How do I modify fields inside the new PostgreSQL JSON datatype?

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With postgresql 9.3 I can SELECT specific fields of a JSON data type, but how do you modify them using UPDATE? I can’t find any examples of this in the postgresql documentation, or anywhere online. I have tried the obvious:

postgres=# create table test (data json);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into test (data) values ('{"a":1,"b":2}');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=# select data->'a' from test where data->>'b' = '2';
 ?column?
----------
 1
(1 row)
postgres=# update test set data->'a' = to_json(5) where data->>'b' = '2';
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "->"
LINE 1: update test set data->'a' = to_json(5) where data->>'b' = '2...

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