diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/validation/index.js b/backend/src/middleware/validation/index.js
index a7238ab03..2da25a605 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/validation/index.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/validation/index.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const validateComment = async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
   if (!postId) {
     throw new UserInputError(NO_POST_ERR_MESSAGE)
   }
-  return resolve(root, args, context, info)
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-return-await */
+  return await resolve(root, args, context, info)
 }
 
 export default {
diff --git a/backend/src/resolvers/comments.spec.js b/backend/src/resolvers/comments.spec.js
index 87a0df270..952850759 100644
--- a/backend/src/resolvers/comments.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/resolvers/comments.spec.js
@@ -175,4 +175,24 @@ describe('CreateComment', () => {
       expect(Comment).toEqual([{ postId: null }])
     })
   })
+
+describe('UpdateComment', () => {
+  const updateCommentMutation = `
+  mutation($postId: ID, $content: String!, $id: ID!) {
+    UpdateComment(postId: $postId, content: $content, id: $id) {
+      id
+      content
+    }
+  }
+  `
+  updateCommentVariables = {
+    postId: 'p1',
+    content: 'Comment is updated',
+    id: 'c8'
+  }
+
+  it('updates a comment', async () = {
+
+  })
+})
 })