diff --git a/sdk/tables/data-tables/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/tables/data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
index 19e0e2355cb1..bc3b30e153df 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/tables/data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 13.2.0 (2022-09-06)
+## 13.2.0 (2022-09-07)
 
 ### Features Added
 
 - Add option to `transaction.updateEntity()` [#22562](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/pull/22562). (A community contribution, courtesy of _[tmcgannon](https://github.com/tmcgannon))_
+  - Add overloads to `TableTransaction.updateEntity` so `undefined` doesn't need to be passed explicitly for an optional argument. [#23132](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/pull/23132)
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
diff --git a/sdk/tables/data-tables/review/data-tables.api.md b/sdk/tables/data-tables/review/data-tables.api.md
index 2e413c9eea8b..3276f7ffe268 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/data-tables/review/data-tables.api.md
+++ b/sdk/tables/data-tables/review/data-tables.api.md
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ export class TableTransaction {
     actions: TransactionAction[];
     createEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(entity: TableEntity<T>): void;
     deleteEntity(partitionKey: string, rowKey: string): void;
-    updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(entity: TableEntity<T>, updateMode?: UpdateMode, updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions): void;
+    updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(entity: TableEntity<T>, updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions): void;
+    updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(entity: TableEntity<T>, updateMode: UpdateMode, updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions): void;
     upsertEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(entity: TableEntity<T>, updateMode?: UpdateMode): void;
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/tables/data-tables/src/TableTransaction.ts b/sdk/tables/data-tables/src/TableTransaction.ts
index d80c6b1d1ee6..c338b2390ca4 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/data-tables/src/TableTransaction.ts
+++ b/sdk/tables/data-tables/src/TableTransaction.ts
@@ -73,18 +73,45 @@ export class TableTransaction {
     this.actions.push(["delete", { partitionKey, rowKey }]);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds an update action to the transaction
+   * @param entity - entity to update
+   * @param updateOptions - options for the update operation
+   */
+  updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(
+    entity: TableEntity<T>,
+    updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions
+  ): void;
+
   /**
    * Adds an update action to the transaction
    * @param entity - entity to update
    * @param updateMode - update mode
-   * @param options - options for the update operation
+   * @param updateOptions - options for the update operation
+   */
+  updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(
+    entity: TableEntity<T>,
+    updateMode: UpdateMode,
+    updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Adds an update action to the transaction
+   * @param entity - entity to update
+   * @param updateModeOrOptions - update mode or update options
+   * @param updateOptions - options for the update operation
    */
   updateEntity<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>>(
     entity: TableEntity<T>,
-    updateMode: UpdateMode = "Merge",
+    updateModeOrOptions: UpdateMode | UpdateTableEntityOptions | undefined,
     updateOptions?: UpdateTableEntityOptions
   ): void {
-    this.actions.push(["update", entity, updateMode, updateOptions]);
+    // UpdateMode is a string union
+    const realUpdateMode: UpdateMode | undefined =
+      typeof updateModeOrOptions === "string" ? updateModeOrOptions : undefined;
+    const realUpdateOptions: UpdateTableEntityOptions | undefined =
+      typeof updateModeOrOptions === "object" ? updateModeOrOptions : updateOptions;
+    this.actions.push(["update", entity, realUpdateMode ?? "Merge", realUpdateOptions ?? {}]);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sdk/tables/data-tables/test/internal/tableTransaction.spec.ts b/sdk/tables/data-tables/test/internal/tableTransaction.spec.ts
index a17fbf733106..26e40e3e4c19 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/data-tables/test/internal/tableTransaction.spec.ts
+++ b/sdk/tables/data-tables/test/internal/tableTransaction.spec.ts
@@ -69,4 +69,21 @@ describe("TableTransaction", () => {
       assert.isTrue(isProxy);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("updateEntity", () => {
+    it("should have ergonomic overloads", () => {
+      const transaction = new TableTransaction();
+      const entity = { partitionKey: "1", rowKey: "1" };
+      transaction.updateEntity(entity);
+      transaction.updateEntity(entity, "Replace");
+      transaction.updateEntity(entity, { etag: "" });
+      transaction.updateEntity(entity, "Merge", { etag: "" });
+      assert.deepEqual(transaction.actions, [
+        ["update", { partitionKey: "1", rowKey: "1" }, "Merge", {}],
+        ["update", { partitionKey: "1", rowKey: "1" }, "Replace", {}],
+        ["update", { partitionKey: "1", rowKey: "1" }, "Merge", { etag: "" }],
+        ["update", { partitionKey: "1", rowKey: "1" }, "Merge", { etag: "" }],
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });