diff --git a/tools/python/jwutils/misc.py b/tools/python/jwutils/misc.py
index 3b243f6..e1f9781 100644
--- a/tools/python/jwutils/misc.py
+++ b/tools/python/jwutils/misc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ def silentremove(filename): #export
         if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
             raise # re-raise exception if a different error occurred
 
+def update_symlink(target, link_name):
+    try:
+        os.symlink(target, link_name)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.EEXIST:
+            os.remove(link_name)
+            os.symlink(target, link_name)
+        else:
+            raise e
+
 def pad(token: str, total_size: int, right_align: bool = False) -> str:
     add = total_size - len(token)
     if add <= 0: