diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index b39848f91d..5f1bc43711 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ if [[ "$MONGODB_DATABASE" ]]; then
    JQ_FILTERS_CONFIG="$JQ_FILTERS_CONFIG | .mongodb.database=\"$MONGODB_DATABASE\""
 fi
 
+if [[ "$MONGODB_SHARD_COLLECTIONS" ]]; then
+    JQ_FILTERS_CONFIG="$JQ_FILTERS_CONFIG | .mongodb.shardCollections=true"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$REDIS_HA_NAME" ]; then
     REDIS_HA_NAME='mymaster'
 fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 828db63598..1d430b5b51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@zenko/cloudserver",
-    "version": "9.4.4",
+    "version": "9.5.0-preview.1",
     "description": "Zenko CloudServer, an open-source Node.js implementation of a server handling the Amazon S3 protocol",
     "main": "index.js",
     "engines": {