diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 92e04520b7e..fb1ec93ed92 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - `graphman` now has two new commands `pause` and `resume` that can be used to pause and resume a deployment
 - A new table `subgraph_features` is added which tracks information like spec_version, api_version, network, features, datasources etc
 - The schema for the `subgraphFeatures` endpoint now includes data from the `subgraph_features` table
+- `graphman` now has new command `restart` that can be used to sequentially pause and resume a deployment
 
 <!-- 
 Note: the changes in this PR were technically released in v0.31.0, but the feature also requires changes to graph-cli, which at the time of writing has NOT been released. This feature will make it into the release notes of graph-node only once graph-cli has been updated.
diff --git a/node/src/bin/manager.rs b/node/src/bin/manager.rs
index ddc77bce276..4d59a18e448 100644
--- a/node/src/bin/manager.rs
+++ b/node/src/bin/manager.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,19 @@ pub enum Command {
         /// The deployment (see `help info`)
         deployment: DeploymentSearch,
     },
+    /// Pause and resume a deployment
+    Restart {
+        /// The deployment (see `help info`)
+        deployment: DeploymentSearch,
+        /// Sleep for this many seconds after pausing subgraphs
+        #[clap(
+            long,
+            short,
+            default_value = "20",
+            parse(try_from_str = parse_duration_in_secs)
+        )]
+        sleep: Duration,
+    },
     /// Rewind a subgraph to a specific block
     Rewind {
         /// Force rewinding even if the block hash is not found in the local
@@ -1120,6 +1133,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             let sender = ctx.notification_sender();
             commands::assign::pause_or_resume(ctx.primary_pool(), &sender, &deployment, false)
         }
+        Restart { deployment, sleep } => {
+            let sender = ctx.notification_sender();
+            commands::assign::restart(ctx.primary_pool(), &sender, &deployment, sleep)
+        }
         Rewind {
             force,
             sleep,
diff --git a/node/src/manager/commands/assign.rs b/node/src/manager/commands/assign.rs
index 74b1961fb68..23864d544b4 100644
--- a/node/src/manager/commands/assign.rs
+++ b/node/src/manager/commands/assign.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use graph::prelude::{anyhow::anyhow, Error, NodeId, StoreEvent};
 use graph_store_postgres::{
     command_support::catalog, connection_pool::ConnectionPool, NotificationSender,
 };
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::manager::deployment::DeploymentSearch;
 
@@ -109,3 +111,19 @@ pub fn pause_or_resume(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn restart(
+    primary: ConnectionPool,
+    sender: &NotificationSender,
+    search: &DeploymentSearch,
+    sleep: Duration,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pause_or_resume(primary.clone(), sender, search, true)?;
+    println!(
+        "Waiting {}s to make sure pausing was processed",
+        sleep.as_secs()
+    );
+    thread::sleep(sleep);
+    pause_or_resume(primary, sender, search, false)?;
+    Ok(())
+}