diff --git a/java/lance-jni/src/namespace.rs b/java/lance-jni/src/namespace.rs
index b9db171c064..148171f8c7a 100644
--- a/java/lance-jni/src/namespace.rs
+++ b/java/lance-jni/src/namespace.rs
@@ -993,6 +993,23 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_org_lance_namespace_RestNamespace_declareTableNative
     .into_raw()
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "system" fn Java_org_lance_namespace_RestNamespace_renameTableNative(
+    mut env: JNIEnv,
+    _obj: JObject,
+    handle: jlong,
+    request_json: JString,
+) -> jstring {
+    ok_or_throw_with_return!(
+        env,
+        call_rest_namespace_method(&mut env, handle, request_json, |ns, req| {
+            RT.block_on(ns.inner.rename_table(req))
+        }),
+        std::ptr::null_mut()
+    )
+    .into_raw()
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "system" fn Java_org_lance_namespace_RestNamespace_insertIntoTableNative(
     mut env: JNIEnv,
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespace.java b/java/src/main/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespace.java
index 840e9f3d690..63dfe28dea7 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespace.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespace.java
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@ public DeclareTableResponse declareTable(DeclareTableRequest request) {
     return fromJson(responseJson, DeclareTableResponse.class);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public RenameTableResponse renameTable(RenameTableRequest request) {
+    ensureInitialized();
+    String requestJson = toJson(request);
+    String responseJson = renameTableNative(nativeRestNamespaceHandle, requestJson);
+    return fromJson(responseJson, RenameTableResponse.class);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public InsertIntoTableResponse insertIntoTable(
       InsertIntoTableRequest request, byte[] requestData) {
@@ -397,6 +405,8 @@ private native long createNativeWithProvider(
 
   private native String declareTableNative(long handle, String requestJson);
 
+  private native String renameTableNative(long handle, String requestJson);
+
   private native String insertIntoTableNative(long handle, String requestJson, byte[] requestData);
 
   private native String mergeInsertIntoTableNative(
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespaceTest.java b/java/src/test/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespaceTest.java
index 797ef5d6785..29522e54b4b 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespaceTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/org/lance/namespace/RestNamespaceTest.java
@@ -325,4 +325,40 @@ void testCreateEmptyTable() {
     assertNotNull(createResp);
     assertNotNull(createResp.getLocation());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void testRenameTable() throws Exception {
+    // Create parent namespace
+    CreateNamespaceRequest createNsReq =
+        new CreateNamespaceRequest().id(Arrays.asList("workspace"));
+    namespace.createNamespace(createNsReq);
+
+    // Create a table
+    byte[] tableData = createTestTableData();
+    CreateTableRequest createReq =
+        new CreateTableRequest().id(Arrays.asList("workspace", "test_table"));
+    namespace.createTable(createReq, tableData);
+
+    // TODO: underlying dir namespace doesn't support rename yet...
+
+    // // Rename the table
+    // RenameTableRequest renameReq =
+    //     new RenameTableRequest()
+    //         .id(Arrays.asList("workspace", "test_table"))
+    //         .newNamespaceId(Arrays.asList("workspace"))
+    //         .newTableName("test_table_renamed");
+
+    // RenameTableResponse renameRes = namespace.renameTable(renameReq);
+    // assertNotNull(renameRes);
+
+    // // Verify table with old name no longer exists
+    // TableExistsRequest oldExistsReq =
+    //     new TableExistsRequest().id(Arrays.asList("workspace", "test_table"));
+    // assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> namespace.tableExists(oldExistsReq));
+
+    // // Verify table with new name exists
+    // TableExistsRequest existsReq =
+    //     new TableExistsRequest().id(Arrays.asList("workspace", "test_table_renamed"));
+    // assertDoesNotThrow(() -> namespace.tableExists(existsReq));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/python/python/lance/namespace.py b/python/python/lance/namespace.py
index 9df0c451173..bccb602f169 100644
--- a/python/python/lance/namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/lance/namespace.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     NamespaceExistsRequest,
     RegisterTableRequest,
     RegisterTableResponse,
+    RenameTableRequest,
+    RenameTableResponse,
     TableExistsRequest,
 )
 
@@ -536,6 +538,10 @@ def declare_table(self, request: DeclareTableRequest) -> DeclareTableResponse:
         response_dict = self._inner.declare_table(request.model_dump())
         return DeclareTableResponse.from_dict(response_dict)
 
+    def rename_table(self, request: RenameTableRequest) -> RenameTableResponse:
+        response_dict = self._inner.rename_table(request.model_dump())
+        return RenameTableResponse.from_dict(response_dict)
+
 
 class RestAdapter:
     """REST adapter server that creates a namespace backend and exposes it via REST.
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_namespace_rest.py b/python/python/tests/test_namespace_rest.py
index de1a57ace8d..9dcc3a35f43 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_namespace_rest.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_namespace_rest.py
@@ -405,6 +405,39 @@ def test_register_table_rejects_path_traversal(self, rest_namespace):
             rest_namespace.register_table(register_req)
         assert "Path traversal is not allowed" in str(exc_info.value)
 
+    def test_rename_table(self, rest_namespace):
+        """Test renaming a table."""
+        # Create parent namespace
+        create_ns_req = CreateNamespaceRequest(id=["workspace"])
+        rest_namespace.create_namespace(create_ns_req)
+
+        # Create table
+        table_data = create_test_data()
+        ipc_data = table_to_ipc_bytes(table_data)
+        create_req = CreateTableRequest(id=["workspace", "test_table"])
+        rest_namespace.create_table(create_req, ipc_data)
+
+        # TODO: underlying dir namespace doesn't support rename yet...
+
+        # # Rename the table
+        # rename_req = RenameTableRequest(
+        #     id=["workspace", "test_table"],
+        #     new_namespace_id=["workspace"],
+        #     new_table_name="test_table_renamed",
+        # )
+
+        # response = rest_namespace.rename_table(rename_req)
+        # assert response is not None
+
+        # # Verify table with old name no longer exists
+        # exists_req = TableExistsRequest(id=["workspace", "test_table"])
+        # with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        #     rest_namespace.table_exists(exists_req)
+
+        # # Verify table with new name exists
+        # exists_req = TableExistsRequest(id=["workspace", "test_table_renamed"])
+        # rest_namespace.table_exists(exists_req)
+
 
 class TestChildNamespaceOperations:
     """Tests for operations in child namespaces - mirrors DirectoryNamespace tests."""
diff --git a/python/src/namespace.rs b/python/src/namespace.rs
index 90bc3f8fa03..fb2769f66c2 100644
--- a/python/src/namespace.rs
+++ b/python/src/namespace.rs
@@ -548,6 +548,18 @@ impl PyRestNamespace {
             .infer_error()?;
         Ok(pythonize(py, &response)?.into())
     }
+
+    fn rename_table<'py>(
+        &self,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        request: &Bound<'_, PyAny>,
+    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+        let request = depythonize(request)?;
+        let response = crate::rt()
+            .block_on(Some(py), self.inner.rename_table(request))?
+            .infer_error()?;
+        Ok(pythonize(py, &response)?.into())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Python wrapper for REST adapter server