diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-getdrives-response-code.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-getdrives-response-code.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c427d556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-getdrives-response-code.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: fix PATCH/DELETE status code for drives that don't support them
+
+Updating and Deleting the virtual drives for shares is currently not supported. Instead
+of returning a generic 500 status we return a 405 response now.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/8235
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/7881
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/drives.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/drives.go
index af029f0b3..311c351af 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/drives.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/drives.go
@@ -622,6 +622,10 @@ func (g Graph) UpdateDrive(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			logger.Debug().Interface("id", rid).Msg("could not update drive, invalid argument")
 			errorcode.NotAllowed.Render(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, resp.GetStatus().GetMessage())
 			return
+		case cs3rpc.Code_CODE_UNIMPLEMENTED:
+			logger.Debug().Interface("id", rid).Msg("could not delete drive: delete not implemented for this type of drive")
+			errorcode.NotAllowed.Render(w, r, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, "drive cannot be updated")
+			return
 		default:
 			logger.Debug().Interface("id", rid).Str("grpc", resp.GetStatus().GetMessage()).Msg("could not update drive: grpc error")
 			errorcode.GeneralException.Render(w, r, http.StatusInternalServerError, "grpc error")
@@ -1193,6 +1197,10 @@ func (g Graph) DeleteDrive(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		logger.Debug().Interface("id", rid).Msg("could not delete drive: drive not found")
 		errorcode.ItemNotFound.Render(w, r, http.StatusNotFound, "drive not found")
 		return
+	case cs3rpc.Code_CODE_UNIMPLEMENTED:
+		logger.Debug().Interface("id", rid).Msg("could not delete drive: delete not implemented for this type of drive")
+		errorcode.NotAllowed.Render(w, r, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, "drive cannot be deleted")
+		return
 	// don't expose internal error codes to the outside world
 	default:
 		logger.Debug().Str("grpc", dRes.GetStatus().GetMessage()).Interface("id", rid).Msg("could not delete drive: grpc error")