diff --git a/lib/models/BucketInfo.js b/lib/models/BucketInfo.js
index d32821791..75175791d 100644
--- a/lib/models/BucketInfo.js
+++ b/lib/models/BucketInfo.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const NotificationConfiguration = require('./NotificationConfiguration');
 // WHEN UPDATING THIS NUMBER, UPDATE BucketInfoModelVersion.md CHANGELOG
 // BucketInfoModelVersion.md can be found in documentation/ at the root
 // of this repository
-const modelVersion = 9;
+const modelVersion = 14;
 
 class BucketInfo {
     /**
@@ -663,6 +663,15 @@ class BucketInfo {
     getUid() {
         return this._uid;
     }
+    /**
+     * Set unique id of bucket.
+     * @param {string} uid - unique identifier for the bucket
+     * @return {BucketInfo} - bucket info instance
+     */
+    setUid(uid) {
+        this._uid = uid;
+        return this;
+    }
     /**
      * Check if the bucket is an NFS bucket.
      * @return {boolean} - Wether the bucket is NFS or not
diff --git a/tests/unit/models/BucketInfo.js b/tests/unit/models/BucketInfo.js
index 7b80cd9b7..7863406c0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/models/BucketInfo.js
+++ b/tests/unit/models/BucketInfo.js
@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ Object.keys(acl).forEach(
                 assert.deepStrictEqual(
                     dummyBucket.getNotificationConfiguration(), newNotifConfig);
             });
+            it('setUid should set bucket uid', () => {
+                const testUid = '7751ec04-da87-44a1-99b4-95ebb345d40e';
+                dummyBucket.setUid(testUid);
+                assert.deepStrictEqual(
+                    dummyBucket.getUid(), testUid);
+            });
         });
     })
 );