diff --git a/ontology-zooma-update/Dockerfile b/ontology-zooma-update/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:latest
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install requests
+RUN pip install pandas
+COPY ./update.py /update.py
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diff --git a/ontology-zooma-update/cronjob.yml b/ontology-zooma-update/cronjob.yml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: update-ontology
+spec:
+  schedule: "0 0 * * 1"
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            - name: update-ontology
+              image: aksh77/update-ontology:latest
+              env:
+              - name: FIRE_USERNAME
+                valueFrom:
+                  secretKeyRef:
+                    name: postgres-credentials
+                    key: fire_username
+
+              - name: FIRE_PASSWORD
+                valueFrom:
+                  secretKeyRef:
+                    name: postgres-credentials
+                    key: fire_password
+              imagePullPolicy: Always
+              command: ["python", "update.py"]
+          imagePullSecrets:
+            - name: regcred
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure 
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diff --git a/ontology-zooma-update/update.py b/ontology-zooma-update/update.py
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+import json
+import requests
+import pandas as pd
+import os, subprocess, hashlib
+
+FIRE_USERNAME = os.getenv('FIRE_USERNAME')
+FIRE_PASSWORD = os.getenv('FIRE_PASSWORD')
+FIRE_API = 'https://hx.fire.sdo.ebi.ac.uk/fire/objects'
+FIRE_PATH = 'ftp/ontologies'
+FILE = 'faang_ontologies.tsv'
+
+def file_as_bytes(file):
+        """This function returns file as bits"""
+        with file:
+            return file.read()
+
+def get_md5_of_file(file):
+    """
+    This function will return md5 hash of a file
+    :return: md5 hash value
+    """
+    return hashlib.md5(file_as_bytes(
+        open(file, 'rb'))).hexdigest()
+
+def get_file_size(file):
+    """
+    This function return file size in bytes
+    :return: file size in bytes
+    """
+    return os.path.getsize(file)
+
+def delete_objects(fire_id):
+    """This function will delete object from Fire database"""
+    cmd = f"curl {FIRE_API}/{fire_id} " \
+        f"-u {FIRE_USERNAME}:{FIRE_PASSWORD} " \
+        f"-X DELETE"
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([cmd], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    (out, err) = proc.communicate()
+
+def get_semantic_tag(id):
+    OBO = [ 'LBO', 'BTO', 'UBERON', 'OBI', 'PATO', 'NCBITaxon', \
+            'CL', 'CLO', 'FMA', 'MONDO', 'EOL', 'CHEBI', 'CHMO', \
+            'EO', 'GO', 'HANCESTRO', 'HP', 'NCIT', 'OMIT', 'PO', 'UO']
+    INRA = ['ATOL', 'EOL']
+    EBI = ['EFO', 'CMPO']
+    ontology_id = id.split('_')[0]
+    if ontology_id in OBO:
+        return 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/' + id
+    if ontology_id in INRA:
+        return 'http://opendata.inra.fr/' + ontology_id + '/' + id
+    elif ontology_id in EBI:
+        return 'http://www.ebi.ac.uk/' + ontology_id.lower() + '/' + id
+    elif ontology_id == 'MEO':
+        return 'http://purl.jp/bio/11/meo/' + id
+    elif ontology_id == 'Orphanet':
+        return 'http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/' + id
+    elif ontology_id == 'topic':
+        return 'http://edamontology.org/' + id
+    else:
+        return id
+
+def main():
+    # collect ontology mappings
+    url = 'http://daphne-svc:8000/ontology_improver/search/'
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    ontologies = json.loads(response.content)['ontologies']
+    zooma_mappings = []
+    for ontology in ontologies:
+        # TODO: check if ontology status is verified
+        if ontology['ontology_type'] and ontology['ontology_term'] and ontology['ontology_id']:
+            mapping = {
+                'STUDY': '',
+                'BIOENTITY': '',
+                'PROPERTY_TYPE': ontology['ontology_type'],
+                'PROPERTY_VALUE': ontology['ontology_term'],
+                'SEMANTIC_TAG': get_semantic_tag(ontology['ontology_id'])
+            }
+            zooma_mappings.append(mapping)
+
+    # write data to file
+    df = pd.DataFrame(zooma_mappings)
+    df = df.drop_duplicates()
+    df.to_csv(FILE, sep="\t", index=False)
+
+    # list files and delete ontology file if it already exists
+    cmd = f"curl {FIRE_API}?total=1000000 -u {FIRE_USERNAME}:{FIRE_PASSWORD}"
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([cmd], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    (out, err) = proc.communicate()
+    out = json.loads(out.decode('utf-8'))
+    for file in out:
+        if file['filesystemEntry']:
+            if file['filesystemEntry']['path'] == f"/{FIRE_PATH}/{FILE}":
+                delete_objects(file['fireOid'])
+                break
+
+    # upload file to FIRE service
+    cmd =   f"curl {FIRE_API} -F file=@{FILE} " \
+            f"-u {FIRE_USERNAME}:{FIRE_PASSWORD} " \
+            f"-H 'x-fire-size: {get_file_size(FILE)}' " \
+            f"-H 'x-fire-md5: {get_md5_of_file(FILE)}'"
+    upload_process = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True)
+
+    # set file path in FIRE service
+    fire_id = json.loads(upload_process.stdout.decode('utf-8'))['fireOid']
+    cmd =   f"curl {FIRE_API}/{fire_id}/firePath " \
+            f"-u {FIRE_USERNAME}:{FIRE_PASSWORD} " \
+            f"-H 'x-fire-path: {FIRE_PATH}/{FILE}' -X PUT"
+    subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True)
+
+    # publish file
+    cmd = f"curl {FIRE_API}/{fire_id}/publish " \
+            f"-u {FIRE_USERNAME}:{FIRE_PASSWORD} -X PUT"
+    subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()