diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc85bd4f85ffd..93b37317e033b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Added
 - Add fingerprint ingest processor ([#13724](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13724))
 - [Remote Store] Rate limiter for remote store low priority uploads ([#14374](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14374/))
+- Updated GET {index}/_settings to return `number_of_routing_shards` ([#14443](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14443))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `org.gradle.test-retry` from 1.5.8 to 1.5.9 ([#13442](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13442))
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..9d6807176e6fe 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
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ protected void clusterManagerOperation(GetSettingsRequest request, ClusterState
                 indexSettings = indexSettings.filter(k -> Regex.simpleMatch(request.names(), k));
             }
 
+            indexSettings = Settings.builder()
+                .put(indexSettings)
+                .put(IndexMetadata.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_ROUTING_SHARDS_SETTING.getKey(), indexMetadata.getRoutingNumShards())
+                .build();
+
             indexToSettingsBuilder.put(concreteIndex.getName(), indexSettings);
             if (request.includeDefaults()) {
                 Settings defaultSettings = settingsFilter.filter(indexScopedSettings.diff(indexSettings, Settings.EMPTY));