diff --git a/cli/consumer_command.go b/cli/consumer_command.go
index 8c289c54..6be97733 100644
--- a/cli/consumer_command.go
+++ b/cli/consumer_command.go
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ func configureConsumerCommand(app commandHost) {
 		f.Flag("wait", "Acknowledgement waiting time").Default("-1s").DurationVar(&c.ackWait)
 		if !edit {
 			f.Flag("inactive-threshold", "How long to allow an ephemeral consumer to be idle before removing it").PlaceHolder("THRESHOLD").DurationVar(&c.inactiveThreshold)
-			f.Flag("replicas", "Sets a custom replica count rather than inherit from the stream").IntVar(&c.replicas)
 			f.Flag("memory", "Force the consumer state to be stored in memory rather than inherit from the stream").UnNegatableBoolVar(&c.memory)
 		}
+		f.Flag("replicas", "Sets a custom replica count rather than inherit from the stream").IntVar(&c.replicas)
 	}
 
 	cons := app.Command("consumer", "JetStream Consumer management").Alias("con").Alias("obs").Alias("c")
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ func (c *consumerCmd) editAction(pc *fisk.ParseContext) error {
 		if c.filterSubject != "_unset_" {
 			ncfg.FilterSubject = c.filterSubject
 		}
+
+		if c.replicas > 0 {
+			ncfg.Replicas = c.replicas
+		}
 	}
 
 	// sort strings to subject lists that only differ in ordering is considered equal
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac40d48f..9b7495c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/guptarohit/asciigraph v0.5.5
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.12
-	github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202101040-65db8f7ffa60
+	github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202132938-f7d702bd0bcf
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.9-0.20221128185543-14f40b93b51e
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.20.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15f0373e..8672d99c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3Rllmb
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
-github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202101040-65db8f7ffa60 h1:wjDKZzJKHCCD+OjJSyBfpg4SIYZ5crOvByor5ZlELBo=
-github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202101040-65db8f7ffa60/go.mod h1:gVLAvWHq7xjYwRH7KEsrVDBhm7jCA4UWL9Bor+g9KgI=
+github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202132938-f7d702bd0bcf h1:BN43mLlRTw4x+EDsads26ixWqzzdILVcTGK5xc4ZHnI=
+github.com/nats-io/jsm.go v0.0.36-0.20221202132938-f7d702bd0bcf/go.mod h1:uOd9HvMHwjs30ROjkEV/6T8Q7NQCeAAylpjgBHWNb6M=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.3.0 h1:z2mA1a7tIf5ShggOFlR1oBPgd6hGqcDYsISxZByUzdI=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:0tqz9Hlu6bCBFLWAASKhE5vUA4c24L9KPUUgvwumE/k=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.8 h1:jgxZsv+A3Reb3MgwxaINcNq/za8xZInKhDg9Q0cGN1o=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.8/go.mod h1:AB6hAnGZDlYfqb7CTAm66ZKMZy9DpfierY1/PbpvI2g=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.9-0.20221128185543-14f40b93b51e h1:RuZ6tfwWVduB9eoBcyrqhGiLcYHOlHV1vlUn6igC9Es=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.9-0.20221128185543-14f40b93b51e/go.mod h1:AB6hAnGZDlYfqb7CTAm66ZKMZy9DpfierY1/PbpvI2g=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.20.0 h1:T8JJnQfVSdh1CzGiwAOv5hEobYCBho/0EupGznYw0oM=
@@ -277,8 +275,6 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
-go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1 h1:e1YG66Lrk73dn4qhg8WFSvhF0JuFQF0ERIp4rpuV8Qk=
-go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1/go.mod h1:BF4eumQw0P9GtnuxxovUd06vwm1o18oMzFtK66vU6XU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=