diff --git a/docs/useCases.md b/docs/useCases.md
index f77a40e1..94ff5f16 100644
--- a/docs/useCases.md
+++ b/docs/useCases.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The different use cases currently available in the package are classified below,
     - [Update Collection Featured Items](#update-collection-featured-items)
     - [Delete Collection Featured Items](#delete-collection-featured-items)
     - [Delete a Collection Featured Item](#delete-a-collection-featured-item)
+    - [Set Default Contributor Role](#set-default-contributor-role)
 - [Templates](#Templates)
   - [Templates read use cases](#templates-read-use-cases)
     - [Get a Template](#get-a-template)
@@ -576,6 +577,27 @@ deleteCollectionFeaturedItem.execute(featuredItemId)
 
 _See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/DeleteCollectionFeaturedItem.ts)_ definition.
 
+#### Set Default Contributor Role
+
+Sets the default contributor role of a collection, given a collection identifier and a role alias.
+
+##### Example call:
+
+```typescript
+import { setDefaultContributorRole } from '@iqss/dataverse-client-javascript'
+
+/* ... */
+
+const collectionIdOrAlias = 12345
+const roleAlias = 'curator'
+
+setDefaultContributorRole.execute(collectionIdOrAlias, roleAlias)
+
+/* ... */
+```
+
+_See [use case](../src/collections/domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole.ts)_ definition.
+
 ## Templates
 
 ### Templates Read Use Cases
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/repositories/ICollectionsRepository.ts b/src/collections/domain/repositories/ICollectionsRepository.ts
index bc8960c8..8a67c5c8 100644
--- a/src/collections/domain/repositories/ICollectionsRepository.ts
+++ b/src/collections/domain/repositories/ICollectionsRepository.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export interface ICollectionsRepository {
   getCollectionUserPermissions(
     collectionIdOrAlias: number | string
   ): Promise<CollectionUserPermissions>
+  setDefaultContributorRole(
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string,
+    roleAlias: string
+  ): Promise<void>
   getCollectionItems(
     collectionId?: string,
     limit?: number,
diff --git a/src/collections/domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole.ts b/src/collections/domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e3f09c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/collections/domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
+import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
+import { ROOT_COLLECTION_ID } from '../models/Collection'
+
+export class SetDefaultContributorRole implements UseCase<void> {
+  private collectionsRepository: ICollectionsRepository
+
+  constructor(collectionsRepository: ICollectionsRepository) {
+    this.collectionsRepository = collectionsRepository
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the default Role that is assigned to contributors in the given collection.
+   *
+   * @param {number | string} [collectionIdOrAlias = ':root'] - A generic collection identifier, which can be either a string (for queries by CollectionAlias), or a number (for queries by CollectionId)
+   * If this parameter is not set, the default value is: ':root'
+   * @param {string} [roleAlias] - The alias of the role to be assigned
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async execute(
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string = ROOT_COLLECTION_ID,
+    roleAlias: string
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return await this.collectionsRepository.setDefaultContributorRole(collectionIdOrAlias, roleAlias)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/collections/index.ts b/src/collections/index.ts
index 59e2e50b..0849bb2a 100644
--- a/src/collections/index.ts
+++ b/src/collections/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { LinkCollection } from './domain/useCases/LinkCollection'
 import { UnlinkCollection } from './domain/useCases/UnlinkCollection'
 import { GetCollectionLinks } from './domain/useCases/GetCollectionLinks'
 import { GetCollectionsForLinking } from './domain/useCases/GetCollectionsForLinking'
+import { SetDefaultContributorRole } from './domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole'
 
 const collectionsRepository = new CollectionsRepository()
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const linkCollection = new LinkCollection(collectionsRepository)
 const unlinkCollection = new UnlinkCollection(collectionsRepository)
 const getCollectionLinks = new GetCollectionLinks(collectionsRepository)
 const getCollectionsForLinking = new GetCollectionsForLinking(collectionsRepository)
+const setDefaultContributorRole = new SetDefaultContributorRole(collectionsRepository)
 
 export {
   getCollection,
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ export {
   linkCollection,
   unlinkCollection,
   getCollectionLinks,
-  getCollectionsForLinking
+  getCollectionsForLinking,
+  setDefaultContributorRole
 }
 export { Collection, CollectionInputLevel } from './domain/models/Collection'
 export { CollectionFacet } from './domain/models/CollectionFacet'
diff --git a/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts b/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
index e0e459b0..b71a676e 100644
--- a/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
+++ b/src/collections/infra/repositories/CollectionsRepository.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,20 @@ export class CollectionsRepository extends ApiRepository implements ICollections
       })
   }
 
+  public async setDefaultContributorRole(
+    collectionIdOrAlias: number | string,
+    roleAlias: string
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return this.doPut(
+      `/${this.collectionsResourceName}/${collectionIdOrAlias}/defaultContributorRole/${roleAlias}`,
+      {}
+    )
+      .then(() => undefined)
+      .catch((error) => {
+        throw error
+      })
+  }
+
   public async getCollectionItems(
     collectionId?: string,
     limit?: number,
diff --git a/test/unit/collections/SetDefaultContributorRole.test.ts b/test/unit/collections/SetDefaultContributorRole.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee95a3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/collections/SetDefaultContributorRole.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { ICollectionsRepository } from '../../../src/collections/domain/repositories/ICollectionsRepository'
+import { WriteError } from '../../../src'
+import { SetDefaultContributorRole } from '../../../src/collections/domain/useCases/SetDefaultContributorRole'
+
+describe('execute', () => {
+  test('should set default contributor role on repository success', async () => {
+    const collectionRepositoryStub: ICollectionsRepository = {} as ICollectionsRepository
+    collectionRepositoryStub.setDefaultContributorRole = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    const testSetDefaultContributorRole = new SetDefaultContributorRole(
+      collectionRepositoryStub
+    )
+
+    await expect(testSetDefaultContributorRole.execute(1, "curator")).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(collectionRepositoryStub.setDefaultContributorRole).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, "curator")
+  })
+
+  test('should return error result on repository error', async () => {
+    const collectionRepositoryStub: ICollectionsRepository = {} as ICollectionsRepository
+    collectionRepositoryStub.setDefaultContributorRole = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockRejectedValue(new WriteError())
+    const testSetDefaultContributorRole = new SetDefaultContributorRole(
+      collectionRepositoryStub
+    )
+
+    await expect(testSetDefaultContributorRole.execute(1, "curator")).rejects.toThrow(WriteError)
+    expect(collectionRepositoryStub.setDefaultContributorRole).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, "curator")
+  })
+})