diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b966a55..ffb8df4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ htmlcov/
 compile_commands.json
 .idea/
 .pytest_cache/
+.venv
diff --git a/src/mwparserfromhell/nodes/template.py b/src/mwparserfromhell/nodes/template.py
index ef0bcd1..e3abe79 100644
--- a/src/mwparserfromhell/nodes/template.py
+++ b/src/mwparserfromhell/nodes/template.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
-
 from collections import defaultdict
 import re
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ FLAGS = re.DOTALL | re.UNICODE
 # Used to allow None as a valid fallback value
 _UNSET = object()
 
-
 class Template(Node):
     """Represents a template in wikicode, like ``{{foo}}``."""
 
@@ -330,6 +328,17 @@ class Template(Node):
             self.params.append(param)
         return param
 
+    def update(self, params, **kwargs):
+        """Update the template with multiple parameters at once.
+        Args:
+            params: A dictionary mapping parameter names to values. 
+            **kwargs: Optional arguments that will be applied to all parameters,
+                matching the same arguments in :meth:`add` (showkey, before, 
+                after, preserve_spacing)
+        """
+        for name, value in params.items():
+            self.add(name, value, **kwargs)
+
     def __setitem__(self, name, value):
         return self.add(name, value)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_template.py b/tests/test_template.py
index a67b9cd..475a468 100644
--- a/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_template.py
@@ -394,6 +394,24 @@ def test_add():
     assert "{{a|b=c|d=e|f=g|new_param=value}}" == node44
 
 
+def test_update():
+    """test template.update()"""
+    node1 = Template(wraptext("a"))
+    node1.update({"b": "c", "d": "e"})
+    assert "{{a|b=c|d=e}}" == node1
+
+    node2 = Template(wraptext("a"))
+    node2.update({"1": "b"}, showkey=False)
+    assert "{{a|b}}" == node2
+
+    node3 = Template(wraptext("a\n"), [
+        pgens("b ", "c\n"),
+        pgens("d ", " e")
+    ])
+    node3.update({"b ": "f"}, preserve_spacing=False)
+    assert "{{a\n|b =f|d = e}}" == node3
+
+
 def test_remove():
     """test Template.remove()"""
     node1 = Template(wraptext("foobar"))