diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/ReactSelect/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/elements/ReactSelect/types.ts
index 2f4b8592d6..58e324b1ba 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/ReactSelect/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/ReactSelect/types.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import type { LabelFunction } from 'payload'
 import type { CommonProps, GroupBase, Props as ReactSelectStateManagerProps } from 'react-select'
 
-import type { DocumentDrawerProps, UseDocumentDrawer } from '../DocumentDrawer/types.js'
+import type { DocumentDrawerProps } from '../DocumentDrawer/types.js'
 
 type CustomSelectProps = {
   disableKeyDown?: boolean
   disableMouseDown?: boolean
-  DocumentDrawerToggler?: ReturnType<UseDocumentDrawer>[1]
   draggableProps?: any
   droppableRef?: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>
   editableProps?: (
@@ -15,10 +14,11 @@ type CustomSelectProps = {
     selectProps: ReactSelectStateManagerProps,
   ) => any
   onDelete?: DocumentDrawerProps['onDelete']
-  onDocumentDrawerOpen?: (args: {
+  onDocumentOpen?: (args: {
     collectionSlug: string
     hasReadPermission: boolean
     id: number | string
+    openInNewTab?: boolean
   }) => void
   onDuplicate?: DocumentDrawerProps['onSave']
   onSave?: DocumentDrawerProps['onSave']
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
index 3d093c0c66..21cbaa4299 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'payload'
 
 import { dequal } from 'dequal/lite'
-import { wordBoundariesRegex } from 'payload/shared'
+import { formatAdminURL, wordBoundariesRegex } from 'payload/shared'
 import * as qs from 'qs-esm'
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const RelationshipFieldComponent: RelationshipFieldClientComponent = (props) =>
   const hasMultipleRelations = Array.isArray(relationTo)
 
   const [currentlyOpenRelationship, setCurrentlyOpenRelationship] = useState<
-    Parameters<ReactSelectAdapterProps['customProps']['onDocumentDrawerOpen']>[0]
+    Parameters<ReactSelectAdapterProps['customProps']['onDocumentOpen']>[0]
   >({
     id: undefined,
     collectionSlug: undefined,
@@ -631,16 +631,29 @@ const RelationshipFieldComponent: RelationshipFieldClientComponent = (props) =>
     return r.test(labelString.slice(-breakApartThreshold))
   }, [])
 
-  const onDocumentDrawerOpen = useCallback<
-    ReactSelectAdapterProps['customProps']['onDocumentDrawerOpen']
-  >(({ id, collectionSlug, hasReadPermission }) => {
-    openDrawerWhenRelationChanges.current = true
-    setCurrentlyOpenRelationship({
-      id,
-      collectionSlug,
-      hasReadPermission,
-    })
-  }, [])
+  const onDocumentOpen = useCallback<ReactSelectAdapterProps['customProps']['onDocumentOpen']>(
+    ({ id, collectionSlug, hasReadPermission, openInNewTab }) => {
+      if (openInNewTab) {
+        if (hasReadPermission && id && collectionSlug) {
+          const docUrl = formatAdminURL({
+            adminRoute: config.routes.admin,
+            path: `/collections/${collectionSlug}/${id}`,
+          })
+
+          window.open(docUrl, '_blank')
+        }
+      } else {
+        openDrawerWhenRelationChanges.current = true
+
+        setCurrentlyOpenRelationship({
+          id,
+          collectionSlug,
+          hasReadPermission,
+        })
+      }
+    },
+    [setCurrentlyOpenRelationship, config.routes.admin],
+  )
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (openDrawerWhenRelationChanges.current) {
@@ -697,7 +710,7 @@ const RelationshipFieldComponent: RelationshipFieldClientComponent = (props) =>
               customProps={{
                 disableKeyDown: isDrawerOpen || isListDrawerOpen,
                 disableMouseDown: isDrawerOpen || isListDrawerOpen,
-                onDocumentDrawerOpen,
+                onDocumentOpen,
                 onSave,
               }}
               disabled={readOnly || disabled || isDrawerOpen || isListDrawerOpen}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/MultiValueLabel/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/MultiValueLabel/index.tsx
index 03cb247a53..adc01e11d4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/MultiValueLabel/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/MultiValueLabel/index.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const MultiValueLabel: React.FC<
 > = (props) => {
   const {
     data: { allowEdit, label, relationTo, value },
-    selectProps: { customProps: { draggableProps, onDocumentDrawerOpen } = {} } = {},
+    selectProps: { customProps: { draggableProps, onDocumentOpen } = {} } = {},
   } = props
 
   const { permissions } = useAuth()
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ export const MultiValueLabel: React.FC<
           <button
             aria-label={`Edit ${label}`}
             className={`${baseClass}__drawer-toggler`}
-            onClick={() => {
+            onClick={(event) => {
               setShowTooltip(false)
-              onDocumentDrawerOpen({
+              onDocumentOpen({
                 id: value,
                 collectionSlug: relationTo,
                 hasReadPermission,
+                openInNewTab: event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey,
               })
             }}
             onKeyDown={(e) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/SingleValue/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/SingleValue/index.tsx
index 0741da61b0..1397808d53 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/SingleValue/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/fields/Relationship/select-components/SingleValue/index.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const SingleValue: React.FC<
   const {
     children,
     data: { allowEdit, label, relationTo, value },
-    selectProps: { customProps: { onDocumentDrawerOpen } = {} } = {},
+    selectProps: { customProps: { onDocumentOpen } = {} } = {},
   } = props
 
   const [showTooltip, setShowTooltip] = useState(false)
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ export const SingleValue: React.FC<
               <button
                 aria-label={t('general:editLabel', { label })}
                 className={`${baseClass}__drawer-toggler`}
-                onClick={() => {
+                onClick={(event) => {
                   setShowTooltip(false)
-                  onDocumentDrawerOpen({
+                  onDocumentOpen({
                     id: value,
                     collectionSlug: relationTo,
                     hasReadPermission,
+                    openInNewTab: event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey,
                   })
                 }}
                 onKeyDown={(e) => {
diff --git a/test/fields/collections/Relationship/e2e.spec.ts b/test/fields/collections/Relationship/e2e.spec.ts
index 492a40b686..5cc293836d 100644
--- a/test/fields/collections/Relationship/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/fields/collections/Relationship/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,46 @@ describe('relationship', () => {
     ).toHaveText(`${value}123456`)
   })
 
+  test('should open related document in a new tab when meta key is applied', async () => {
+    await page.goto(url.create)
+
+    const [newPage] = await Promise.all([
+      page.context().waitForEvent('page'),
+      await openDocDrawer({
+        page,
+        selector:
+          '#field-relationWithAllowCreateToFalse .relationship--single-value__drawer-toggler',
+        withMetaKey: true,
+      }),
+    ])
+
+    // Wait for navigation to complete in the new tab and ensure the edit view is open
+    await expect(newPage.locator('.collection-edit')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
+  test('multi value relationship should open document in a new tab', async () => {
+    await page.goto(url.create)
+
+    // Select "Seeded text document" relationship
+    await page.locator('#field-relationshipHasMany .rs__control').click()
+    await page.locator('.rs__option:has-text("Seeded text document")').click()
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('#field-relationshipHasMany .relationship--multi-value-label__drawer-toggler'),
+    ).toBeVisible()
+
+    const [newPage] = await Promise.all([
+      page.context().waitForEvent('page'),
+      await openDocDrawer({
+        page,
+        selector: '#field-relationshipHasMany .relationship--multi-value-label__drawer-toggler',
+        withMetaKey: true,
+      }),
+    ])
+
+    // Wait for navigation to complete in the new tab and ensure the edit view is open
+    await expect(newPage.locator('.collection-edit')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
   // Drawers opened through the edit button are prone to issues due to the use of stopPropagation for certain
   // events - specifically for drawers opened through the edit button. This test is to ensure that drawers
   // opened through the edit button can be saved using the hotkey.
diff --git a/test/helpers/e2e/toggleDocDrawer.ts b/test/helpers/e2e/toggleDocDrawer.ts
index 2da64d041e..1e05afa654 100644
--- a/test/helpers/e2e/toggleDocDrawer.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/e2e/toggleDocDrawer.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@ import { wait } from 'payload/shared'
 export async function openDocDrawer({
   page,
   selector,
+  withMetaKey = false,
 }: {
   page: Page
   selector: string
+  withMetaKey?: boolean
 }): Promise<void> {
+  let clickProperties = {}
+  if (withMetaKey) {
+    clickProperties = { modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] }
+  }
   await wait(500) // wait for parent form state to initialize
-  await page.locator(selector).click()
+  await page.locator(selector).click(clickProperties)
   await wait(500) // wait for drawer form state to initialize
 }
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index c9793d25c6..93d171a6a7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       }
     ],
     "paths": {
-      "@payload-config": ["./test/_community/config.ts"],
+      "@payload-config": ["./test/fields/config.ts"],
       "@payloadcms/admin-bar": ["./packages/admin-bar/src"],
       "@payloadcms/live-preview": ["./packages/live-preview/src"],
       "@payloadcms/live-preview-react": ["./packages/live-preview-react/src/index.ts"],