diff --git a/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/ExplicitRoutingTest.java b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/ExplicitRoutingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..541e1d1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/ExplicitRoutingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package org.alfresco.test.search.functional.searchServices.search;
+
+import org.alfresco.search.TestGroup;
+import org.alfresco.test.search.functional.AbstractE2EFunctionalTest;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.FileModel;
+import org.alfresco.utility.model.FileType;
+import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.PropertyIds;
+import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.enums.VersioningState;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ExplicitRoutingTest extends AbstractE2EFunctionalTest {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Checks indexing still works after sharding model used for explicit routing has been disabled
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(priority = 1, groups = {TestGroup.NOT_BAMBOO, TestGroup.EXPLICIT_SHARDING })
+    public void testIndexingStillWorkingAfterShardModelIsDeactivated() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // Deploy sharding model
+        assertTrue(deployCustomModel("model/sharding-content-model.xml"),
+                "failing while deploying sharding model");
+
+        // Create a first child in parent folder. It will be indexed in the parent shard (shard 0)
+        FileModel file = FileModel.getRandomFileModel(FileType.TEXT_PLAIN, "custom content");
+        Map<String, Object> propertiesFirstChild = Map.of(PropertyIds.NAME, file.getName(),
+                PropertyIds.OBJECT_TYPE_ID, "cmis:document",
+                "cmis:secondaryObjectTypeIds", List.of("P:shard:sharding"),
+                "shard:shardId", "0");
+
+        // Create file using shard:shardId
+        cmisApi.authenticateUser(testUser).usingSite(testSite)
+                .createFile(file,
+                        Map.of(PropertyIds.NAME, file.getName(),
+                                PropertyIds.OBJECT_TYPE_ID, "cmis:document"),
+                        VersioningState.MAJOR)
+                .assertThat().existsInRepo();
+
+        // Wait for file to be indexed
+        assertTrue(isContentInSearchResults(file.getName(), file.getName(), true),
+                "A file using sharding model has not been indexed");
+
+
+        // Deleting file
+        dataContent.usingSite(testSite).usingUser(testUser).usingResource(file).deleteContent();
+        restClient.withCoreAPI().usingTrashcan().deleteNodeFromTrashcan(file);
+
+        // Deleting sharding model
+        assertTrue(deactivateCustomModel("sharding-content-model.xml"),
+                "failing while deactivating sharding model");
+        assertTrue(deleteCustomModel("sharding-content-model.xml"),
+                "failing while removing sharding model");
+
+        assertTrue(waitForIndexing("TYPE:'" + "shard:shardId" + "'", false),
+                "Indexes are not updated after deactivating a model");
+
+        // Create a file in the parent folder
+        file = FileModel.getRandomFileModel(FileType.TEXT_PLAIN, "custom content");
+
+        cmisApi.authenticateUser(testUser).usingSite(testSite)
+                .createFile(file,
+                        Map.of(PropertyIds.NAME, file.getName(),
+                                PropertyIds.OBJECT_TYPE_ID, "cmis:document"),
+                        VersioningState.MAJOR)
+                .assertThat().existsInRepo();
+
+
+        assertTrue(isContentInSearchResults(file.getName(), file.getName(), true),
+                "Indexing is not working after the sharding model has been removed");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/tracker/CascadingTrackerIntegrationTest.java b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/tracker/CascadingTrackerIntegrationTest.java
index e591c9e42..3d66f1922 100644
--- a/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/tracker/CascadingTrackerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/test/search/functional/searchServices/search/tracker/CascadingTrackerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class CascadingTrackerIntegrationTest extends AbstractE2EFunctionalTest
      * Check that, after parent renaming, both the children are searchable in the new path
      * (computed accordingly with the new parent folder name)
      */
-    @Test(priority = 1, groups = {TestGroup.NOT_BAMBOO, TestGroup.EXPLICIT_SHARDING })
+    @Test(priority = 3, groups = {TestGroup.NOT_BAMBOO, TestGroup.EXPLICIT_SHARDING })
     public void testChildrenPathOnParentRenamedWithChildrenInDifferentShards() throws Exception
     {