diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js b/packages/discord.js/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
index 148bb42c4..8d3ac66cd 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { setTimeout: sleep } = require('node:timers/promises');
 const { Collection } = require('@discordjs/collection');
 const { range } = require('@discordjs/util');
 const { AsyncEventEmitter } = require('@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter');
+const { APIVersion, RouteBases } = require('discord-api-types/v10');
 const { DiscordjsError, DiscordjsTypeError, DiscordjsRangeError, ErrorCodes } = require('../errors/index.js');
 const { fetchRecommendedShardCount } = require('../util/Util.js');
 const { Shard } = require('./Shard.js');
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ class ShardingManager extends AsyncEventEmitter {
    * @property {string[]} [shardArgs=[]] Arguments to pass to the shard script when spawning
    * @property {string[]} [execArgv=[]] Arguments to pass to the shard script executable when spawning
    * @property {string} [token] Token to use for automatic shard count and passing to shards
+   * @property {string} [api='https://discord.com/api'] The base API URL
+   * @property {string} [version='10'] The API version to use
    */
 
   /**
@@ -164,6 +167,20 @@ class ShardingManager extends AsyncEventEmitter {
      */
     this.token = _options.token?.replace(/^bot\s*/i, '') ?? null;
 
+    /**
+     * The base API URL
+     *
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    this.api = _options.api ?? RouteBases.api;
+
+    /**
+     * The API version to use
+     *
+     * @type {?string}
+     */
+    this.version = _options.version ?? APIVersion;
+
     /**
      * A collection of shards that this manager has spawned
      *
@@ -217,7 +234,10 @@ class ShardingManager extends AsyncEventEmitter {
     let shardAmount = amount;
     if (shardAmount === 'auto') {
       // eslint-disable-next-line require-atomic-updates
-      shardAmount = await fetchRecommendedShardCount(this.token);
+      shardAmount = await fetchRecommendedShardCount(this.token, {
+        api: this.api,
+        version: this.version,
+      });
     } else {
       if (typeof shardAmount !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(shardAmount)) {
         throw new DiscordjsTypeError(ErrorCodes.ClientInvalidOption, 'Amount of shards', 'a number.');
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js b/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
index 0bbd2f073..9770e0b3a 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const { parse } = require('node:path');
 const { Collection } = require('@discordjs/collection');
 const { lazy } = require('@discordjs/util');
-const { ChannelType, RouteBases, Routes } = require('discord-api-types/v10');
+const { APIVersion, ChannelType, Routes, RouteBases } = require('discord-api-types/v10');
 const { fetch } = require('undici');
 const { Colors } = require('./Colors.js');
 // eslint-disable-next-line import-x/order
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ function flatten(obj, ...props) {
  * @typedef {Object} FetchRecommendedShardCountOptions
  * @property {number} [guildsPerShard=1000] Number of guilds assigned per shard
  * @property {number} [multipleOf=1] The multiple the shard count should round up to. (16 for large bot sharding)
+ * @property {string} [api='https://discord.com/api'] The base API URL
+ * @property {string} [version='10'] The API version to use
  */
 
 /**
@@ -76,9 +78,12 @@ function flatten(obj, ...props) {
  * @param {FetchRecommendedShardCountOptions} [options] Options for fetching the recommended shard count
  * @returns {Promise<number>} The recommended number of shards
  */
-async function fetchRecommendedShardCount(token, { guildsPerShard = 1_000, multipleOf = 1 } = {}) {
+async function fetchRecommendedShardCount(
+  token,
+  { guildsPerShard = 1_000, multipleOf = 1, api = RouteBases.api, version = APIVersion } = {},
+) {
   if (!token) throw new DiscordjsError(ErrorCodes.TokenMissing);
-  const response = await fetch(RouteBases.api + Routes.gatewayBot(), {
+  const response = await fetch(`${api}/v${version}${Routes.gatewayBot()}`, {
     method: 'GET',
     headers: { Authorization: `Bot ${token.replace(/^bot\s*/i, '')}` },
   });
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
index be0aeac86..ea4581abc 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -3266,6 +3266,8 @@ export class ShardingManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ShardingManagerEventTypes
   public token: string | null;
   public totalShards: number | 'auto';
   public shardList: number[] | 'auto';
+  public api: string;
+  public version: string;
   public broadcast(message: unknown): Promise<Shard[]>;
   public broadcastEval<Result>(fn: (client: Client) => Awaitable<Result>): Promise<Serialized<Result>[]>;
   public broadcastEval<Result, Context>(
@@ -3288,8 +3290,10 @@ export class ShardingManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ShardingManagerEventTypes
 }
 
 export interface FetchRecommendedShardCountOptions {
+  api?: string;
   guildsPerShard?: number;
   multipleOf?: number;
+  version?: string;
 }
 
 export {
@@ -7150,6 +7154,7 @@ export interface SetRolePositionOptions {
 export type ShardingManagerMode = 'process' | 'worker';
 
 export interface ShardingManagerOptions {
+  api?: string;
   execArgv?: readonly string[];
   mode?: ShardingManagerMode;
   respawn?: boolean;
@@ -7158,6 +7163,7 @@ export interface ShardingManagerOptions {
   silent?: boolean;
   token?: string;
   totalShards?: number | 'auto';
+  version?: string;
 }
 
 export interface ShowModalOptions {