diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
index 955cb364c..16ec4ad54 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ module Epp
       render 'epp/contacts/info'
     end
 
+    def renew_contact
+      epp_errors << { code: '2101', msg: t(:'errors.messages.unimplemented_command') }
+      handle_errors
+    end
+
     ## HELPER METHODS
 
     private
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 6f229c2b2..23b836474 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ en:
       attr_missing: 'Required parameter missing: %{key}'
       repeating_postal_info: 'Only one of each postal info types may be provided'
       invalid_type: 'PostalInfo type is invalid'
+      unimplemented_command: 'Unimplemented command'
 
   setting_groups:
     codes:
diff --git a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
index 206a4827f..2743d610a 100644
--- a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
@@ -236,5 +236,14 @@ describe 'EPP Contact', epp: true do
         expect(response[:msg]).to eq('Authorization error')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'renew command' do
+      it 'returns 2101-unimplemented command' do
+        response = epp_request('contacts/renew.xml')
+
+        expect(response[:result_code]).to eq('2101')
+        expect(response[:msg]).to eq('Unimplemented command')
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/epp/requests/contacts/renew.xml b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/renew.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeffaa569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/renew.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+  <epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0">
+    <command>
+      <renew>
+        <contact:renew
+         xmlns:contact="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:contact-1.0">
+          <contact:id>info-4444</contact:id>
+          <contact:authInfo>
+            <contact:pw>2fooBAR</contact:pw>
+          </contact:authInfo>
+       </contact:renew>
+      </renew>
+      <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
+    </command>
+  </epp>