diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index 673359699a..2e7914f60b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx<void, DeleteAutomationResponse>) {
   if (
     automation.definition.trigger.stepId === AutomationTriggerStepId.ROW_ACTION
   ) {
-    ctx.throw("Row actions cannot be renamed", 403)
+    ctx.throw("Row actions cannot be deleted", 403)
   }
 
   ctx.body = await sdk.automations.remove(automationId, ctx.params.rev)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
index f0c3d6e1c5..a82bc68465 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,19 @@ describe("/automations", () => {
       expect(events.automation.deleted).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     })
 
+    it("cannot delete a row action automation", async () => {
+      const automation = await config.createAutomation(
+        setup.structures.rowActionAutomation()
+      )
+      await request
+        .delete(`/api/automations/${automation._id}/${automation._rev}`)
+        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
+        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+        .expect(403, { message: "Row actions cannot be deleted", status: 403 })
+
+      expect(events.automation.deleted).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
     it("should apply authorization to endpoint", async () => {
       const automation = await config.createAutomation()
       await checkBuilderEndpoint({
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/tests/index.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/tests/index.spec.ts
index 124a5d9276..868dfb30ac 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/tests/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/tests/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { sample } from "lodash/fp"
-import { Automation } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Automation, AutomationTriggerStepId } from "@budibase/types"
+import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import automationSdk from "../"
 import { structures } from "../../../../api/routes/tests/utilities"
 import TestConfiguration from "../../../../tests/utilities/TestConfiguration"
@@ -12,6 +13,38 @@ describe("automation sdk", () => {
   })
 
   describe("update", () => {
+    it("can rename existing automations", async () => {
+      await config.doInContext(config.getAppId(), async () => {
+        const automation = structures.newAutomation()
+
+        const response = await automationSdk.create(automation)
+
+        const newName = generator.guid()
+        const update = { ...response, name: newName }
+        const result = await automationSdk.update(update)
+        expect(result.name).toEqual(newName)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it("cannot rename row action automations", async () => {
+      await config.doInContext(config.getAppId(), async () => {
+        const automation = structures.newAutomation({
+          trigger: {
+            ...structures.automationTrigger(),
+            stepId: AutomationTriggerStepId.ROW_ACTION,
+          },
+        })
+
+        const response = await automationSdk.create(automation)
+
+        const newName = generator.guid()
+        const update = { ...response, name: newName }
+        await expect(automationSdk.update(update)).rejects.toThrow(
+          "Row actions cannot be renamed"
+        )
+      })
+    })
+
     it.each([
       ["trigger", (a: Automation) => a.definition.trigger],
       ["step", (a: Automation) => a.definition.steps[0]],
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/structures.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/structures.ts
index 970df2e2c9..16ab049eb4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/structures.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/structures.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ export function automationTrigger(
   }
 }
 
-export function newAutomation({ steps, trigger }: any = {}) {
+export function newAutomation({
+  steps,
+  trigger,
+}: { steps?: AutomationStep[]; trigger?: AutomationTrigger } = {}) {
   const automation = basicAutomation()
 
   if (trigger) {
@@ -176,6 +179,16 @@ export function newAutomation({ steps, trigger }: any = {}) {
   return automation
 }
 
+export function rowActionAutomation() {
+  const automation = newAutomation({
+    trigger: {
+      ...automationTrigger(),
+      stepId: AutomationTriggerStepId.ROW_ACTION,
+    },
+  })
+  return automation
+}
+
 export function basicAutomation(appId?: string): Automation {
   return {
     name: "My Automation",