diff --git a/src/collections/tenants/index.ts b/src/collections/tenants/index.ts
index 320f166d..12dd4ea0 100644
--- a/src/collections/tenants/index.ts
+++ b/src/collections/tenants/index.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,18 @@ const tenants = (
       });
       return result;
     });
+  const update = async (tenants: TenantBC | TenantUpdate | (TenantBC | TenantUpdate)[]) => {
+    const out: Tenant[] = [];
+    for await (const res of Serialize.tenants(parseValueOrValueArray(tenants), Serialize.tenantUpdate).map(
+      (tenants) =>
+        new TenantsUpdater(connection, collection, tenants).do().then((res) => res.map(parseTenantREST))
+    )) {
+      out.push(...res);
+    }
+    return out;
+  };
   return {
-    create: (tenants: TenantBC | TenantCreate | (TenantBC | TenantCreate)[]) =>
+    create: (tenants) =>
       new TenantsCreator(connection, collection, parseValueOrValueArray(tenants).map(Serialize.tenantCreate))
         .do()
         .then((res) => res.map(parseTenantREST)),
@@ -50,8 +60,8 @@ const tenants = (
       const check = await dbVersionSupport.supportsTenantsGetGRPCMethod();
       return check.supports ? getGRPC() : getREST();
     },
-    getByNames: <T extends TenantBase>(tenants: (string | T)[]) => getGRPC(tenants.map(parseStringOrTenant)),
-    getByName: async <T extends TenantBase>(tenant: string | T) => {
+    getByNames: (tenants) => getGRPC(tenants.map(parseStringOrTenant)),
+    getByName: async (tenant) => {
       const tenantName = parseStringOrTenant(tenant);
       if (await dbVersionSupport.supportsTenantGetRESTMethod().then((check) => !check.supports)) {
         return getGRPC([tenantName]).then((tenants) => tenants[tenantName] ?? null);
@@ -66,21 +76,36 @@ const tenants = (
           throw err;
         });
     },
-    remove: <T extends TenantBase>(tenants: string | T | (string | T)[]) =>
+    remove: (tenants) =>
       new TenantsDeleter(
         connection,
         collection,
         parseValueOrValueArray(tenants).map(parseStringOrTenant)
       ).do(),
-    update: async (tenants: TenantBC | TenantUpdate | (TenantBC | TenantUpdate)[]) => {
-      const out: Tenant[] = [];
-      for await (const res of Serialize.tenants(parseValueOrValueArray(tenants), Serialize.tenantUpdate).map(
-        (tenants) =>
-          new TenantsUpdater(connection, collection, tenants).do().then((res) => res.map(parseTenantREST))
-      )) {
-        out.push(...res);
-      }
-      return out;
+    update,
+    activate: (tenant) => {
+      return update(
+        parseValueOrValueArray(tenant).map((tenant) => ({
+          name: parseStringOrTenant(tenant),
+          activityStatus: 'ACTIVE',
+        }))
+      );
+    },
+    deactivate: (tenant) => {
+      return update(
+        parseValueOrValueArray(tenant).map((tenant) => ({
+          name: parseStringOrTenant(tenant),
+          activityStatus: 'INACTIVE',
+        }))
+      );
+    },
+    offload: (tenant) => {
+      return update(
+        parseValueOrValueArray(tenant).map((tenant) => ({
+          name: parseStringOrTenant(tenant),
+          activityStatus: 'OFFLOADED',
+        }))
+      );
     },
   };
 };
@@ -166,7 +191,31 @@ export interface Tenants {
    * For details on the new activity statuses, see the docstring for the `Tenants` interface type.
    *
    * @param {TenantInput | TenantInput[]} tenants The tenant or tenants to update.
-   * @returns {Promise<Tenant[]>} The updated tenant(s) as a list of Tenant.
+   * @returns {Promise<Tenant[]>} The updated tenants as a list of Tenant.
    */
   update: (tenants: TenantBC | TenantUpdate | (TenantBC | TenantUpdate)[]) => Promise<Tenant[]>;
+  /**
+   * Activate the specified tenants for a collection in Weaviate.
+   * The collection must have been created with multi-tenancy enabled.
+   *
+   * @param {string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]} tenant The tenants to activate.
+   * @returns {Promise<Tenant[]>} The list of Tenants that have been activated.
+   */
+  activate: (tenants: string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]) => Promise<Tenant[]>;
+  /**
+   * Deactivate the specified tenants for a collection in Weaviate.
+   * The collection must have been created with multi-tenancy enabled.
+   *
+   * @param {string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]} tenants The tenants to deactivate.
+   * @returns {Promise<Tenant[]>} The list of Tenants that have been deactivated.
+   */
+  deactivate: (tenants: string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]) => Promise<Tenant[]>;
+  /**
+   * Offload the specified tenants for a collection in Weaviate.
+   * The collection must have been created with multi-tenancy enabled.
+   *
+   * @param {string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]} tenants The tenants to offload.
+   * @returns {Promise<Tenant[]>} The list of Tenants that have been offloaded.
+   */
+  offload: (tenants: string | TenantBase | (string | TenantBase)[]) => Promise<Tenant[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
index b574759a..fe12c2d2 100644
--- a/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/tenants/integration.test.ts
@@ -178,4 +178,17 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.tenants methods', () => {
     expect(Object.entries(updated).length).toBe(howMany);
     expect(Object.values(updated).every((tenant) => tenant.activityStatus === 'INACTIVE')).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('should be able to deactivate and activate a tenant using helper methods', async () => {
+    const tenantName = 'hot';
+    await collection.tenants
+      .deactivate(tenantName)
+      .then(() => collection.tenants.get())
+      .then((tenants) => expect(tenants[tenantName].activityStatus).toBe('INACTIVE'));
+
+    await collection.tenants
+      .activate([tenantName])
+      .then(() => collection.tenants.get())
+      .then((tenants) => expect(tenants[tenantName].activityStatus).toBe('ACTIVE'));
+  });
 });