diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Style.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Style.md
index 50cfb9d3..a5094629 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Style.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Style.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ will output
 {a: cat, b: 5, c: 3.2, e: true}
 ```
 
-## Pretty print
+## Reset style - or pretty print
 Set empty (default) quote style, note the usage of `...` to match keys too. Note that there is a `--prettyPrint/-P` short flag for this.
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
@@ -167,6 +167,22 @@ c: 3.2
 e: true
 ```
 
+## Set style relatively with assign-update
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a: single
+b: double
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq eval '.[] style |= .' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a: 'single'
+b: "double"
+```
+
 ## Read style
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_style.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_style.go
index b2ace2fd..1b359cdb 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_style.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_style.go
@@ -4,39 +4,46 @@ import (
 	"container/list"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
+func parseStyle(customStyle string) (yaml.Style, error) {
+	if customStyle == "tagged" {
+		return yaml.TaggedStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle == "double" {
+		return yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle == "single" {
+		return yaml.SingleQuotedStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle == "literal" {
+		return yaml.LiteralStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle == "folded" {
+		return yaml.FoldedStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle == "flow" {
+		return yaml.FlowStyle, nil
+	} else if customStyle != "" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Unknown style %v", customStyle)
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
 func AssignStyleOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, matchingNodes *list.List, pathNode *PathTreeNode) (*list.List, error) {
 
 	log.Debugf("AssignStyleOperator: %v")
-
-	rhs, err := d.GetMatchingNodes(matchingNodes, pathNode.Rhs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	customStyle := ""
-
-	if rhs.Front() != nil {
-		customStyle = rhs.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Node.Value
-	}
-
 	var style yaml.Style
-	if customStyle == "tagged" {
-		style = yaml.TaggedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "double" {
-		style = yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "single" {
-		style = yaml.SingleQuotedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "literal" {
-		style = yaml.LiteralStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "folded" {
-		style = yaml.FoldedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "flow" {
-		style = yaml.FlowStyle
-	} else if customStyle != "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown style %v", customStyle)
+	if !pathNode.Operation.UpdateAssign {
+		rhs, err := d.GetMatchingNodes(matchingNodes, pathNode.Rhs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if rhs.Front() != nil {
+			style, err = parseStyle(rhs.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Node.Value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
 	}
+
 	lhs, err := d.GetMatchingNodes(matchingNodes, pathNode.Lhs)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -46,6 +53,20 @@ func AssignStyleOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, matchingNodes *list.List, pathNod
 	for el := lhs.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
 		candidate := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
 		log.Debugf("Setting style of : %v", candidate.GetKey())
+		if pathNode.Operation.UpdateAssign {
+			rhs, err := d.GetMatchingNodes(nodeToMap(candidate), pathNode.Rhs)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if rhs.Front() != nil {
+				style, err = parseStyle(rhs.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Node.Value)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		candidate.Node.Style = style
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_style_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_style_test.go
index d8ca575a..fa777f26 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_style_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_style_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ e: >-
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		description:    "Pretty print",
+		description:    "Reset style - or pretty print",
 		subdescription: "Set empty (default) quote style, note the usage of `...` to match keys too. Note that there is a `--prettyPrint/-P` short flag for this.",
 		document:       `{a: cat, "b": 5, 'c': 3.2, "e": true}`,
 		expression:     `... style=""`,
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ e: >-
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::a: cat\nb: 5\nc: 3.2\ne: true\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Set style relatively with assign-update",
+		document:    `{a: single, b: double}`,
+		expression:  `.[] style |= .`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (doc)::{a: 'single', b: \"double\"}\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		skipDoc:    true,
 		document:   `{a: cat, b: double}`,
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_tag.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_tag.go
index 3a4037ec..3ca2ede6 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_tag.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_tag.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package yqlib
 import (
 	"container/list"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func AssignTagOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, matchingNodes *list.List, pathNode *PathTreeNode) (*list.List, error) {
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ func AssignTagOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, matchingNodes *list.List, pathNode
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// FAIL HERE
+
 	for el := lhs.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
 		candidate := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
 		log.Debugf("Setting tag of : %v", candidate.GetKey())