diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_dense_nd_array.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_dense_nd_array.py
index b89f25e666..9f18d7d8e9 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_dense_nd_array.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_dense_nd_array.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from ._exception import SOMAError, map_exception_for_create
 from ._flags import DENSE_ARRAYS_CAN_HAVE_CURRENT_DOMAIN, NEW_SHAPE_FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLED
 from ._tdb_handles import DenseNDArrayWrapper
-from ._types import OpenTimestamp, Slice
+from ._types import OpenTimestamp, Slice, StatusAndReason
 from ._util import dense_indices_to_shape
 from .options._soma_tiledb_context import (
     SOMATileDBContext,
@@ -361,6 +361,22 @@ def resize(self, newshape: Sequence[Union[int, None]]) -> None:
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented for libtiledbsoma < 2.27.0")
 
+    def tiledbsoma_upgrade_shape(
+        self, newshape: Sequence[Union[int, None]], check_only: bool = False
+    ) -> StatusAndReason:
+        """Allows the array to have a resizeable shape as described in the TileDB-SOMA
+        1.15 release notes.  Raises an error if the new shape exceeds maxshape in
+        any dimension. Raises an error if the array already has a shape.
+        """
+        if NEW_SHAPE_FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLED and DENSE_ARRAYS_CAN_HAVE_CURRENT_DOMAIN:
+            if check_only:
+                return self._handle.tiledbsoma_can_upgrade_shape(newshape)
+            else:
+                self._handle.tiledbsoma_upgrade_shape(newshape)
+                return (True, "")
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented for libtiledbsoma < 2.27.0")
+
     @classmethod
     def _dim_capacity_and_extent(
         cls,
diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_tdb_handles.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_tdb_handles.py
index 915cfb67a2..9e160c79b0 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_tdb_handles.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_tdb_handles.py
@@ -658,6 +658,24 @@ def tiledbsoma_can_resize(
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented for libtiledbsoma < 2.27.0")
 
+    def tiledbsoma_upgrade_shape(self, newshape: Sequence[Union[int, None]]) -> None:
+        """Wrapper-class internals"""
+        if DENSE_ARRAYS_CAN_HAVE_CURRENT_DOMAIN:
+            self._handle.tiledbsoma_upgrade_shape(newshape)
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented for libtiledbsoma < 2.27.0")
+
+    def tiledbsoma_can_upgrade_shape(
+        self, newshape: Sequence[Union[int, None]]
+    ) -> StatusAndReason:
+        """Wrapper-class internals"""
+        if DENSE_ARRAYS_CAN_HAVE_CURRENT_DOMAIN:
+            return cast(
+                StatusAndReason, self._handle.tiledbsoma_can_upgrade_shape(newshape)
+            )
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented for libtiledbsoma < 2.27.0")
+
 
 class SparseNDArrayWrapper(SOMAArrayWrapper[clib.SOMASparseNDArray]):
     """Wrapper around a Pybind11 SparseNDArrayWrapper handle."""
diff --git a/apis/python/tests/test_shape.py b/apis/python/tests/test_shape.py
index 4777a4d6b0..13362da3f1 100644
--- a/apis/python/tests/test_shape.py
+++ b/apis/python/tests/test_shape.py
@@ -228,6 +228,18 @@ def test_dense_nd_array_basics(tmp_path):
         else:
             assert dnda.shape == (100, 200)
 
+    if (
+        tiledbsoma._flags.DENSE_ARRAYS_CAN_HAVE_CURRENT_DOMAIN
+        and tiledbsoma._flags.NEW_SHAPE_FEATURE_FLAG_ENABLED
+    ):
+        with tiledbsoma.DenseNDArray.open(uri) as dnda:
+            ok, msg = dnda.tiledbsoma_upgrade_shape((600, 700), check_only=True)
+            assert not ok
+            assert (
+                msg
+                == "tiledbsoma_can_upgrade_shape: array already has a shape: please use resize"
+            )
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "soma_joinid_domain",