Disclosed herein relates to a digital rights management, and more particularly, to a method for upgrading digital rights and a device for providing the same. A method of allowing a terminal to upgrade a rights object installed in a memory card according to an embodiment of the present invention may include allowing the terminal to receive a trigger message comprising a rights object identifier, upgrade information, and AssetID (Asset Identifier) to contents from a Rights Issuer, transmitting an asset identifier message comprising the AssetID to the memory card, receiving a rights information message comprising rights information selected based on the AssetID from the memory card, checking whether the rights information corresponds to the rights object identifier, and generating a rights object based on the rights information to upgrade the rights object.