diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 0740e4efd9..e304eb36c4 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * Fix double-offset bug in chunked sparse CSV row indices by @kounelisagis in https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/pull/2279
 
 ## Improvements
+* Wrap `data_protocol` API by @kounelisagis in https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/pull/2287
 * Expose overwrite parameter for saving a profile by @kounelisagis in https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/pull/2277
 * Add label index support for aggregation by @kounelisagis in https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/pull/2272
 * Expose the fill value setter at the Python layer by @kounelisagis in https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Py/pull/2274
diff --git a/tiledb/ctx.py b/tiledb/ctx.py
index 3a9e94ed9a..5e0c7c55c4 100644
--- a/tiledb/ctx.py
+++ b/tiledb/ctx.py
@@ -452,6 +452,18 @@ def get_stats(self, print_out: bool = True, json: bool = False):
         else:
             return output
 
+    def data_protocol(self, uri: str):
+        """Returns the data protocol version for the given URI.
+
+        :param uri: URI to check for data protocol version
+        :return: DataProtocol enum value (DATA_PROTOCOL_V2 or DATA_PROTOCOL_V3)
+        :rtype: tiledb.DataProtocol
+
+        For TileDB Cloud URIs (tiledb://), returns either v2 (legacy) or v3 (TileDB 3.0+).
+        For non-TileDB URIs (S3, Azure, GCS, etc.), returns v2.
+        """
+        return super().data_protocol(uri)
+
 
 class CtxMixin:
     """
diff --git a/tiledb/libtiledb/context.cc b/tiledb/libtiledb/context.cc
index 754f8154af..88c2b7e34f 100644
--- a/tiledb/libtiledb/context.cc
+++ b/tiledb/libtiledb/context.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ void init_context(py::module& m) {
         .def("config", &Context::config)
         .def("set_tag", &Context::set_tag)
         .def("get_stats", &Context::stats)
-        .def("is_supported_fs", &Context::is_supported_fs);
+        .def("is_supported_fs", &Context::is_supported_fs)
+#if TILEDB_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3 || \
+    (TILEDB_VERSION_MAJOR == 2 && TILEDB_VERSION_MINOR >= 30)
+        .def("data_protocol", &Context::data_protocol)
+#endif
+        ;
 }
 
 void init_config(py::module& m) {
diff --git a/tiledb/libtiledb/enum.cc b/tiledb/libtiledb/enum.cc
index a450ad0573..bed09a6492 100644
--- a/tiledb/libtiledb/enum.cc
+++ b/tiledb/libtiledb/enum.cc
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ void init_enums(py::module& m) {
     py::enum_<tiledb_current_domain_type_t>(m, "CurrentDomainType")
         .value("NDRECTANGLE", TILEDB_NDRECTANGLE);
 #endif
+
+#if TILEDB_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3 || \
+    (TILEDB_VERSION_MAJOR == 2 && TILEDB_VERSION_MINOR >= 30)
+    py::enum_<tiledb::Context::DataProtocol>(m, "DataProtocol")
+        .value("DATA_PROTOCOL_V2", tiledb::Context::DataProtocol::v2)
+        .value("DATA_PROTOCOL_V3", tiledb::Context::DataProtocol::v3);
+#endif
     // test helpers to check enum name against typed value
     m.def("_enum_string", &tiledb::impl::type_to_str);
     m.def(