diff --git a/src/mango/test/13-stable-update-test.py b/src/mango/test/13-stable-update-test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aebe622710b..00000000000
--- a/src/mango/test/13-stable-update-test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
-# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
-# the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
-# the License.
-
-import copy
-import mango
-
-DOCS1 = [
-    {
-        "_id": "54af50626de419f5109c962f",
-        "user_id": 0,
-        "age": 10,
-        "name": "Jimi",
-        "location": "UK",
-        "number": 4,
-    },
-    {
-        "_id": "54af50622071121b25402dc3",
-        "user_id": 1,
-        "age": 12,
-        "name": "Eddie",
-        "location": "ZAR",
-        "number": 2,
-    },
-]
-
-
-class SupportStableAndUpdate(mango.DbPerClass):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp(db_per_test=True)
-        # Hack to prevent auto-indexer from foiling update=False test
-        # https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/2313
-        self.db.save_doc(
-            {"_id": "_design/foo", "language": "query", "autoupdate": False}
-        )
-        self.db.create_index(["name"], ddoc="foo")
-        self.db.save_docs(copy.deepcopy(DOCS1))
-
-    def test_update_updates_view_when_specified(self):
-        docs = self.db.find({"name": "Eddie"}, update=False)
-        assert len(docs) == 0
-        docs = self.db.find({"name": "Eddie"}, update=True)
-        assert len(docs) == 1
diff --git a/test/elixir/test/config/suite.elixir b/test/elixir/test/config/suite.elixir
index b3fb950846c..8bf012a42aa 100644
--- a/test/elixir/test/config/suite.elixir
+++ b/test/elixir/test/config/suite.elixir
@@ -735,5 +735,8 @@
   ],
   "IgnoreDesignDocsForAllDocsIndexTests": [
     "should not return design docs"
+  ],
+  "SupportStableAndUpdate": [
+    "update updates view when specified"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/test/elixir/test/mango/13_stable_update_test.exs b/test/elixir/test/mango/13_stable_update_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3378237098e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/elixir/test/mango/13_stable_update_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+
+defmodule SupportStableAndUpdate do
+  use CouchTestCase
+
+  @db_name "supports-stable-and-update"
+  @docs1 [
+    %{
+      "_id" => "54af50626de419f5109c962f",
+      "user_id" => 0,
+      "age" => 10,
+      "name" => "Jimi",
+      "location" => "UK",
+      "number" => 4,
+    },
+    %{
+      "_id" => "54af50622071121b25402dc3",
+      "user_id" => 1,
+      "age" => 12,
+      "name" => "Eddie",
+      "location" => "ZAR",
+      "number" => 2,
+    },
+  ]
+
+  setup do
+    MangoDatabase.recreate(@db_name)
+    # Hack to prevent auto-indexer from foiling update=False test
+    # https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/2313
+    MangoDatabase.save_doc(@db_name, %{"_id" => "_design/foo", "language" => "query", "autoupdate" => false})
+    MangoDatabase.create_index(@db_name, ["name"], ddoc: "foo")
+    MangoDatabase.save_docs(@db_name, @docs1)
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  test "update updates view when specified" do
+    {:ok, docs} = MangoDatabase.find(@db_name, %{"name" => "Eddie"}, update: false)
+    assert Enum.empty?(docs)
+    {:ok, docs} = MangoDatabase.find(@db_name, %{"name" => "Eddie"}, update: true)
+    assert length(docs) == 1
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/elixir/test/support/mango_database.ex b/test/elixir/test/support/mango_database.ex
index 1b5b4ab63a8..06a4114645e 100644
--- a/test/elixir/test/support/mango_database.ex
+++ b/test/elixir/test/support/mango_database.ex
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ defmodule MangoDatabase do
     |> put_if_set("fields", options, :fields)
     |> put_if_set("execution_stats", options, :executionStats)
     |> put_if_set("allow_fallback", options, :allow_fallback)
+    |> put_if_set("update", options, :update)
     )
 
     case {(options[:explain] or options[:return_raw]), resp.status_code} do