diff --git a/src/commands/scim-users/update.ts b/src/commands/scim-users/update.ts
index 967a328..02ff05f 100644
--- a/src/commands/scim-users/update.ts
+++ b/src/commands/scim-users/update.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function executeScimUsersUpdate(
 
   if (opts.active !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "active", value: opts.active });
   if (opts.userName !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "userName", value: opts.userName });
-  if (opts.email !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "emails", value: [{ value: opts.email, primary: true }] });
+  if (opts.email !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: 'emails[primary eq true].value', value: opts.email });
   if (opts.givenName !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "name.givenName", value: opts.givenName });
   if (opts.familyName !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "name.familyName", value: opts.familyName });
   if (opts.displayName !== undefined) operations.push({ op: "replace", path: "displayName", value: opts.displayName });
diff --git a/tests/commands/scim-users/update.test.ts b/tests/commands/scim-users/update.test.ts
index 5b13b6f..4cc59ed 100644
--- a/tests/commands/scim-users/update.test.ts
+++ b/tests/commands/scim-users/update.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ describe("scim-users update", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  test("updates email using SCIM filter path for primary address", async () => {
+    const updated = { id: "U001", emails: [{ value: "new@example.com", primary: true }] };
+    const mockUpdate = mock(() => Promise.resolve(updated));
+    const client = { users: { update: mockUpdate } } as any;
+    await executeScimUsersUpdate(client, { id: "U001", email: "new@example.com" });
+    expect(mockUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("U001", [
+      { op: "replace", path: 'emails[primary eq true].value', value: "new@example.com" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   test("throws when no fields provided", async () => {
     const client = { users: { update: mock(() => Promise.resolve({})) } } as any;
     await expect(executeScimUsersUpdate(client, { id: "U001" })).rejects.toThrow(