diff --git a/app/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller.rb
index c9f256c6f..4a7eafc9c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class Platform::Api::V1::UsersController < PlatformController
 
   def update
     @resource.assign_attributes(user_update_params)
+
+    # We are using devise's reconfirmable flow for changing emails
+    # But in case of platform APIs we don't want user to go through this extra step
+    @resource.skip_reconfirmation! if user_update_params[:email].present?
     @resource.save!
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller_spec.rb
index e2e9d17df..6ed3cbb7d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/platform/api/v1/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -145,14 +145,17 @@ RSpec.describe 'Platform Users API', type: :request do
         expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
       end
 
-      it 'updates the user' do
+      it 'updates the user attributes' do
         create(:platform_app_permissible, platform_app: platform_app, permissible: user)
-        patch "/platform/api/v1/users/#{user.id}", params: { name: 'test123', custom_attributes: { test: 'test_update' } },
+        patch "/platform/api/v1/users/#{user.id}", params: {
+          name: 'test123', email: 'newtestemail@test.com', custom_attributes: { test: 'test_update' }
+        },
                                                    headers: { api_access_token: platform_app.access_token.token }, as: :json
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
         data = JSON.parse(response.body)
         expect(data['name']).to eq('test123')
+        expect(data['email']).to eq('newtestemail@test.com')
         expect(data['custom_attributes']['test']).to eq('test_update')
       end
     end