diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cafe9c20e7ff4..50cb18787147d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Fix fs info reporting negative available size ([#11573](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11573))
 - Add ListPitInfo::getKeepAlive() getter ([#14495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14495))
 - Fix FuzzyQuery in keyword field will use IndexOrDocValuesQuery when both of index and doc_value are true ([#14378](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14378))
+- Updated GET {index}/_settings to return `number_of_routing_shards` ([#14446](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14446))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/10_basic.yml
index a50be32e82c6a..845989edc93b7 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.get_settings/10_basic.yml
@@ -171,3 +171,42 @@ setup:
 
  - is_true: test_1
  - is_true: test_2
+
+---
+"Test number of routing shards returned":
+  - skip:
+      version: " - 2.99.99"
+      reason: "introduced in 3.0.0"
+
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index: test_3
+        body:
+          settings:
+            number_of_shards: 3
+            number_of_replicas: 0
+            number_of_routing_shards: 6
+
+  - do:
+      indices.get_settings: {}
+
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_shards: "3"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_replicas: "0"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_routing_shards: "6"}
+
+  - do:
+      indices.get_settings:
+        index: test_3
+
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_shards: "3"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_replicas: "0"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_routing_shards: "6"}
+
+  - do:
+      indices.get_settings:
+        index: test_3
+        name:  _all
+
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_shards: "3"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_replicas: "0"}
+  - match: { test_3.settings.index.number_of_routing_shards: "6"}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
index d8f2180208b18..4b16301a1762f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ protected void clusterManagerOperation(GetSettingsRequest request, ClusterState
                 continue;
             }
 
-            Settings indexSettings = settingsFilter.filter(indexMetadata.getSettings());
+            Settings indexSettingsWithRoutingShards = Settings.builder()
+                .put(indexMetadata.getSettings())
+                .put(IndexMetadata.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_ROUTING_SHARDS_SETTING.getKey(), indexMetadata.getRoutingNumShards())
+                .build();
+
+            Settings indexSettings = settingsFilter.filter(indexSettingsWithRoutingShards);
             if (request.humanReadable()) {
                 indexSettings = IndexMetadata.addHumanReadableSettings(indexSettings);
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsActionTests.java
index f2b6688716e70..e11c31d93a442 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsActionTests.java
@@ -165,6 +165,16 @@ public void testIncludeDefaultsWithFiltering() {
         }, exception -> { throw new AssertionError(exception); }));
     }
 
+    public void testShouldReturnNumberOfRoutingShards() {
+        GetSettingsRequest noDefaultsRequest = new GetSettingsRequest().indices(indexName);
+        getSettingsAction.execute(null, noDefaultsRequest, ActionListener.wrap(noDefaultsResponse -> {
+            assertNotNull(
+                "index.number_of_routing_shards should be set",
+                noDefaultsResponse.getSetting(indexName, "index.number_of_routing_shards")
+            );
+        }, exception -> { throw new AssertionError(exception); }));
+    }
+
     static class Resolver extends IndexNameExpressionResolver {
         Resolver() {
             super(new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY));