b/storage/mongodb/package.json
index bb691e8c..a3901614 100644
--- a/storage/mongodb/package.json
+++ b/storage/mongodb/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-mongodb",
-    "version"       : "0.0.7",
+    "version"       : "0.0.8",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes to talk to an Mongo database",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "mongodb"   : "^2.2.5"
+        "mongodb"   : "^2.2.11"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",