diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentEditing/PublishContent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentEditing/PublishContent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba6d8d2f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentEditing/PublishContent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Used to publish content and variants
+/// </summary>
+[DataContract(Name = "publish", Namespace = "")]
+public class PublishContent
+{
+    [DataMember(Name = "id")]
+    public int Id { get; set; }
+
+    [DataMember(Name = "cultures")]
+    public string[]? Cultures { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
index c9bc07457a..944068114a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ public class ContentController : ContentControllerBase
             authorizationService,
             contentVersionService,
             StaticServiceProvider.Instance.GetRequiredService<ICultureImpactFactory>())
-      {
-      }
+    {
+    }
 
     public object? Domains { get; private set; }
 
@@ -1950,6 +1950,7 @@ public class ContentController : ContentControllerBase
         }
 
         PublishResult publishResult = _contentService.SaveAndPublish(foundContent, userId: _backofficeSecurityAccessor.BackOfficeSecurity?.GetUserId().Result ?? 0);
+
         if (publishResult.Success == false)
         {
             var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel();
@@ -1960,6 +1961,56 @@ public class ContentController : ContentControllerBase
         return Ok();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Publishes a document with a given ID and cultures.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="model"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     The EnsureUserPermissionForContent attribute will deny access to this method if the current user
+    ///     does not have Publish access to this node.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [Authorize(Policy = AuthorizationPolicies.ContentPermissionPublishById)]
+    public IActionResult PostPublishByIdAndCulture(PublishContent model)
+    {
+        var languageCount = _allLangs.Value.Count();
+
+        // If there is no culture specified or the cultures specified are equal to the total amount of languages, publish the content in all cultures.
+        if (model.Cultures == null || !model.Cultures.Any() || model.Cultures.Length == languageCount)
+        {
+            return PostPublishById(model.Id);
+        }
+
+        IContent? foundContent = GetObjectFromRequest(() => _contentService.GetById(model.Id));
+
+        if (foundContent == null)
+        {
+            return HandleContentNotFound(model.Id);
+        }
+
+        var results = new Dictionary<string, PublishResult>();
+
+        foreach (var culture in model.Cultures)
+        {
+            PublishResult publishResult = _contentService.SaveAndPublish(foundContent, culture, _backofficeSecurityAccessor.BackOfficeSecurity?.GetUserId().Result ?? 0);
+            results[culture] = publishResult;
+        }
+
+        if (results.Any(x => x.Value.Success == false))
+        {
+            var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel();
+
+            foreach (var culture in results.Where(x => x.Value.Success == false))
+            {
+                AddMessageForPublishStatus(new[] { culture.Value }, notificationModel);
+            }
+
+            return ValidationProblem(notificationModel);
+        }
+
+        return Ok();
+    }
+
     [HttpDelete]
     [HttpPost]
     public IActionResult DeleteBlueprint(int id)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
index 7e6c6658e5..b3218b2c7f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
           *      alert("node wasnt unpublished:" + err.data.Message);
          *    });
           * </pre>
-         * @param {Int} id the ID of the node to unpublish
+         * @param {Int} id the ID of the node to unpublish.
+         * @param {array} cultures the cultures to unpublish.
          * @returns {Promise} resourcePromise object.
          *
          */
@@ -1086,23 +1087,31 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
           * </pre>
           *
          * @param {Int} id The ID of the conten to publish
+         * @param {array} cultures the cultures to publish.
          * @returns {Promise} resourcePromise object containing the published content item.
          *
          */
-        publishById: function (id) {
-
+        publishById: function (id, cultures) {
             if (!id) {
                 throw "id cannot be null";
             }
 
-            return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
-                $http.post(
+            if (!cultures) {
+                return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
+                  $http.post(
                     umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl(
-                        "contentApiBaseUrl",
-                        "PostPublishById",
-                        [{ id: id }])),
-                'Failed to publish content with id ' + id);
-
+                      "contentApiBaseUrl",
+                      "PostPublishById"), { id: id }),
+                  'Failed to publish content with id ' + id);
+            }
+            else {
+                return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
+                  $http.post(
+                    umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl(
+                      "contentApiBaseUrl",
+                      "PostPublishByIdAndCulture"), { id: id, cultures: cultures }),
+                  'Failed to publish content with id ' + id);
+            }
         },
 
         /**