diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 124578f1a..eb07547ac 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "DimensionalData"
 uuid = "0703355e-b756-11e9-17c0-8b28908087d0"
 authors = ["Rafael Schouten <rafaelschouten@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.24.9"
+version = "0.24.10"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/Dimensions/set.jl b/src/Dimensions/set.jl
index 244c83941..cfb5de80f 100644
--- a/src/Dimensions/set.jl
+++ b/src/Dimensions/set.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const DimSetters = Union{LookupArraySetters,Type,UnionAll,Dimension,Symbol}
 
 set(dim::Dimension, x::DimSetters) = _set(dim, x)
+set(dims_::DimTuple, args::Union{Dimension,DimTuple,Pair}...; kw...) =
+    _set(dims_, args...; kw...)
 # Convert args/kw to dims and set
 _set(dims_::DimTuple, args::Dimension...; kw...) = _set(dims_, (args..., kwdims(kw)...))
 # Convert pairs to wrapped dims and set
@@ -19,7 +21,8 @@ _set(dims::DimTuple, wrappers::DimTuple) = begin
 end
 
 # Set things wrapped in dims
-_set(dim::Dimension, wrapper::Dimension{<:DimSetters}) = _set(dim::Dimension, val(wrapper))
+_set(dim::Dimension, wrapper::Dimension{<:DimSetters}) =
+    _set(_set(dim, basetypeof(wrapper)), val(wrapper))
 # Set the dim, checking the lookup
 _set(dim::Dimension, newdim::Dimension) = _set(newdim, _set(val(dim), val(newdim)))
 # Construct types
diff --git a/src/LookupArrays/set.jl b/src/LookupArrays/set.jl
index 9c12c8a0a..54a8e33d1 100644
--- a/src/LookupArrays/set.jl
+++ b/src/LookupArrays/set.jl
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ _set(metadata::AllMetadata, newmetadata::AllMetadata) = newmetadata
 # Index
 _set(index::AbstractArray, newindex::AbstractArray) = newindex
 _set(index::AbstractArray, newindex::AutoLookup) = index
+_set(index::AbstractArray, newindex::Colon) = index
 _set(index::Colon, newindex::AbstractArray) = newindex
+_set(index::Colon, newindex::Colon) = index
 
 _set(A, x) = _cantseterror(A, x)
 
diff --git a/src/set.jl b/src/set.jl
index df4092e60..6f2319a19 100644
--- a/src/set.jl
+++ b/src/set.jl
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ set(A::AbstractDimStack, x::LookupArray) = LookupArrays._cantseterror(A, x)
 set(A::AbstractDimArray, x::LookupArray) = LookupArrays._cantseterror(A, x)
 set(A, x) = LookupArrays._cantseterror(A, x)
 set(A::DimArrayOrStack, args::Union{Dimension,DimTuple,Pair}...; kw...) =
-    rebuild(A, data(A), _set(dims(A), args...; kw...))
+    rebuild(A, data(A), set(dims(A), args...; kw...))
 set(A::AbstractDimArray, newdata::AbstractArray) = begin
     axes(A) == axes(newdata) || _axiserr(A, newdata)
     rebuild(A; data=newdata)
diff --git a/test/set.jl b/test/set.jl
index c70422371..0a16d270b 100644
--- a/test/set.jl
+++ b/test/set.jl
@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ end
         @test order(set(uda, X=ReverseOrdered())) == (ReverseOrdered(), Unordered())
     end
 
+    # issue #478
+    @testset "tuple dims and/or Symbol/Dim{Colon}/Colon replacement" begin
+        @test set(Dim{:foo}(), :bar) === Dim{:bar}()
+        @test set(Dim{:foo}(2:11), :bar) === Dim{:bar}(2:11)
+        @test set(Dim{:foo}(), Dim{:bar}()) === Dim{:bar}()
+        @test set(Dim{:foo}(2:11), Dim{:bar}()) === Dim{:bar}(2:11)
+        @test set(Dim{:foo}(LookupArrays.Sampled(2:11)), Dim{:bar}(LookupArrays.Sampled(0:9))) ===
+            set(set(Dim{:foo}(LookupArrays.Sampled(2:11)), :bar), LookupArrays.Sampled(0:9))
+        @test set((Dim{:foo}(),), :foo => :bar) === (Dim{:bar}(),)
+        @test set((Dim{:foo}(2:11),), :foo => :bar) === (Dim{:bar}(2:11),)
+        @test set(dimz, :X => :foo, :Y => :bar) ===
+            (set(dims(dimz, :X), :foo), set(dims(dimz, :Y), :bar))
+    end
 end
 
 @testset "metadata" begin