diff --git a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
index a8c3c7d362b06..86f83bb3674c6 100644
--- a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
+++ b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ that is stored using the ORC file format, partitioned by ``ds`` and
       partitioning = ARRAY['ds', 'country']
     )
 
-Create an Iceberg table with Iceberg format version 2::
+Create an Iceberg table with Iceberg format version 2 and with commit_retries set to 5::
 
     CREATE TABLE iceberg.web.page_views_v2 (
       view_time timestamp,
@@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@ Create an Iceberg table with Iceberg format version 2::
     WITH (
       format = 'ORC',
       partitioning = ARRAY['ds', 'country'],
-      format_version = '2'
+      format_version = '2',
+      commit_retries = 5
     )
 
 Partition Column Transform
@@ -1203,6 +1204,11 @@ The table is partitioned by the transformed value of the column::
 
      ALTER TABLE iceberg.web.page_views ADD COLUMN ts timestamp WITH (partitioning = 'hour');
 
+Table properties can be modified for an Iceberg table using an ALTER TABLE SET PROPERTIES statement. Only `commit_retries` can be modified at present.
+For example, to set `commit_retries` to 6 for the table `iceberg.web.page_views_v2`, use::
+
+    ALTER TABLE iceberg.web.page_views_v2 SET PROPERTIES (commit_retries = 6);
+
 TRUNCATE
 ^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/presto-iceberg/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergAbstractMetadata.java b/presto-iceberg/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergAbstractMetadata.java
index 113da1c71d54a..60bb0e8e4ffb7 100644
--- a/presto-iceberg/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergAbstractMetadata.java
+++ b/presto-iceberg/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergAbstractMetadata.java
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.SchemaParser;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Transaction;
+import org.apache.iceberg.UpdateProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Type;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.TypeUtil;
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergPartitionType.ALL;
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergSessionProperties.getCompressionCodec;
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergSessionProperties.isPushdownFilterEnabled;
+import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergTableProperties.COMMIT_RETRIES;
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergTableProperties.DELETE_MODE;
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergTableProperties.FILE_FORMAT_PROPERTY;
 import static com.facebook.presto.iceberg.IcebergTableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION;
@@ -990,6 +993,28 @@ public OptionalLong metadataDelete(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandl
         return removeScanFiles(icebergTable, domainPredicate);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setTableProperties(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle, Map<String, Object> properties)
+    {
+        IcebergTableHandle handle = (IcebergTableHandle) tableHandle;
+        Table icebergTable = getIcebergTable(session, handle.getSchemaTableName());
+        transaction = icebergTable.newTransaction();
+
+        UpdateProperties updateProperties = transaction.updateProperties();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+            switch (entry.getKey()) {
+                case COMMIT_RETRIES:
+                    updateProperties.set(TableProperties.COMMIT_NUM_RETRIES, String.valueOf(entry.getValue()));
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new PrestoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Updating property " + entry.getKey() + " is not supported currently");
+            }
+        }
+
+        updateProperties.commit();
+        transaction.commitTransaction();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Deletes all the files for a specific predicate
      *
diff --git a/presto-iceberg/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergDistributedSmokeTestBase.java b/presto-iceberg/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergDistributedSmokeTestBase.java
index 98bfef4aab872..57a8acfae41a6 100644
--- a/presto-iceberg/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergDistributedSmokeTestBase.java
+++ b/presto-iceberg/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergDistributedSmokeTestBase.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 import static java.util.stream.IntStream.range;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -1808,4 +1809,46 @@ private Session sessionForTimezone(String zoneId, boolean legacyTimestamp)
         }
         return sessionBuilder.build();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdatingInvalidProperty()
+    {
+        Session session = getSession();
+        String tableName = "test_invalid_property_update";
+        assertUpdate(session, "CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (c1 integer, c2 varchar) WITH(commit_retries = 4)");
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " SET PROPERTIES (format = 'PARQUET')"))
+                .hasMessage("Updating property format is not supported currently");
+        assertUpdate("DROP TABLE " + tableName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdatingRandomProperty()
+    {
+        Session session = getSession();
+        String tableName = "test_random_property_update";
+        assertUpdate(session, "CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (c1 integer, c2 varchar) WITH(commit_retries = 4)");
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " SET PROPERTIES (some_config = 2)"))
+                .hasMessage("Catalog 'iceberg' does not support table property 'some_config'");
+        assertUpdate("DROP TABLE " + tableName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdatingCommitRetries()
+    {
+        Session session = getSession();
+        String tableName = "test_commit_retries_update";
+        assertUpdate(session, "CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (c1 integer, c2 varchar) WITH(commit_retries = 4)");
+        assertQuery("SELECT value FROM \"" + tableName + "$properties\" WHERE key = 'commit.retry.num-retries'", "VALUES 4");
+        assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " SET PROPERTIES (commit_retries = 5)");
+        assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS " + tableName + " SET PROPERTIES (commit_retries = 6)");
+        assertQuery("SELECT value FROM \"" + tableName + "$properties\" WHERE key = 'commit.retry.num-retries'", "VALUES 6");
+        assertUpdate("DROP TABLE " + tableName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateNonExistentTable()
+    {
+        assertQuerySucceeds("ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS non_existent_test_table1 SET PROPERTIES (commit_retries = 6)");
+        assertQueryFails("ALTER TABLE non_existent_test_table2 SET PROPERTIES (commit_retries = 6)", "Table does not exist: iceberg.tpch.non_existent_test_table2");
+    }
 }