diff --git a/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/CollectionsITest.java b/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/CollectionsITest.java
index 06c70b1e5..dcde8a399 100644
--- a/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/CollectionsITest.java
+++ b/src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/CollectionsITest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.Property;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.Replication;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.VectorIndex;
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config.Shard;
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config.ShardStatus;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.vectorindex.Hnsw;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.vectorizers.NoneVectorizer;
 import io.weaviate.containers.Container;
@@ -159,4 +161,27 @@ public void testUpdateCollection() throws IOException {
               .extracting(CollectionConfig::replication).returns(false, Replication::asyncEnabled);
         });
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShards() throws IOException {
+    var nsShatteredCups = ns("ShatteredCups");
+    client.collections.create(nsShatteredCups);
+    var cups = client.collections.use(nsShatteredCups);
+
+    // Act: get initial shard state
+    var shards = cups.config.getShards();
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(shards).as("single-tenant collections has 1 shard").hasSize(1);
+    var singleShard = shards.get(0);
+
+    // Act: flip the status
+    var wantStatus = singleShard.status().equals("READY") ? ShardStatus.READONLY : ShardStatus.READY;
+    var updated = cups.config.updateShards(wantStatus, singleShard.name());
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(updated)
+        .as("shard status changed")
+        .hasSize(1)
+        .extracting(Shard::status)
+        .containsOnly(wantStatus.name());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/GetShardsRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/GetShardsRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa5638ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/GetShardsRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.json.JSON;
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.rest.Endpoint;
+
+public record GetShardsRequest(String collectionName) {
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public static final Endpoint<GetShardsRequest, List<Shard>> _ENDPOINT = Endpoint.of(
+      request -> "GET",
+      request -> "/schema/" + request.collectionName + "/shards", // TODO: tenant support
+      (gson, request) -> null,
+      request -> Collections.emptyMap(),
+      code -> code != HttpStatus.SC_SUCCESS,
+      (gson, response) -> (List<Shard>) JSON.deserialize(response, TypeToken.getParameterized(
+          List.class, Shard.class)));
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/Shard.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/Shard.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0797668f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/Shard.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+public record Shard(
+    @SerializedName("name") String name,
+    @SerializedName("status") String status,
+    @SerializedName("vectorQueueSize") long vectorQueueSize) {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/ShardStatus.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/ShardStatus.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc5bb06d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/ShardStatus.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+public enum ShardStatus {
+  @SerializedName("READY")
+  READY,
+  @SerializedName("READONLY")
+  READONLY;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/UpdateShardStatusRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/UpdateShardStatusRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95431d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/UpdateShardStatusRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.json.JSON;
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.rest.Endpoint;
+
+public record UpdateShardStatusRequest(String collection, String shard, ShardStatus status) {
+  public static final Endpoint<UpdateShardStatusRequest, Void> _ENDPOINT = Endpoint.of(
+      request -> "PUT",
+      request -> "/schema/" + request.collection + "/shards/" + request.shard,
+      (gson, request) -> JSON.serialize(Map.of("status", request.status)),
+      request -> Collections.emptyMap(),
+      code -> code != HttpStatus.SC_SUCCESS,
+      (gson, response) -> null);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClient.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClient.java
index 9979bfa3a..b2a0fb493 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClient.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -45,4 +47,21 @@ public void update(String collectionName,
     this.restTransport.performRequest(UpdateCollectionRequest.of(thisCollection, fn),
         UpdateCollectionRequest._ENDPOINT);
   }
+
+  public List<Shard> getShards() throws IOException {
+    return this.restTransport.performRequest(new GetShardsRequest(collection.name()), GetShardsRequest._ENDPOINT);
+  }
+
+  public List<Shard> updateShards(ShardStatus status, String... shards) throws IOException {
+    return updateShards(status, Arrays.asList(shards));
+  }
+
+  public List<Shard> updateShards(ShardStatus status, List<String> shards) throws IOException {
+    for (var shard : shards) {
+      this.restTransport.performRequest(
+          new UpdateShardStatusRequest(collection.name(), shard, status),
+          UpdateShardStatusRequest._ENDPOINT);
+    }
+    return getShards();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClientAsync.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClientAsync.java
index 001f7e4ca..a418a47aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClientAsync.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/config/WeaviateConfigClientAsync.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.config;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -48,4 +50,22 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> update(String collectionName,
           UpdateCollectionRequest._ENDPOINT);
     });
   }
+
+  public CompletableFuture<List<Shard>> getShards() {
+    return this.restTransport.performRequestAsync(new GetShardsRequest(collectionDescriptor.name()),
+        GetShardsRequest._ENDPOINT);
+  }
+
+  public CompletableFuture<List<Shard>> updateShards(ShardStatus status, String... shards) throws IOException {
+    return updateShards(status, Arrays.asList(shards));
+  }
+
+  public CompletableFuture<List<Shard>> updateShards(ShardStatus status, List<String> shards) throws IOException {
+    var updates = shards.stream().map(
+        shard -> this.restTransport.performRequestAsync(
+            new UpdateShardStatusRequest(collectionDescriptor.name(), shard, status),
+            UpdateShardStatusRequest._ENDPOINT))
+        .toArray(CompletableFuture[]::new);
+    return CompletableFuture.allOf(updates).thenCompose(__ -> getShards());
+  }
 }