diff --git a/assets/js/components/record_details/NewVersionButton.js b/assets/js/components/record_details/NewVersionButton.js
index f3b0fcdd..892f02b5 100644
--- a/assets/js/components/record_details/NewVersionButton.js
+++ b/assets/js/components/record_details/NewVersionButton.js
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ export const NewVersionButton = ({ onError, record, disabled, ...uiProps }) => {
     committeeApproval?.approval_label || i18next.t("Committee approval");
 
   const handleClick = useCallback(async () => {
-    if (
-      ["submitted", "accepted"].includes(committeeApprovalStatus) &&
-      !showModal
-    ) {
-      // If a request exists, we discourage creating a new version.
-      // This applies even if the request has been accepted.
+    if (committeeApprovalStatus === "submitted" && !showModal) {
+      // If a request is pending, we discourage creating a new version.
       setShowModal(true);
       return;
     } else if (showModal) {
@@ -83,41 +79,25 @@ export const NewVersionButton = ({ onError, record, disabled, ...uiProps }) => {
         <Modal.Header>
           <Icon name="warning sign" color="yellow" className="mr-10" />
 
-          {committeeApprovalStatus === "submitted" &&
-            i18next.t("{{approvalLabel}} request pending", {
-              approvalLabel,
-            })}
-          {committeeApprovalStatus === "accepted" &&
-            i18next.t("{{approvalLabel}} already complete", {
-              approvalLabel,
-            })}
+          {i18next.t("{{approvalLabel}} request pending", {
+            approvalLabel,
+          })}
         </Modal.Header>
         <Modal.Content>
-          {committeeApprovalStatus === "submitted" && (
-            <>
-              <p>
-                {i18next.t(
-                  "An {{approvalLabel}} request is already pending for an existing version of this record. " +
-                    "A new version will not be taken into account for the {{approvalLabel}} request.",
-                  {
-                    approvalLabel,
-                  }
-                )}
-              </p>
-              <p>
-                {i18next.t(
-                  "Creating a new version while the request is pending is not recommended."
-                )}
-              </p>
-            </>
-          )}
-          {committeeApprovalStatus === "accepted" && (
-            <p>
-              {i18next.t(
-                "A version of this record has already been approved. Creating a new version following an approved request is not recommended."
-              )}
-            </p>
-          )}
+          <p>
+            {i18next.t(
+              "An {{approvalLabel}} request is already pending for an existing version of this record. " +
+                "A new version will not be taken into account for the {{approvalLabel}} request.",
+              {
+                approvalLabel,
+              }
+            )}
+          </p>
+          <p>
+            {i18next.t(
+              "Creating a new version while the request is pending is not recommended."
+            )}
+          </p>
         </Modal.Content>
         <Modal.Actions>
           <Button onClick={() => setShowModal(false)} floated="left">
diff --git a/site/cds_rdm/generators.py b/site/cds_rdm/generators.py
index 93e54c69..cc362d14 100644
--- a/site/cds_rdm/generators.py
+++ b/site/cds_rdm/generators.py
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 
 """Permissions generators."""
 
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from flask import current_app
 from flask_principal import RoleNeed, UserNeed
 from invenio_access import action_factory
 from invenio_access.permissions import Permission
+from invenio_rdm_records.services.generators import AccessGrant
 from invenio_records_permissions.generators import AuthenticatedUser, Generator
 from invenio_search.engine import dsl
 
@@ -180,20 +183,27 @@ def query_filter(self, **kwargs):
 
 COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_ORIGIN_PREFIX = "committee-approval:"
 COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_PERMISSION = "committee-review"
+COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_ACCESS_GRANT = AccessGrant(COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_PERMISSION)
+
 
+def committee_approval_grant_origin(version_index: int):
+    """Return the grant origin string for a specific record version index."""
+    return f"{COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_ORIGIN_PREFIX}{version_index}"
 
-def committee_approval_grant_origin(version_uuid):
-    """Return the grant origin string for a specific record version UUID."""
-    return f"{COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_ORIGIN_PREFIX}{version_uuid}"
+
+def get_version_index_from_origin(origin: str):
+    """Returns just the version index number from the grant origin."""
+    version_str = origin.removeprefix(COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_ORIGIN_PREFIX)
+    if not version_str.isdigit():
+        return None
+    return int(version_str)
 
 
 class CommitteeRefereeVersionGrant(Generator):
-    """Read access for committee referees scoped to the exact version they reviewed.
+    """Read access for committee referees scoped to the exact version they reviewed, as well as newer versions created after the approval was granted.
 
-    Grants are stored on the parent with a custom permission level
-    ``"committee-review"`` and ``origin="committee-approval:<version-uuid>"``.
-    Only the version whose UUID matches the origin will satisfy this generator —
-    other versions in the same family are excluded.
+    Later versions than the one for which the review was requested are only be accessible
+    if they were created after the review was approved.
 
     On submit  → grant added (version UUID = topic.id at submit time).
     On accept  → grant kept; referees retain permanent access to that version.
@@ -204,16 +214,18 @@ def needs(self, record=None, **kwargs):
         """Return the RoleNeed if this version has a matching committee review grant."""
         if record is None:
             return []
-        version_origin = committee_approval_grant_origin(record.id)
-        return {
-            grant.to_need()
-            for grant in record.parent.access.grants
-            if (
-                grant.permission == COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_PERMISSION
-                and grant.origin == version_origin
-            )
-        }
 
-    def query_filter(self, **kwargs):
-        """Not used for search filters."""
-        return []
+        needs = []
+        for grant in record.parent.access.grants:
+            if grant.permission != COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_PERMISSION:
+                continue
+
+            grant_version = get_version_index_from_origin(grant.origin)
+            if grant_version is not None and record.versions.index >= grant_version:
+                needs.append(grant.to_need())
+
+        return needs
+
+    def query_filter(self, identity=None, **kwargs):
+        """Filter for records with a committee review grant for one of the identity's roles."""
+        return COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_ACCESS_GRANT.query_filter(identity, kwargs=kwargs)
diff --git a/site/cds_rdm/requests/committee_approval.py b/site/cds_rdm/requests/committee_approval.py
index b1da19ad..a633870c 100644
--- a/site/cds_rdm/requests/committee_approval.py
+++ b/site/cds_rdm/requests/committee_approval.py
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ def _resolve_community_config(request):
             "The record is not part of any community. "
             "It must belong to a committee-approval-enabled community before submitting."
         )
-    committee_communities = current_app.config.get("CDS_COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_COMMUNITIES", {})
+    committee_communities = current_app.config.get(
+        "CDS_COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_COMMUNITIES", {}
+    )
     if default_community_id in committee_communities:
         return committee_communities[default_community_id]
     raise ValidationError(
@@ -98,9 +100,9 @@ def execute(self, identity: Identity, uow: UnitOfWork) -> None:
         config = _resolve_community_config(self.request)
 
         # Reject if the parent already carries an approval report number.
-        if ((topic.parent.get("permission_flags") or {}).get("committee_approval") or {}).get(
-            "reportnumber"
-        ):
+        if (
+            (topic.parent.get("permission_flags") or {}).get("committee_approval") or {}
+        ).get("reportnumber"):
             raise ValidationError(
                 "A version of this record already has an approval report number assigned. "
                 "A new committee approval request cannot be submitted."
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ def execute(self, identity: Identity, uow: UnitOfWork) -> None:
             subject_type="role",
             subject_id=config["referee_group"],
             permission=COMMITTEE_APPROVAL_GRANT_PERMISSION,
-            origin=committee_approval_grant_origin(topic.id),
+            origin=committee_approval_grant_origin(topic.versions.index),
         )
         uow.register(
             ParentRecordCommitOp(
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ def execute(self, identity: Identity, uow: UnitOfWork) -> None:
 def _remove_committee_approval_grant(request, uow):
     """Remove the committee approval referee grant from the record's parent."""
     topic = request.topic.resolve()
-    origin = committee_approval_grant_origin(topic.id)
+    origin = committee_approval_grant_origin(topic.versions.index)
     topic.parent.access.grants[:] = [
         g for g in topic.parent.access.grants if g.origin != origin
     ]