diff --git a/cmd/client/command/create.go b/cmd/client/command/create.go
index fb5fcf91..96850a47 100644
--- a/cmd/client/command/create.go
+++ b/cmd/client/command/create.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func createCluster(cli *client, options *CreateOptions) error {
 		SetPathParam("namespace", options.namespace).
 		SetBody(map[string]interface{}{
 			"name":     options.cluster,
-			"replica":  options.replica,
+			"replicas": options.replica,
 			"nodes":    options.nodes,
 			"password": options.password,
 		}).
diff --git a/cmd/client/command/failover.go b/cmd/client/command/failover.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba869c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/client/command/failover.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type FailoverOptions struct {
+	namespace string
+	cluster   string
+	preferred string
+}
+
+var failoverOptions FailoverOptions
+
+var FailoverCommand = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "failover",
+	Short: "Failover the master of a shard",
+	Example: `
+# Failover the master of a shard
+kvctl failover shard <shard_index> -n <namespace> -c <cluster>
+
+# Failover the master of a shard with preferred slave
+kvctl failover shard <shard_index> --preferred <node_id> -n <namespace> -c <cluster>
+`,
+	PreRunE: failoverPreRun,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if len(args) < 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing shard index, plese specify the shard index")
+		}
+		host, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("host")
+		client := newClient(host)
+		resource := args[0]
+		switch resource {
+		case "shard":
+			shardIndex, err := strconv.Atoi(args[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid shard index: %s", args[1])
+			}
+			return failoverShard(client, &failoverOptions, shardIndex)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported resource type: %s", resource)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func failoverPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing resource name, must be [shard]")
+	}
+	if failoverOptions.namespace == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("namespace is required")
+	}
+	if failoverOptions.cluster == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cluster is required")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func failoverShard(client *client, options *FailoverOptions, shardIndex int) error {
+	rsp, err := client.restyCli.R().
+		SetPathParam("namespace", options.namespace).
+		SetPathParam("cluster", options.cluster).
+		SetPathParam("shard", strconv.Itoa(shardIndex)).
+		Post("/namespaces/{namespace}/clusters/{cluster}/shards/{shard}/failover")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if rsp.IsError() {
+		return unmarshalError(rsp.Body())
+	}
+	var result struct {
+		NewMasterID string `json:"new_master_id"`
+	}
+	if err := unmarshalData(rsp.Body(), &result); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	printLine("failover shard %d successfully, new master id: %s.", shardIndex, result.NewMasterID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	FailoverCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&failoverOptions.namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "The namespace of the cluster")
+	FailoverCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&failoverOptions.cluster, "cluster", "c", "", "The name of the cluster")
+	FailoverCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&failoverOptions.preferred, "preferred", "", "", "The preferred slave node id")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/client/main.go b/cmd/client/main.go
index 93e22516..214cd65b 100644
--- a/cmd/client/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/main.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCommand.AddCommand(command.DeleteCommand)
 	rootCommand.AddCommand(command.ImportCommand)
 	rootCommand.AddCommand(command.MigrateCommand)
+	rootCommand.AddCommand(command.FailoverCommand)
 
 	rootCommand.SilenceUsage = true
 	rootCommand.SilenceErrors = true
diff --git a/server/api/shard.go b/server/api/shard.go
index 9ccf258d..ff673c8c 100644
--- a/server/api/shard.go
+++ b/server/api/shard.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
@@ -116,9 +117,26 @@ func (handler *ShardHandler) Remove(c *gin.Context) {
 func (handler *ShardHandler) Failover(c *gin.Context) {
 	ns := c.Param("namespace")
 	cluster, _ := c.MustGet(consts.ContextKeyCluster).(*store.Cluster)
+
+	var req struct {
+		PreferredNodeID string `json:"preferred_node_id"`
+	}
+	if c.Request.Body != nil {
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			helper.ResponseBadRequest(c, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if len(body) > 0 {
+			if err := c.BindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+				helper.ResponseBadRequest(c, err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	// We have checked this if statement in middleware.RequiredClusterShard
 	shardIndex, _ := strconv.Atoi(c.Param("shard"))
-	newMasterNodeID, err := cluster.PromoteNewMaster(c, shardIndex, "", "")
+	newMasterNodeID, err := cluster.PromoteNewMaster(c, shardIndex, "", req.PreferredNodeID)
 	if err != nil {
 		helper.ResponseError(c, err)
 		return