diff --git a/pkg/cmd/update.go b/pkg/cmd/update.go
index 56ab057..6b5fd05 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/update.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/update.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 func updateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "update [operator.yaml...]",
-		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 		Short: "Update a repository with operators",
 		Long: `KUDO repositories consist of a collection of indexed operator package tarballs.
 kitt creates or updates such a repository by resolving a list of operator