---
title: "orgs members set-role"
description: "Change a member's role"
canonical: "https://pgbeam.com/docs/cli/orgs/members/set-role"
last-updated: "2026-10-22T11:48:14.000Z"
---

# orgs members set-role

> Change a member's role

URL: https://pgbeam.com/docs/cli/orgs/members/set-role

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Changes what a member is allowed to do. An organization must keep at least one owner, so the last owner cannot be demoted, and `owner` cannot be assigned here: ownership transfer is a separate, higher-privilege flow.

## Usage

```bash
pgbeam orgs members set-role <id> [flags]
```

## Options

| Option           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Required | Default |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------- |
| `<id>`           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Yes      | -       |
| `--role <value>` | A role that can be assigned through the member API. This is `OrgRole` without `owner`: ownership is transferred through a separate flow, so requesting it here is rejected with a 400. One of: admin, member, security_admin, billing_admin, auditor, policy-author, approver. | Yes      | -       |

> **Global options**
>
> All [global options](/docs/cli/global-options) (`--token`, `--profile`,
> `--project`, `--org`, `--json`, `--no-color`, `--no-trunc`, `--debug`) are
> also available on this command.

## Examples

```bash
# Change a member's role
pgbeam orgs members set-role

# Output as JSON
pgbeam orgs members set-role --json
```

## Output

Renders a human-readable table or detail view by default; pass `--json` for the raw API response.