diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-nats-registry.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-nats-registry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02df7a66969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-nats-registry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Bugfix: Fix nats registry
+
+Using `nats` as service registry did work, but when a service would restart and gets a new ip it couldn't re-register.
+We fixed this by using `"put"` register action instead of the default `"create"`
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/6881
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f70d4cb0bb4..93115ba28e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/kubernetes v1.1.2-0.20230605104008-a179a6b8f8e6
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/mdns v1.2.0
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/memory v1.2.0
-	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.1
+	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.2-0.20230723205323-1ada01245674
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/grpc v1.2.0
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/http v1.2.1
 	github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/wrapper/breaker/gobreaker v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1bf75b7a229..1aeaed70f94 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/mdns v1.2.0 h1:BsGnco+PgycvSX+HS0XbeUQEP
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/mdns v1.2.0/go.mod h1:re0JvO5F56n59WEDaAKj2jtboKa2dklAd6iWyz5xa54=
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/memory v1.2.0 h1:R0G2tltffuG+fQnk+/JuAdgEJX4J+LuOafZDoNd8ow0=
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/memory v1.2.0/go.mod h1:4t5YiXJT5BVtMWImxy807lY3ywjv/PHpdHnN+LXSsI4=
-github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.1 h1:YsGmSYxhdu9NK7d8NYMY/xhaYMB4AhcCWoSrk7YGdEY=
-github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.1/go.mod h1:RDsrDhcjJggCzAvvUzo/Bzy68d9s9+tu0KOfofXVCog=
+github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.2-0.20230723205323-1ada01245674 h1:NBjrNT5TKhKB0ENBGpse+FRCY6GQAeS8LxKrspMKZs0=
+github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.2-0.20230723205323-1ada01245674/go.mod h1:RDsrDhcjJggCzAvvUzo/Bzy68d9s9+tu0KOfofXVCog=
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/grpc v1.2.0 h1:lXfM+/0oE/u1g0hVBYsvbP4lYOYXYOmwf5qH7ghi7Cc=
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/grpc v1.2.0/go.mod h1:+Ah9Pf/vMSXxBM3fup/hc3N+zN2as3nIpcRaR4sBjnY=
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/http v1.2.1 h1:Cia924J90rgFT/4qWWvyLvN+XqEm5T9tiQyQ+GU4bOQ=
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/registry/registry.go b/ocis-pkg/registry/registry.go
index 6b4ccda0159..dd2245cfa4a 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/registry/registry.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/registry/registry.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func GetRegistry() mRegistry.Registry {
 		case "nats":
 			reg = natsr.NewRegistry(
 				mRegistry.Addrs(addresses...),
+				natsr.RegisterAction("put"),
 			)
 		case "kubernetes":
 			reg = kubernetesr.NewRegistry(
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/nats.go b/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/nats.go
index 2b7ee173ea5..6e0d6ebfae3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/nats.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/nats.go
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type natsRegistry struct {
-	addrs      []string
-	opts       registry.Options
-	nopts      nats.Options
-	queryTopic string
-	watchTopic string
+	addrs          []string
+	opts           registry.Options
+	nopts          nats.Options
+	queryTopic     string
+	watchTopic     string
+	registerAction string
 
 	sync.RWMutex
 	conn      *nats.Conn
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ type natsRegistry struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	defaultQueryTopic = "micro.registry.nats.query"
-	defaultWatchTopic = "micro.registry.nats.watch"
+	defaultQueryTopic     = "micro.registry.nats.query"
+	defaultWatchTopic     = "micro.registry.nats.watch"
+	defaultRegisterAction = "create"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ func configure(n *natsRegistry, opts ...registry.Option) error {
 		watchTopic = wt
 	}
 
+	registerAction := defaultRegisterAction
+	if ra, ok := n.opts.Context.Value(registerActionKey{}).(string); ok {
+		registerAction = ra
+	}
+
 	// registry.Options have higher priority than nats.Options
 	// only if Addrs, Secure or TLSConfig were not set through a registry.Option
 	// we read them from nats.Option
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ func configure(n *natsRegistry, opts ...registry.Option) error {
 	n.nopts = natsOptions
 	n.queryTopic = queryTopic
 	n.watchTopic = watchTopic
+	n.registerAction = registerAction
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -322,7 +330,7 @@ func (n *natsRegistry) Register(s *registry.Service, opts ...registry.RegisterOp
 		return err
 	}
 
-	b, err := json.Marshal(&registry.Result{Action: "create", Service: s})
+	b, err := json.Marshal(&registry.Result{Action: n.registerAction, Service: s})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/options.go b/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/options.go
index a3efb6782b5..22db3b94e04 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/options.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats/options.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type contextQuorumKey struct{}
 type optionsKey struct{}
 type watchTopicKey struct{}
 type queryTopicKey struct{}
+type registerActionKey struct{}
 
 var (
 	DefaultQuorum = 0
@@ -70,3 +71,17 @@ func WatchTopic(s string) registry.Option {
 		o.Context = context.WithValue(o.Context, watchTopicKey{}, s)
 	}
 }
+
+// RegisterAction allows to set the action to use when registering to nats.
+// As of now there are three different options:
+// - "create" (default) only registers if there is noone already registered under the same key.
+// - "update" only updates the registration if it already exists.
+// - "put" creates or updates a registration
+func RegisterAction(s string) registry.Option {
+	return func(o *registry.Options) {
+		if o.Context == nil {
+			o.Context = context.Background()
+		}
+		o.Context = context.WithValue(o.Context, registerActionKey{}, s)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 5e7b0860d48..f9179968c3a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/mdns
 # github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/memory v1.2.0
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/memory
-# github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.1
+# github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats v1.2.2-0.20230723205323-1ada01245674
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/registry/nats
 # github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/grpc v1.2.0