Updating xml type column

Hi,
I have a xml type column with content as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PartInformation PartNumber="4393">
<Maintenance />
<Details>
<Specs PartNumber="4393">
<Type Code="K"></Type>
</Specs>
</Details>
</PartInformation>
<PartInformation PartNumber="4395">
<Maintenance />
<Details>
<Specs PartNumber="4395">
<Type Code="Z"></Type>
</Specs>
</Details>
</PartInformation>
I want to update the PartNumber="4393" to PartNumber="5789" for every occurrence .
What is the easiest way to do it?
Thanks

Hi,
Something like this?
UPDATE your_table
SET xmlcol = updatexml(xmlcol,'//*[@PartNumber="4393"]/@PartNumber','5789')
WHERE ...

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