diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Version/Compare/index.tsx b/src/admin/components/views/Version/Compare/index.tsx
index 6244780e09..72003e5080 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Version/Compare/index.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Version/Compare/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import format from 'date-fns/format';
 import { Props } from './types';
 import ReactSelect from '../../../elements/ReactSelect';
 import { PaginatedDocs } from '../../../../../mongoose/types';
-import { mostRecentVersionOption } from '../shared';
+import { mostRecentVersionOption, publishedVersionOption } from '../shared';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const baseClass = 'compare-version';
 const maxResultsPerRequest = 10;
 
 const baseOptions = [
+  publishedVersionOption,
   mostRecentVersionOption,
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Version/Version.tsx b/src/admin/components/views/Version/Version.tsx
index b10eaf962b..741843e0ed 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Version/Version.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Version/Version.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { StepNavItem } from '../../elements/StepNav/types';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
 import { LocaleOption, CompareOption, Props } from './types';
 import CompareVersion from './Compare';
-import { mostRecentVersionOption } from './shared';
+import { publishedVersionOption } from './shared';
 import Restore from './Restore';
 import SelectLocales from './SelectLocales';
 import RenderFieldsToDiff from './RenderFieldsToDiff';
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
   const { serverURL, routes: { admin, api }, admin: { dateFormat }, localization } = useConfig();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
   const { params: { id, versionID } } = useRouteMatch<{ id?: string, versionID: string }>();
-  const [compareValue, setCompareValue] = useState<CompareOption>(mostRecentVersionOption);
+  const [compareValue, setCompareValue] = useState<CompareOption>(publishedVersionOption);
   const [localeOptions] = useState<LocaleOption[]>(() => (localization?.locales ? localization.locales.map((locale) => ({ label: locale, value: locale })) : []));
   const [locales, setLocales] = useState<LocaleOption[]>(localeOptions);
   const { permissions } = useAuth();
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
 
   const useAsTitle = collection?.admin?.useAsTitle || 'id';
 
-  const compareFetchURL = compareValue?.value === 'mostRecent' ? originalDocFetchURL : `${compareBaseURL}/${compareValue.value}`;
+  const compareFetchURL = compareValue?.value === 'mostRecent' || compareValue?.value === 'published' ? originalDocFetchURL : `${compareBaseURL}/${compareValue.value}`;
 
   const [{ data: doc, isLoading }] = usePayloadAPI(versionFetchURL, { initialParams: { locale: '*', depth: 1 } });
-  const [{ data: originalDoc }] = usePayloadAPI(originalDocFetchURL, { initialParams: { depth: 1, draft: 'true' } });
+  const [{ data: publishedDoc }] = usePayloadAPI(originalDocFetchURL, { initialParams: { depth: 1 } });
+  const [{ data: mostRecentDoc }] = usePayloadAPI(originalDocFetchURL, { initialParams: { depth: 1, draft: true } });
   const [{ data: compareDoc }] = usePayloadAPI(compareFetchURL, { initialParams: { locale: '*', depth: 1, draft: 'true' } });
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -76,15 +77,15 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
     if (collection) {
       let docLabel = '';
 
-      if (originalDoc) {
+      if (publishedDoc) {
         if (useAsTitle) {
-          if (originalDoc[useAsTitle]) {
-            docLabel = originalDoc[useAsTitle];
+          if (publishedDoc[useAsTitle]) {
+            docLabel = publishedDoc[useAsTitle];
           } else {
             docLabel = '[Untitled]';
           }
         } else {
-          docLabel = originalDoc.id;
+          docLabel = publishedDoc.id;
         }
       }
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
     }
 
     setStepNav(nav);
-  }, [setStepNav, collection, global, useAsTitle, dateFormat, doc, originalDoc, admin, id]);
+  }, [setStepNav, collection, global, useAsTitle, dateFormat, doc, publishedDoc, admin, id]);
 
   let metaTitle: string;
   let metaDesc: string;
@@ -140,6 +141,16 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
     metaDesc = `Viewing version for the global ${entityLabel}`;
   }
 
+  let comparison = compareDoc?.version;
+
+  if (compareValue?.value === 'mostRecent') {
+    comparison = mostRecentDoc;
+  }
+
+  if (compareValue?.value === 'published') {
+    comparison = publishedDoc;
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className={baseClass}>
       <Meta
@@ -191,7 +202,7 @@ const VersionView: React.FC<Props> = ({ collection, global }) => {
             fieldComponents={fieldComponents}
             fieldPermissions={fieldPermissions}
             version={doc?.version}
-            comparison={compareValue?.value === 'mostRecent' ? compareDoc : compareDoc?.version}
+            comparison={comparison}
           />
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Version/shared.ts b/src/admin/components/views/Version/shared.ts
index aa4762a6cd..a514b1c114 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Version/shared.ts
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Version/shared.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 export const mostRecentVersionOption = {
-  label: 'Most recent',
+  label: 'Most recent draft',
   value: 'mostRecent',
 };
+
+export const publishedVersionOption = {
+  label: 'Most recently published',
+  value: 'published',
+};
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Versions/columns.tsx b/src/admin/components/views/Versions/columns.tsx
index b16756229f..6bd4f03127 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Versions/columns.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Versions/columns.tsx
@@ -80,20 +80,24 @@ export const getColumns = (collection: SanitizedCollectionConfig, global: Saniti
           disable
         />
       ),
-      renderCell: (row, data) => (
+      renderCell: (row) => (
         <TextCell>
           {row?.autosave && (
-            <Pill>
-              Autosave
-            </Pill>
+            <React.Fragment>
+              <Pill>
+                Autosave
+              </Pill>
+              &nbsp;&nbsp;
+            </React.Fragment>
           )}
-          &nbsp;
           {row?.version._status === 'published' && (
-            <Pill pillStyle="success">
-              Published
-            </Pill>
+            <React.Fragment>
+              <Pill pillStyle="success">
+                Published
+              </Pill>
+              &nbsp;&nbsp;
+            </React.Fragment>
           )}
-          &nbsp;
           {row?.version._status === 'draft' && (
             <Pill>
               Draft
diff --git a/src/versions/drafts/saveCollectionDraft.ts b/src/versions/drafts/saveCollectionDraft.ts
index e3089a48df..1faac3ea10 100644
--- a/src/versions/drafts/saveCollectionDraft.ts
+++ b/src/versions/drafts/saveCollectionDraft.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const saveCollectionDraft = async ({
   if (autosave) {
     existingAutosaveVersion = await VersionsModel.findOne({
       parent: id,
+      autosave: true,
     }, {}, { sort: { updatedAt: 'desc' } });
   }