Unable to update apps with new account

Hi, recently I've been using our family iTunes account to download and purchase songs and apps, although I never knew the password myself. I only recently created a new account using an iTunes card, so I now have my own account to purchase items off the App Store.
However, I've just tried to update one of the apps I had bought with the old account, and it asks me for it's password- even though I'm signed in as mine. Do I have to delete and reinstall the app for it to be managed by my new account or it is forever stuck as something only controllable by the other account?

Apps are DRM protected & tied to the itunes account used to originally purchase them. They cannot be transferred to another itunes account & updates to the apps in question must be done using the same account used to originally purchase them.

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