diff --git a/src/collections/config/types/index.ts b/src/collections/config/types/index.ts
index 2af0f07e..171cccf7 100644
--- a/src/collections/config/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/collections/config/types/index.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ export type MultiTenancyConfig = {
   enabled: boolean;
 };
 
+export type ReplicationDeletionStrategy = 'DeleteOnConflict' | 'NoAutomatedResolution';
+
 export type ReplicationConfig = {
   asyncEnabled: boolean;
+  deletionStrategy: ReplicationDeletionStrategy;
   factor: number;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/collections/config/utils.ts b/src/collections/config/utils.ts
index 79854a05..3466f05b 100644
--- a/src/collections/config/utils.ts
+++ b/src/collections/config/utils.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ class ConfigMapping {
     return {
       factor: v.factor,
       asyncEnabled: v.asyncEnabled ? v.asyncEnabled : false,
+      deletionStrategy: v.deletionStrategy ? v.deletionStrategy : 'NoAutomatedResolution',
     };
   }
   static sharding(v?: WeaviateShardingConfig): ShardingConfig {
diff --git a/src/collections/configure/index.ts b/src/collections/configure/index.ts
index 3ad323b8..4c9d2ca4 100644
--- a/src/collections/configure/index.ts
+++ b/src/collections/configure/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import {
   InvertedIndexConfigUpdate,
   MultiTenancyConfigCreate,
   ReplicationConfigCreate,
+  ReplicationConfigUpdate,
+  ReplicationDeletionStrategy,
   ShardingConfigCreate,
   VectorConfigUpdate,
   VectorIndexType,
@@ -131,10 +133,19 @@ const configure = {
    * See [the docs](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/concepts/replication-architecture#replication-vs-sharding) for more details.
    *
    * @param {boolean} [options.asyncEnabled] Whether asynchronous replication is enabled. Default is false.
+   * @param {ReplicationDeletionStrategy} [options.deletionStrategy] The deletion strategy when replication conflicts are detected between deletes and reads.
    * @param {number} [options.factor] The replication factor. Default is 1.
    */
-  replication: (options: { asyncEnabled?: boolean; factor?: number }): ReplicationConfigCreate => {
-    return { asyncEnabled: options.asyncEnabled, factor: options.factor };
+  replication: (options: {
+    asyncEnabled?: boolean;
+    deletionStrategy?: ReplicationDeletionStrategy;
+    factor?: number;
+  }): ReplicationConfigCreate => {
+    return {
+      asyncEnabled: options.asyncEnabled,
+      deletionStrategy: options.deletionStrategy,
+      factor: options.factor,
+    };
   },
   /**
    * Create a `ShardingConfigCreate` object to be used when defining the sharding configuration of your collection.
@@ -217,10 +228,19 @@ const reconfigure = {
    * See [the docs](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/concepts/replication-architecture#replication-vs-sharding) for more details.
    *
    * @param {boolean} [options.asyncEnabled] Whether asynchronous replication is enabled.
+   * @param {ReplicationDeletionStrategy} [options.deletionStrategy] The deletion strategy when replication conflicts are detected between deletes and reads.
    * @param {number} [options.factor] The replication factor.
    */
-  replication: (options: { asyncEnabled?: boolean; factor?: number }): ReplicationConfigCreate => {
-    return { asyncEnabled: options.asyncEnabled, factor: options.factor };
+  replication: (options: {
+    asyncEnabled?: boolean;
+    deletionStrategy?: ReplicationDeletionStrategy;
+    factor?: number;
+  }): ReplicationConfigUpdate => {
+    return {
+      asyncEnabled: options.asyncEnabled,
+      deletionStrategy: options.deletionStrategy,
+      factor: options.factor,
+    };
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/collections/configure/types/base.ts b/src/collections/configure/types/base.ts
index 4e5d3bfd..0ee1cde2 100644
--- a/src/collections/configure/types/base.ts
+++ b/src/collections/configure/types/base.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 import { WeaviateNestedProperty, WeaviateProperty } from '../../../openapi/types.js';
-import { InvertedIndexConfig, MultiTenancyConfig, ReplicationConfig } from '../../config/types/index.js';
+import {
+  InvertedIndexConfig,
+  MultiTenancyConfig,
+  ReplicationConfig,
+  ReplicationDeletionStrategy,
+} from '../../config/types/index.js';
 import { DataType } from '../../types/index.js';
 import { NonRefKeys, RefKeys } from '../../types/internal.js';
 
-export type RecursivePartial<T> = {
-  [P in keyof T]?: RecursivePartial<T[P]>;
-};
+export type RecursivePartial<T> = T extends object
+  ? {
+      [P in keyof T]?: RecursivePartial<T[P]>;
+    }
+  : T;
 
 export type InvertedIndexConfigCreate = RecursivePartial<InvertedIndexConfig>;
 
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ export type ReplicationConfigCreate = RecursivePartial<ReplicationConfig>;
 
 export type ReplicationConfigUpdate = {
   asyncEnabled?: boolean;
+  deletionStrategy?: ReplicationDeletionStrategy;
   factor?: number;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/collections/configure/unit.test.ts b/src/collections/configure/unit.test.ts
index fbd28df3..ef1d3215 100644
--- a/src/collections/configure/unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/configure/unit.test.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ import {
   ModuleConfig,
   VectorConfigCreate,
 } from '../types/index.js';
-import { configure } from './index.js';
+import { configure, reconfigure } from './index.js';
 import {
   InvertedIndexConfigCreate,
   MultiTenancyConfigCreate,
   ReplicationConfigCreate,
+  ReplicationConfigUpdate,
   ShardingConfigCreate,
   VectorIndexConfigFlatCreate,
   VectorIndexConfigHNSWCreate,
 } from './types/index.js';
 
-describe('Unit testing of the configure factory class', () => {
+describe('Unit testing of the configure & reconfigure factory classes', () => {
   it('should create the correct InvertedIndexConfig type with all values', () => {
     const config = configure.invertedIndex({
       bm25b: 0.5,
@@ -76,13 +77,28 @@ describe('Unit testing of the configure factory class', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should create the correct ReplicationConfig type with all values', () => {
+  it('should create the correct ReplicationConfigCreate type with all values', () => {
     const config = configure.replication({
       asyncEnabled: true,
+      deletionStrategy: 'DeleteOnConflict',
       factor: 2,
     });
     expect(config).toEqual<ReplicationConfigCreate>({
       asyncEnabled: true,
+      deletionStrategy: 'DeleteOnConflict',
+      factor: 2,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should create the correct ReplicationConfigUpdate type with all values', () => {
+    const config = reconfigure.replication({
+      asyncEnabled: true,
+      deletionStrategy: 'DeleteOnConflict',
+      factor: 2,
+    });
+    expect(config).toEqual<ReplicationConfigUpdate>({
+      asyncEnabled: true,
+      deletionStrategy: 'DeleteOnConflict',
       factor: 2,
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/collections/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/integration.test.ts
index a1e4c325..feb405be 100644
--- a/src/collections/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/integration.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   PQConfig,
   PhoneNumber,
   PropertyConfig,
+  ReplicationDeletionStrategy,
   Text2VecContextionaryConfig,
   Text2VecOpenAIConfig,
   VectorIndexConfigHNSW,
@@ -578,6 +579,10 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
 
     expect(response.multiTenancy.enabled).toEqual(true);
 
+    expect(response.replication.asyncEnabled).toEqual(false);
+    expect(response.replication.deletionStrategy).toEqual<ReplicationDeletionStrategy>(
+      'NoAutomatedResolution'
+    );
     expect(response.replication.factor).toEqual(2);
 
     const indexConfig = response.vectorizers.default.indexConfig as VectorIndexConfigHNSW;
diff --git a/src/collections/journey.test.ts b/src/collections/journey.test.ts
index 5e50a070..502ccf51 100644
--- a/src/collections/journey.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/journey.test.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ describe('Journey testing of the client using a WCD cluster', () => {
           references: [],
           replication: {
             asyncEnabled: false,
+            deletionStrategy: 'NoAutomatedResolution',
             factor: 1,
           },
           reranker: {