diff --git a/src/collections/operations/restoreVersion.ts b/src/collections/operations/restoreVersion.ts
index 8988a4f302..0bbc60bf61 100644
--- a/src/collections/operations/restoreVersion.ts
+++ b/src/collections/operations/restoreVersion.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Where } from '../../types';
 import sanitizeInternalFields from '../../utilities/sanitizeInternalFields';
 import { afterChange } from '../../fields/hooks/afterChange';
 import { afterRead } from '../../fields/hooks/afterRead';
-import { getLatestEntityVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestCollectionVersion';
+import { getLatestCollectionVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestCollectionVersion';
 
 export type Arguments = {
   collection: Collection
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async function restoreVersion<T extends TypeWithID = any>(args: Arguments): Prom
   // fetch previousDoc
   // /////////////////////////////////////
 
-  const prevDocWithLocales = await getLatestEntityVersion({
+  const prevDocWithLocales = await getLatestCollectionVersion({
     payload,
     id: parentDocID,
     query,
diff --git a/src/collections/operations/update.ts b/src/collections/operations/update.ts
index 8d50105016..fd6da5dd52 100644
--- a/src/collections/operations/update.ts
+++ b/src/collections/operations/update.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { beforeValidate } from '../../fields/hooks/beforeValidate';
 import { afterChange } from '../../fields/hooks/afterChange';
 import { afterRead } from '../../fields/hooks/afterRead';
 import { generateFileData } from '../../uploads/generateFileData';
-import { getLatestEntityVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestCollectionVersion';
+import { getLatestCollectionVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestCollectionVersion';
 import { mapAsync } from '../../utilities/mapAsync';
 import fileExists from '../../uploads/fileExists';
 import { FileData } from '../../uploads/types';
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async function update<TSlug extends keyof GeneratedTypes['collections']>(
 
   const query = await Model.buildQuery(queryToBuild, locale);
 
-  const doc = await getLatestEntityVersion({
+  const doc = await getLatestCollectionVersion({
     payload,
     Model,
     config: collectionConfig,
diff --git a/src/globals/operations/update.ts b/src/globals/operations/update.ts
index efb9f71090..28545a3310 100644
--- a/src/globals/operations/update.ts
+++ b/src/globals/operations/update.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { afterRead } from '../../fields/hooks/afterRead';
 import { PayloadRequest } from '../../express/types';
 import { saveVersion } from '../../versions/saveVersion';
 import sanitizeInternalFields from '../../utilities/sanitizeInternalFields';
-import { getLatestEntityVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestCollectionVersion';
+import { getLatestGlobalVersion } from '../../versions/getLatestGlobalVersion';
 
 type Args<T extends { [field: string | number | symbol]: unknown }> = {
   globalConfig: SanitizedGlobalConfig
@@ -83,17 +83,14 @@ async function update<TSlug extends keyof GeneratedTypes['globals']>(
   // 2. Retrieve document
   // /////////////////////////////////////
 
-  const global = await getLatestEntityVersion({
+  const { global, globalExists } = await getLatestGlobalVersion({
     payload,
     Model,
     config: globalConfig,
     query,
     lean: true,
-    entityType: 'global',
   });
 
-  const globalExists = global?._globalExists || false;
-
   let globalJSON: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 
   if (global) {
diff --git a/src/versions/getLatestCollectionVersion.ts b/src/versions/getLatestCollectionVersion.ts
index ee6d6ceca2..e636b39947 100644
--- a/src/versions/getLatestCollectionVersion.ts
+++ b/src/versions/getLatestCollectionVersion.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,18 @@
-import { docHasTimestamps, Document } from '../types';
+import { docHasTimestamps } from '../types';
 import { Payload } from '../payload';
 import { CollectionModel, SanitizedCollectionConfig, TypeWithID } from '../collections/config/types';
-import { GlobalModel, SanitizedGlobalConfig } from '../globals/config/types';
 
 type Args = {
   payload: Payload
   query: Record<string, unknown>
   lean?: boolean
-} & ({
-  entityType: 'global'
-  id?: never
-  Model: GlobalModel
-  config: SanitizedGlobalConfig
-} | {
-  entityType?: 'collection'
   id: string | number
   Model: CollectionModel
   config: SanitizedCollectionConfig
-})
+}
 
-export const getLatestEntityVersion = async <T extends TypeWithID = any>({
+export const getLatestCollectionVersion = async <T extends TypeWithID = any>({
   payload,
-  entityType = 'collection',
   config,
   Model,
   query,
@@ -39,23 +30,15 @@ export const getLatestEntityVersion = async <T extends TypeWithID = any>({
     });
   }
 
-  const doc = await (Model as any).findOne(query, {}, { lean }) as Document;
+  const doc = await Model.findOne(query, {}, { lean });
 
   if (!latestVersion || (docHasTimestamps(doc) && latestVersion.updatedAt < doc.updatedAt)) {
-    if (entityType === 'collection') {
-      doc.id = doc._id;
-      return doc;
-    }
-
-    return {
-      ...doc,
-      _globalExists: Boolean(doc),
-    };
+    doc.id = doc._id;
+    return doc;
   }
 
   return {
     ...latestVersion.version,
-    ...(entityType === 'global' && { _globalExists: Boolean(doc) }),
     id,
     updatedAt: latestVersion.updatedAt,
     createdAt: latestVersion.createdAt,
diff --git a/src/versions/getLatestGlobalVersion.ts b/src/versions/getLatestGlobalVersion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e556ad5167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/versions/getLatestGlobalVersion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Payload } from '../payload';
+import { docHasTimestamps, Document } from '../types';
+import { GlobalModel, SanitizedGlobalConfig } from '../globals/config/types';
+
+type Args = {
+  payload: Payload
+  query: Record<string, unknown>
+  lean?: boolean
+  Model: GlobalModel
+  config: SanitizedGlobalConfig
+}
+
+export const getLatestGlobalVersion = async ({
+  payload,
+  config,
+  Model,
+  query,
+  lean = true,
+}: Args): Promise<{global: Document, globalExists: boolean}> => {
+  let latestVersion;
+
+  if (config.versions?.drafts) {
+    latestVersion = await payload.versions[config.slug].findOne({}, {}, {
+      sort: { updatedAt: 'desc' },
+      lean,
+    });
+  }
+
+  const global = await (Model as any).findOne(query, {}, { lean }) as Document;
+  const globalExists = Boolean(global);
+
+  if (!latestVersion || (docHasTimestamps(global) && latestVersion.updatedAt < global.updatedAt)) {
+    return {
+      global,
+      globalExists,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    global: {
+      ...latestVersion.version,
+      updatedAt: latestVersion.updatedAt,
+      createdAt: latestVersion.createdAt,
+    },
+    globalExists,
+  };
+};