diff --git a/docs/useCases.md b/docs/useCases.md
index 66312def..cd21b618 100644
--- a/docs/useCases.md
+++ b/docs/useCases.md
@@ -1359,7 +1359,9 @@ const uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO = {
   mimeType: 'text/plain'
 }
 
-replaceFile.execute(fileId, uploadedFileDTO)
+replaceFile.execute(fileId, uploadedFileDTO).then((newFileId: number) => {
+  /* ... */
+})
 
 /* ... */
 ```
@@ -1370,6 +1372,8 @@ The `fileId` parameter can be a string, for persistent identifiers, or a number,
 
 The `uploadedFileDTO` parameter is a [UploadedFileDTO](../src/files/domain/dtos/UploadedFileDTO.ts) and includes properties related to the uploaded files. Some of these properties should be calculated from the uploaded File Blob objects and the resulting storage identifiers from the Upload File use case.
 
+The use case returns a number, which is the identifier of the new file.
+
 #### Restrict or Unrestrict a File
 
 Restrict or unrestrict an existing file.
diff --git a/src/files/domain/repositories/IFilesRepository.ts b/src/files/domain/repositories/IFilesRepository.ts
index eb7d7d67..476810e1 100644
--- a/src/files/domain/repositories/IFilesRepository.ts
+++ b/src/files/domain/repositories/IFilesRepository.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export interface IFilesRepository {
 
   deleteFile(fileId: number | string): Promise<undefined>
 
-  replaceFile(fileId: number | string, uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO): Promise<undefined>
+  replaceFile(fileId: number | string, uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO): Promise<number>
 
   restrictFile(fileId: number | string, restrict: boolean): Promise<undefined>
   updateFileMetadata(
diff --git a/src/files/domain/useCases/ReplaceFile.ts b/src/files/domain/useCases/ReplaceFile.ts
index 4f1f06c8..82528fea 100644
--- a/src/files/domain/useCases/ReplaceFile.ts
+++ b/src/files/domain/useCases/ReplaceFile.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { UseCase } from '../../../core/domain/useCases/UseCase'
 import { UploadedFileDTO } from '../dtos/UploadedFileDTO'
 import { IFilesRepository } from '../repositories/IFilesRepository'
 
-export class ReplaceFile implements UseCase<void> {
+export class ReplaceFile implements UseCase<number> {
   private filesRepository: IFilesRepository
 
   constructor(filesRepository: IFilesRepository) {
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ export class ReplaceFile implements UseCase<void> {
    *
    * @param {number | string} [fileId] - The File identifier, which can be a string (for persistent identifiers), or a number (for numeric identifiers).
    * @param {UploadedFileDTO} [uploadedFileDTO] - File DTO associated with the uploaded file.
-   * @returns {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves when the file has been successfully replaced.
+   * @returns {Promise<number>} A promise that resolves when the file has been successfully replaced and returns the new file identifier.
    * @throws {WriteError} - If there are errors while writing data.
    */
-  async execute(fileId: number | string, uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO): Promise<void> {
-    await this.filesRepository.replaceFile(fileId, uploadedFileDTO)
+  async execute(fileId: number | string, uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO): Promise<number> {
+    return await this.filesRepository.replaceFile(fileId, uploadedFileDTO)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/files/infra/repositories/FilesRepository.ts b/src/files/infra/repositories/FilesRepository.ts
index 87725b53..d30494f6 100644
--- a/src/files/infra/repositories/FilesRepository.ts
+++ b/src/files/infra/repositories/FilesRepository.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AxiosResponse } from 'axios'
 import { ApiRepository } from '../../../core/infra/repositories/ApiRepository'
 import { IFilesRepository } from '../../domain/repositories/IFilesRepository'
 import { FileModel as FileModel } from '../../domain/models/FileModel'
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ export interface ChecksumRequestBody {
   '@type': string
 }
 
+type ReplaceFileResponseMinimal = {
+  files: { dataFile: { id: number } }[]
+}
+
 export class FilesRepository extends ApiRepository implements IFilesRepository {
   private readonly datasetsResourceName: string = 'datasets'
   private readonly filesResourceName: string = 'files'
@@ -307,7 +312,7 @@ export class FilesRepository extends ApiRepository implements IFilesRepository {
   public async replaceFile(
     fileId: number | string,
     uploadedFileDTO: UploadedFileDTO
-  ): Promise<undefined> {
+  ): Promise<number> {
     const requestBody: UploadedFileRequestBody = {
       fileName: uploadedFileDTO.fileName,
       checksum: {
@@ -332,7 +337,10 @@ export class FilesRepository extends ApiRepository implements IFilesRepository {
       {},
       ApiConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_MULTIPART_FORM_DATA
     )
-      .then(() => undefined)
+      .then((response: AxiosResponse<{ data: ReplaceFileResponseMinimal }>) => {
+        const fileNumber = response.data.data.files[0].dataFile.id
+        return fileNumber
+      })
       .catch((error) => {
         throw error
       })
diff --git a/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/FilePayload.ts b/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/FilePayload.ts
index 9f31a9ed..58afcc4a 100644
--- a/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/FilePayload.ts
+++ b/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/FilePayload.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export interface FilePayload {
     version: number
     description?: string
     restricted: boolean
-    directoryLabel?: string
     datasetVersionId?: number
     categories?: string[]
     contentType: string
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ export interface FilePayload {
   }
   version: number
   restricted: boolean
+  directoryLabel?: string
   label: string
   datasetVersionId: number
 }
diff --git a/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/fileTransformers.ts b/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/fileTransformers.ts
index f0476de1..5350af01 100644
--- a/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/fileTransformers.ts
+++ b/src/files/infra/repositories/transformers/fileTransformers.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const transformFilePayloadToFile = (filePayload: FilePayload): FileModel => {
     ...(filePayload.dataFile.description && { description: filePayload.dataFile.description }),
     restricted: filePayload.restricted,
     latestRestricted: filePayload.dataFile.restricted,
-    ...(filePayload.dataFile.directoryLabel && {
-      directoryLabel: filePayload.dataFile.directoryLabel
+    ...(filePayload.directoryLabel && {
+      directoryLabel: filePayload.directoryLabel
     }),
     ...(filePayload.dataFile.datasetVersionId && {
       datasetVersionId: filePayload.dataFile.datasetVersionId
diff --git a/test/integration/files/DirectUpload.test.ts b/test/integration/files/DirectUpload.test.ts
index a3931ab8..0ed5717a 100644
--- a/test/integration/files/DirectUpload.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/files/DirectUpload.test.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ describe('Direct Upload', () => {
       mimeType: newSinglepartFile.type
     }
 
-    await filesRepositorySut.replaceFile(currentFileId, newUploadedFileDTO)
+    const replaceResponse = await filesRepositorySut.replaceFile(currentFileId, newUploadedFileDTO)
 
     // 4 - Verify that the new file is in the dataset and the old file is not
     datasetFiles = await filesRepositorySut.getDatasetFiles(
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ describe('Direct Upload', () => {
     )
 
     expect(datasetFiles.totalFilesCount).toBe(1)
+    expect(replaceResponse).toBe(currentFileId + 1)
     expect(datasetFiles.files[0].name).toBe('new-singlepart-file')
     expect(datasetFiles.files[0].sizeBytes).toBe(newSinglepartFile.size)
     expect(datasetFiles.files[0].storageIdentifier).toContain('localstack1://mybucket:')
diff --git a/test/testHelpers/files/filesHelper.ts b/test/testHelpers/files/filesHelper.ts
index 9de72830..1f0e6296 100644
--- a/test/testHelpers/files/filesHelper.ts
+++ b/test/testHelpers/files/filesHelper.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export const createFilePayload = (): FilePayload => {
     restricted: false,
     version: 1,
     datasetVersionId: 2,
+    directoryLabel: 'directoryLabel',
     dataFile: {
       id: 1,
       version: 1,
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ export const createFilePayload = (): FilePayload => {
         isPartOf: { type: DvObjectType.DATAVERSE, identifier: 'root', displayName: 'Root' }
       },
       description: 'description',
-      directoryLabel: 'directoryLabel',
       datasetVersionId: 1,
       originalFormat: 'originalFormat',
       originalSize: 127426,
diff --git a/test/unit/files/ReplaceFile.test.ts b/test/unit/files/ReplaceFile.test.ts
index 4cf574b7..8a4c0304 100644
--- a/test/unit/files/ReplaceFile.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/files/ReplaceFile.test.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ describe('execute', () => {
     mimeType: 'test/type'
   }
 
-  test('should return undefined on client success', async () => {
+  test('should return file id on client success', async () => {
     const filesRepositoryStub: IFilesRepository = {} as IFilesRepository
-    filesRepositoryStub.replaceFile = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    filesRepositoryStub.replaceFile = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(1)
 
     const sut = new ReplaceFile(filesRepositoryStub)
 
     const actual = await sut.execute(1, testUploadedFileDTO)
 
-    expect(actual).toEqual(undefined)
+    expect(actual).toEqual(1)
   })
 
   test('should return error on client error', async () => {