diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30b2c0d..496f3eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.gentics.elasticsearch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>elasticsearch-client</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.2</version>
+	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Elasticsearch Rest Client</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gentics/elasticsearch/client/methods/ClusterMethods.java b/src/main/java/com/gentics/elasticsearch/client/methods/ClusterMethods.java
index 4536526..8f23562 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gentics/elasticsearch/client/methods/ClusterMethods.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gentics/elasticsearch/client/methods/ClusterMethods.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import com.gentics.elasticsearch.client.HttpErrorException;
 import com.gentics.elasticsearch.client.okhttp.RequestBuilder;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 /**
  * Cluster API related methods.
  */
@@ -25,4 +27,20 @@ default RequestBuilder<T> nodesInfo(String... nodeIds) {
 		return getBuilder(path);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the current cluster settings.
+	 * @return GET request to load the current cluster settings.
+	 */
+	default RequestBuilder<T> clusterSettings() {
+        return getBuilder("_cluster/settings");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Update the cluster settings.
+	 * @param settings The cluster settings to change.
+	 * @return PUT request to update the cluster settings.
+	 */
+	default RequestBuilder<T> updateClusterSettings(T settings) {
+		return putBuilder("_cluster/settings", settings);
+	}
 }