diff --git a/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index cd25fd6f28b58..d2b48b8753319 100644
--- a/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
     'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826073021' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826073021.php',
     'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826115938' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826115938.php',
     'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826122228' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826122228.php',
+    'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version2000Date20261013142538' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Migration/Version2000Date20261013142538.php',
     'OCA\\Sharing\\ResponseDefinitions' => $baseDir . '/../lib/ResponseDefinitions.php',
 );
diff --git a/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 35b44813420c3..60852a2cd612b 100644
--- a/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/sharing/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInitSharing
         'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826073021' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826073021.php',
         'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826115938' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826115938.php',
         'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version1000Date20260826122228' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Migration/Version1000Date20260826122228.php',
+        'OCA\\Sharing\\Migration\\Version2000Date20261013142538' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Migration/Version2000Date20261013142538.php',
         'OCA\\Sharing\\ResponseDefinitions' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/ResponseDefinitions.php',
     );
 
diff --git a/apps/sharing/lib/Migration/Version2000Date20261013142538.php b/apps/sharing/lib/Migration/Version2000Date20261013142538.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d87ab1729f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sharing/lib/Migration/Version2000Date20261013142538.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Sharing\Migration;
+
+use Closure;
+use OCP\DB\ISchemaWrapper;
+use OCP\DB\Types;
+use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
+use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
+use Override;
+
+final class Version2000Date20261013142538 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
+	#[Override]
+	public function changeSchema(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): ?ISchemaWrapper {
+		$schema = $schemaClosure();
+		$shareTable = $schema->getTable('sharing_share');
+		$userStatusTable = $schema->getTable('sharing_share_user_status');
+		$changed = false;
+
+		if ($shareTable->hasColumn('state')) {
+			$shareTable->dropColumn('state');
+			$changed = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!$shareTable->hasColumn('state_id')) {
+			$shareTable->addColumn('state_id', Types::INTEGER);
+			$changed = true;
+		}
+
+		if ($userStatusTable->hasColumn('status')) {
+			$userStatusTable->dropColumn('status');
+			$changed = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!$userStatusTable->hasColumn('status_id')) {
+			$userStatusTable->addColumn('status_id', Types::INTEGER);
+			$changed = true;
+		}
+
+		return $changed ? $schema : null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
index 1811f6fdeac3f..1e3bcc1ee321b 100644
--- a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
+++ b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public function createShare(string $id, ShareUser $owner, \DateTimeImmutable $la
 				'owner_user_id' => $qb->createNamedParameter($owner->userId),
 				'owner_instance' => $qb->createNamedParameter($owner->instance),
 				'last_updated' => $qb->createNamedParameter(SharingManager::timeToMs($lastUpdated)),
-				'state' => $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Draft->value),
+				'state_id' => $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Draft->encode(), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT),
 			])
 			->executeStatement();
 	}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public function updateShareState(string $id, ShareState $state): void {
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$rowCount = $qb
 			->update('sharing_share')
-			->set('state', $qb->createNamedParameter($state->value))
+			->set('state_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($state->encode(), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT))
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createNamedParameter($id)))
 			->executeStatement();
 		if ($rowCount === 0) {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public function updateShareUserStatus(string $id, string $userId, ShareUserStatu
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$rowCount = $qb
 			->update('sharing_share_user_status')
-			->set('status', $qb->createNamedParameter($userStatus->value))
+			->set('status_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($userStatus->encode(), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT))
 			->where($qb->expr()->eq('share_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($id)))
 			->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('user_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($userId)))
 			->executeStatement();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public function updateShareUserStatus(string $id, string $userId, ShareUserStatu
 				->values([
 					'share_id' => $qb->createNamedParameter($id),
 					'user_id' => $qb->createNamedParameter($userId),
-					'status' => $qb->createNamedParameter($userStatus->value),
+					'status_id' => $qb->createNamedParameter($userStatus->encode(), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT),
 				])
 				->executeStatement();
 		}
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ private function list(
 				$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 				$qb->innerJoin(
 					's', 'sharing_share_recipients', 'sr', $qb->expr()->andX(
-						$qb->expr()->eq('s.state', $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Active->value)),
+						$qb->expr()->eq('s.state_id', $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Active->encode())),
 						$qb->expr()->eq('s.id', 'sr.share_id'),
 					)
 				);
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ private function list(
 				$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 				$qb->innerJoin(
 					's', 'sharing_share_recipients', 'sr', $qb->expr()->andX(
-						$qb->expr()->eq('s.state', $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Active->value)),
+						$qb->expr()->eq('s.state_id', $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Active->encode())),
 						$qb->expr()->eq('s.id', 'sr.share_id'),
 						$qb->expr()->eq('sr.recipient_secret', $qb->createNamedParameter($accessContext->secret)),
 					)
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ private function list(
 					's.owner_user_id',
 					's.owner_instance',
 					's.last_updated',
-					's.state',
+					's.state_id',
 				)
 				->from('sharing_share', 's')
 				->orderBy('s.id', 'ASC');
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ private function list(
 			}
 
 			if ($filterState instanceof \NCU\Sharing\ShareState) {
-				$qb->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('s.state', $qb->createNamedParameter($filterState->value)));
+				$qb->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('s.state_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($filterState->encode())));
 			}
 
 			if ($lastShareID !== null) {
@@ -796,13 +796,12 @@ private function list(
 				$shareId = (string)$row['id'];
 				/** @var numeric-string $lastUpdated */
 				$lastUpdated = (string)$row['last_updated'];
-				/** @var string $state */
-				$state = $row['state'];
+				$state = (int)$row['state_id'];
 				$shares[$shareId] ??= [
 					'id' => $shareId,
 					'owner' => new ShareUser($ownerUserId, $ownerInstance),
 					'last_updated' => $lastUpdated,
-					'state' => ShareState::from($state),
+					'state' => ShareState::decode($state),
 					'user_status' => null,
 					'sources' => [],
 					'recipients' => [],
@@ -831,18 +830,18 @@ private function list(
 
 				$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 				$qb
-					->select('share_id', 'status')
+					->select('share_id', 'status_id')
 					->from('sharing_share_user_status')
 					->where($qb->expr()->eq('user_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($accessContext->currentUser->getUID())))
 					->andWhere($qb->expr()->in('share_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($chunk, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_STR_ARRAY)));
 
 				$result = $qb->executeQuery();
-				/** @var list<array{share_id: int|string, status: string}> $rows */
+				/** @var list<array{share_id: int|string, status_id: int|string}> $rows */
 				$rows = $result->fetchAll();
 				foreach ($rows as $row) {
 					$id = $row['share_id'];
-					$userStatus = $row['status'];
-					$shares[$id]['user_status'] = ShareUserStatus::from($userStatus);
+					$userStatus = (int)$row['status_id'];
+					$shares[$id]['user_status'] = ShareUserStatus::decode($userStatus);
 				}
 
 				foreach ($chunk as $id) {
diff --git a/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareState.php b/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareState.php
index 86b31237aaa84..ac9b73afd5204 100644
--- a/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareState.php
+++ b/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareState.php
@@ -28,4 +28,27 @@ enum ShareState: string {
 	 * @experimental 35.0.0
 	 */
 	case Deleted = 'deleted';
+
+	/**
+	 * @experimental 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public function encode(): int {
+		return match ($this) {
+			self::Active => 1,
+			self::Draft => 2,
+			self::Deleted => 3,
+		};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @experimental 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public static function decode(int $value): self {
+		return match ($value) {
+			1 => self::Active,
+			2 => self::Draft,
+			3 => self::Deleted,
+			default => throw new \ValueError('Invalid share state ' . $value)
+		};
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareUserStatus.php b/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareUserStatus.php
index f3878bb7f9dc9..bbb84211cf88d 100644
--- a/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareUserStatus.php
+++ b/lib/unstable/Sharing/ShareUserStatus.php
@@ -28,4 +28,27 @@ enum ShareUserStatus: string {
 	 * @experimental 35.0.0
 	 */
 	case Rejected = 'rejected';
+
+	/**
+	 * @experimental 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public function encode(): int {
+		return match ($this) {
+			self::Pending => 1,
+			self::Accepted => 2,
+			self::Rejected => 3,
+		};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @experimental 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public static function decode(int $value): self {
+		return match ($value) {
+			1 => self::Pending,
+			2 => self::Accepted,
+			3 => self::Rejected,
+			default => throw new \ValueError('Invalid user share status ' . $value)
+		};
+	}
 }