diff --git a/integration/test_collection_config.py b/integration/test_collection_config.py
index ccbd998af..8b0c8466f 100644
--- a/integration/test_collection_config.py
+++ b/integration/test_collection_config.py
@@ -913,9 +913,11 @@ def test_config_vector_index_hnsw_and_quantizer_pq(collection_factory: Collectio
     [
         (Configure.Reranker.cohere(), Rerankers.COHERE, {}),
         (
-            Configure.Reranker.cohere(model="rerank-english-v2.0"),
+            Configure.Reranker.cohere(
+                model="rerank-english-v2.0", base_url="https://some-cohere-baseurl.ai/"
+            ),
             Rerankers.COHERE,
-            {"model": "rerank-english-v2.0"},
+            {"model": "rerank-english-v2.0", "baseURL": "https://some-cohere-baseurl.ai/"},
         ),
         (Configure.Reranker.transformers(), Rerankers.TRANSFORMERS, {}),
     ],
diff --git a/test/collection/test_config.py b/test/collection/test_config.py
index b9b57e36d..1964e248d 100644
--- a/test/collection/test_config.py
+++ b/test/collection/test_config.py
@@ -1092,10 +1092,11 @@ def test_config_with_generative(
 
 TEST_CONFIG_WITH_RERANKER = [
     (
-        Configure.Reranker.cohere(model="model"),
+        Configure.Reranker.cohere(model="model", base_url="https://some.base.url/"),
         {
             "reranker-cohere": {
                 "model": "model",
+                "baseURL": "https://some.base.url/",
             },
         },
     ),
diff --git a/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py b/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
index 99cdf5ff7..1263960ab 100644
--- a/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
+++ b/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 
 from deprecation import deprecated as docstring_deprecated
-from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, Field, ValidationInfo, field_validator
+from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, AnyUrl, Field, ValidationInfo, field_validator
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 from typing_extensions import deprecated as typing_deprecated
 
@@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ class _RerankerCohereConfig(_RerankerProvider):
         default=Rerankers.COHERE, frozen=True, exclude=True
     )
     model: Optional[Union[RerankerCohereModel, str]] = Field(default=None)
+    baseURL: Optional[AnyHttpUrl]
+
+    def _to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        ret_dict = super()._to_dict()
+        if self.baseURL is not None:
+            ret_dict["baseURL"] = self.baseURL.unicode_string()
+        return ret_dict
 
 
 class _RerankerCustomConfig(_RerankerProvider):
@@ -1062,6 +1069,7 @@ def custom(
     @staticmethod
     def cohere(
         model: Optional[Union[RerankerCohereModel, str]] = None,
+        base_url: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> _RerankerProvider:
         """Create a `_RerankerCohereConfig` object for use when reranking using the `reranker-cohere` module.
 
@@ -1070,8 +1078,11 @@ def cohere(
 
         Args:
             model: The model to use. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
+            base_url: The base URL to send the reranker requests to. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default.
         """
-        return _RerankerCohereConfig(model=model)
+        return _RerankerCohereConfig(
+            model=model, baseURL=AnyUrl(base_url) if base_url is not None else None
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def jinaai(