diff --git a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
index 27b0f1187..5c5edf101 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     # typing.Self requires Python 3.11
     from typing_extensions import Self
 
-    _SettingsInput: TypeAlias = SupportsItems[str, Any] | str | None
+    _SettingsInput: TypeAlias = (
+        SupportsItems[str, Any] | Iterable[tuple[str, Any]] | str | None
+    )
 
 
 SETTINGS_PRIORITIES: dict[str, int] = {
@@ -560,7 +562,7 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping[str, Any]):
             if key.isupper():
                 self.set(key, getattr(module, key), priority)
 
-    # BaseSettings.update() doesn't support all inputs that MutableMapping.update() supports
+    # BaseSettings.update() doesn't support kwargs input like MutableMapping.update().
     def update(self, values: _SettingsInput, priority: int | str = "project") -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
         """
         Store key/value pairs with a given priority.
@@ -577,7 +579,7 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping[str, Any]):
         command.
 
         :param values: the settings names and values
-        :type values: dict or string or :class:`~scrapy.settings.BaseSettings`
+        :type values: dict, iterable, string or :class:`~scrapy.settings.BaseSettings`
 
         :param priority: the priority of the settings. Should be a key of
             :attr:`~scrapy.settings.SETTINGS_PRIORITIES` or an integer
@@ -591,7 +593,12 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping[str, Any]):
                 for name, value in values.items():
                     self.set(name, value, cast("int", values.getpriority(name)))
             else:
-                for name, value in values.items():
+                items: Iterable[tuple[str, Any]]
+                if hasattr(values, "items"):
+                    items = cast("SupportsItems[str, Any]", values).items()
+                else:
+                    items = values
+                for name, value in items:
                     self.set(name, value, priority)
 
     def delete(self, name: str, priority: int | str = "project") -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
index 3282b0591..97c095ae0 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
@@ -221,13 +221,11 @@ class TestBaseSettings:
         settings = BaseSettings({"key": 0})
         settings.update(key=1)  # pylint: disable=unexpected-keyword-arg
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(
-        raises=AttributeError,
-        reason="BaseSettings.update doesn't support iterable input",
-    )
     def test_update_iterable(self):
-        settings = BaseSettings({"key": 0})
-        settings.update([("key", 1)])
+        settings = BaseSettings({"key": 0}, priority=0)
+        settings.update([("key", 1)], priority=10)
+        assert settings["key"] == 1
+        assert settings.getpriority("key") == 10
 
     def test_update_jsonstring(self):
         settings = BaseSettings({"number": 0, "dict": BaseSettings({"key": "val"})})