diff --git a/src/collections/aggregate/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/aggregate/integration.test.ts
index f06017c0..284606b6 100644
--- a/src/collections/aggregate/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/aggregate/integration.test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.aggregate methods', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.aggregate methods', () => {
   });
 
   it('should aggregate data without a search and one non-generic property metric', async () => {
-    const result = await (await client).collections.get(collectionName).aggregate.overAll({
+    const result = await (await client).collections.use(collectionName).aggregate.overAll({
       returnMetrics: collection.metrics
         .aggregate('text')
         .text(['count', 'topOccurrencesOccurs', 'topOccurrencesValue']),
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.aggregate methods with named vectors', () =>
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const query = () =>
       client.collections.create<TestCollectionAggregateVectors>({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ describe('Testing of collection.aggregate.overAll with a multi-tenancy collectio
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ describe('Testing of collection.aggregate search methods', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
index 1eb65358..66b38b2d 100644
--- a/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('Integration testing of backups', () => {
     grpcPort: 50061,
   });
 
-  const getCollection = (client: WeaviateClient) => client.collections.get('TestBackupCollection');
+  const getCollection = (client: WeaviateClient) => client.collections.use('TestBackupCollection');
 
   beforeAll(() =>
     clientPromise.then((client) =>
diff --git a/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
index 254c6112..be729ea0 100644
--- a/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
         vectorizer: 'none',
       })
       .do();
-    const collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const config = await collection.config
       .update({
         vectorizers: weaviate.reconfigure.vectorizer.update({
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       return;
     }
     const collectionName = 'TestCollectionConfigUpdateGenerative';
-    const collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     await client.collections.create({
       name: collectionName,
       vectorizers: weaviate.configure.vectorizer.none(),
diff --git a/src/collections/data/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/data/integration.test.ts
index 3b55c64f..681609a2 100644
--- a/src/collections/data/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/data/integration.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.data methods with a single target reference'
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     await client.collections
       .create<TestCollectionData>({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.data methods with a multi target reference',
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collectionOne = client.collections.get(classNameOne);
-    collectionTwo = client.collections.get(classNameTwo);
+    collectionOne = client.collections.use(classNameOne);
+    collectionTwo = client.collections.use(classNameTwo);
     oneId = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: classNameOne,
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ describe('Testing of BYOV insertion with legacy vectorizer', () => {
 
   it('should insert and retrieve many vectors using the new client', async () => {
     const client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    const collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const { uuids, hasErrors } = await collection.data.insertMany([
       { vectors: [1, 2, 3] },
       { vectors: [4, 5, 6] },
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ describe('Testing of BYOV insertion with legacy vectorizer', () => {
 
   it('should insert and retrieve single vectors using the new client', async () => {
     const client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    const collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const id = await collection.data.insert({ vectors: [7, 8, 9] });
     const object = await collection.query.fetchObjectById(id, { includeVector: true });
     expect(object?.vectors.default).toEqual([7, 8, 9]);
diff --git a/src/collections/filters/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/filters/integration.test.ts
index abfbd8ba..d4a72d05 100644
--- a/src/collections/filters/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/filters/integration.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Testing of the filter class with a simple collection', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     ids = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ describe('Testing of the filter class with a simple collection', () => {
   });
 
   it('should filter a fetch objects query with a single filter and non-generic collection', async () => {
-    const res = await client.collections.get(collectionName).query.fetchObjects({
-      filters: client.collections.get(collectionName).filter.byProperty('text').equal('two'),
+    const res = await client.collections.use(collectionName).query.fetchObjects({
+      filters: client.collections.use(collectionName).filter.byProperty('text').equal('two'),
     });
     expect(res.objects.length).toEqual(1);
     const obj = res.objects[0];
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ describe('Testing of the filter class with complex data types', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     await client.collections
       .create<TestCollectionFilterComplex>({
         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/generate/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/generate/integration.test.ts
index 1be98451..41846f90 100644
--- a/src/collections/generate/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/generate/integration.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ maybe('Testing of the collection.generate methods with a simple collection', ()
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await makeOpenAIClient();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     id = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ maybe('Testing of the collection.generate methods with a simple collection', ()
 
   describe('using a non-generic collection', () => {
     it('should generate without search', async () => {
-      const ret = await client.collections.get(collectionName).generate.fetchObjects({
+      const ret = await client.collections.use(collectionName).generate.fetchObjects({
         singlePrompt: 'Write a haiku about ducks for {testProp}',
         groupedTask: 'What is the value of testProp here?',
         groupedProperties: ['testProp'],
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ maybe('Testing of the groupBy collection.generate methods with a simple collecti
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await makeOpenAIClient();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     id = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ maybe('Testing of the collection.generate methods with a multi vector collection
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await makeOpenAIClient();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const query = () =>
       client.collections
         .create({
diff --git a/src/collections/index.ts b/src/collections/index.ts
index 0472c459..b5c2edb5 100644
--- a/src/collections/index.ts
+++ b/src/collections/index.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ const collections = (connection: Connection, dbVersionSupport: DbVersionSupport)
     get: <TProperties extends Properties | undefined = undefined, TName extends string = string>(
       name: TName
     ) => collection<TProperties, TName>(connection, name, dbVersionSupport),
+    use: <TProperties extends Properties | undefined = undefined, TName extends string = string>(
+      name: TName
+    ) => collection<TProperties, TName>(connection, name, dbVersionSupport),
   };
 };
 
@@ -292,9 +295,9 @@ export interface Collections {
     name: TName
   ): Collection<TProperties, TName>;
   listAll(): Promise<CollectionConfig[]>;
-  // use<TProperties extends Properties | undefined = undefined, TName extends string = string>(
-  //   name: TName
-  // ): Collection<TProperties, TName>;
+  use<TProperties extends Properties | undefined = undefined, TName extends string = string>(
+    name: TName
+  ): Collection<TProperties, TName>;
 }
 
 export default collections;
diff --git a/src/collections/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/integration.test.ts
index bd6512fe..f143843d 100644
--- a/src/collections/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/integration.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
           },
         ],
       })
-      .then(() => contextionary.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => contextionary.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(1);
     expect(response.properties[0].name).toEqual('testProp');
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
       })
-      .then(() => contextionary.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => contextionary.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(0);
     expect(response.vectorizers.default.indexConfig).toBeDefined();
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
     const response = await contextionary.collections
       .create(schema)
       .then(async (collection) => expect(await collection.exists()).toEqual(true))
-      .then(() => contextionary.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => contextionary.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(1);
     expect(response.properties[0].name).toEqual('testProp');
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
         }),
       })
       .then(async (collection) => expect(await collection.exists()).toEqual(true))
-      .then(() => cluster.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => cluster.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
 
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.description).toEqual('A test collection');
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
         vectorizers: weaviate.configure.vectorizer.text2VecContextionary(),
       })
       .then(async (collection) => expect(await collection.exists()).toEqual(true))
-      .then(() => contextionary.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => contextionary.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(1);
     expect(response.properties?.[0].name).toEqual('testProp');
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
         vectorizers: weaviate.configure.vectorizer.text2VecOpenAI(),
       })
       .then(async (collection) => expect(await collection.exists()).toEqual(true))
-      .then(() => openai.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => openai.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(1);
     expect(response.properties?.[0].name).toEqual('testProp');
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collections.create method', () => {
         generative: weaviate.configure.generative.openAI(),
       })
       .then(async (collection) => expect(await collection.exists()).toEqual(true))
-      .then(() => openai.collections.get(collectionName).config.get());
+      .then(() => openai.collections.use(collectionName).config.get());
     expect(response.name).toEqual(collectionName);
     expect(response.properties?.length).toEqual(1);
     expect(response.properties?.[0].name).toEqual('testProp');
diff --git a/src/collections/iterator/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/iterator/integration.test.ts
index 6937b270..c4757083 100644
--- a/src/collections/iterator/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/iterator/integration.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.iterator method with a simple collection', (
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal({ port: 8080, grpcPort: 50051 });
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     id = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/query/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/query/integration.test.ts
index 49a2e236..09698c05 100644
--- a/src/collections/query/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/query/integration.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a simple collection', ()
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     id = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a simple collection', ()
   });
 
   it('should query with bm25 and weighted query properties with a non-generic collection', async () => {
-    const ret = await client.collections.get(collectionName).query.bm25('carrot', {
+    const ret = await client.collections.use(collectionName).query.bm25('carrot', {
       queryProperties: [
         {
           name: 'testProp',
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a collection with a refer
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a collection with a refer
 
   describe('using a non-generic collection', () => {
     it('should query without searching returning the referenced object', async () => {
-      const ret = await client.collections.get(collectionName).query.fetchObjects({
+      const ret = await client.collections.use(collectionName).query.fetchObjects({
         returnProperties: ['testProp'],
         returnReferences: [
           {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a collection with a neste
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create<TestCollectionQueryWithNestedProps>({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a collection with a multi
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     const query = () =>
       client.collections
         .create<TestCollectionQueryWithMultiVector>({
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ describe('Testing of the groupBy collection.query methods with a simple collecti
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     id = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ describe('Testing of the groupBy collection.query methods with a simple collecti
   });
 
   it('should groupBy with nearVector and a non-generic collection', async () => {
-    const ret = await client.collections.get(collectionName).query.nearVector(vector, {
+    const ret = await client.collections.use(collectionName).query.nearVector(vector, {
       groupBy: {
         numberOfGroups: 1,
         objectsPerGroup: 1,
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a multi-tenancy collectio
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     [id1, id2] = await client.collections
       .create<TestCollectionMultiTenancy>({
         name: collectionName,
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.query methods with a multi-tenancy collectio
 //         'X-OpenAI-Api-Key': process.env.OPENAI_APIKEY as string,
 //       },
 //     });
-//     collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+//     collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
 //     [id1, id2] = await client.collections
 //       .create({
 //         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/sort/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/sort/integration.test.ts
index d4b2e9c7..8800ee2c 100644
--- a/src/collections/sort/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/sort/integration.test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Testing of the Sort class with a simple collection', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
-    collections = [collection, client.collections.get(collectionName)];
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
+    collections = [collection, client.collections.use(collectionName)];
     ids = await client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
index 4cfb184e..b574759a 100644
--- a/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.tenants methods', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal();
-    collection = client.collections.get(collectionName);
+    collection = client.collections.use(collectionName);
     return client.collections
       .create({
         name: collectionName,
diff --git a/src/collections/tenants/unit.test.ts b/src/collections/tenants/unit.test.ts
index a697e550..6b160bf1 100644
--- a/src/collections/tenants/unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/tenants/unit.test.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Mock testing of tenants.get() method with a REST server', () => {
 
   it('should get mocked tenants', async () => {
     const client = await weaviate.connectToLocal({ port: 8954, grpcPort: 8955 });
-    const collection = client.collections.get(TENANTS_COLLECTION_NAME);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(TENANTS_COLLECTION_NAME);
     const tenants = await collection.tenants.get();
     expect(tenants).toEqual<Record<string, Tenant>>({
       hot: { name: 'hot', activityStatus: 'ACTIVE' },
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ describe('Mock testing of tenants.get() method with a gRPC server', () => {
 
   it('should get the mocked tenants', async () => {
     const client = await weaviate.connectToLocal({ port: 8956, grpcPort: 8957 });
-    const collection = client.collections.get(TENANTS_COLLECTION_NAME);
+    const collection = client.collections.use(TENANTS_COLLECTION_NAME);
     const tenants = await collection.tenants.get();
     expect(tenants).toEqual<Record<string, Tenant>>({
       hot: { name: 'hot', activityStatus: 'ACTIVE' },
diff --git a/src/connection/unit.test.ts b/src/connection/unit.test.ts
index ab88c586..3ead6a88 100644
--- a/src/connection/unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/connection/unit.test.ts
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ describe('Mock testing of timeout behaviour', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
     servers = await makeMockServers('1.29.0', 8954, 'localhost:8955');
     client = await weaviate.connectToLocal({ port: 8954, grpcPort: 8955, timeout: { query: 1, insert: 1 } });
-    collection = client.collections.get(COLLECTION_NAME);
+    collection = client.collections.use(COLLECTION_NAME);
   });
 
   it('should timeout when calling REST GET v1/schema', () =>