diff --git a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/generateLabelFromValue.ts b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/generateLabelFromValue.ts
index ec47b7db94..f094a56d43 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/generateLabelFromValue.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/generateLabelFromValue.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   flattenTopLevelFields,
 } from 'payload/shared'
 
-import type { PopulatedRelationshipValue } from './index.js'
+import type { RelationshipValue } from './index.js'
 
 export const generateLabelFromValue = ({
   field,
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export const generateLabelFromValue = ({
   locale: string
   parentIsLocalized: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
-  value: PopulatedRelationshipValue
+  value: RelationshipValue
 }): string => {
-  let relatedDoc: TypeWithID
+  let relatedDoc: number | string | TypeWithID
   let relationTo: string = field.relationTo as string
   let valueToReturn: string = ''
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const generateLabelFromValue = ({
     relatedDoc = value.value
     relationTo = value.relationTo
   } else {
-    // Non-polymorphic relationship
+    // Non-polymorphic relationship or deleted document
     relatedDoc = value
   }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ export const generateLabelFromValue = ({
   if (typeof relatedDoc?.[useAsTitle] !== 'undefined') {
     valueToReturn = relatedDoc[useAsTitle]
   } else {
-    valueToReturn = String(relatedDoc.id)
+    valueToReturn = String(
+      typeof relatedDoc === 'object'
+        ? relatedDoc.id
+        : `${req.i18n.t('general:untitled')} - ID: ${relatedDoc}`,
+    )
   }
 
   if (
diff --git a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
index bf99d7a531..5bfed16324 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Relationship/index.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import { generateLabelFromValue } from './generateLabelFromValue.js'
 
 const baseClass = 'relationship-diff'
 
-export type PopulatedRelationshipValue = { relationTo: string; value: TypeWithID } | TypeWithID
+export type RelationshipValue =
+  | { relationTo: string; value: number | string | TypeWithID }
+  | (number | string | TypeWithID)
 
 export const Relationship: RelationshipFieldDiffServerComponent = ({
   comparisonValue: valueFrom,
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ export const Relationship: RelationshipFieldDiffServerComponent = ({
         parentIsLocalized={parentIsLocalized}
         polymorphic={polymorphic}
         req={req}
-        valueFrom={valueFrom as PopulatedRelationshipValue[] | undefined}
-        valueTo={valueTo as PopulatedRelationshipValue[] | undefined}
+        valueFrom={valueFrom as RelationshipValue[] | undefined}
+        valueTo={valueTo as RelationshipValue[] | undefined}
       />
     )
   }
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ export const Relationship: RelationshipFieldDiffServerComponent = ({
       parentIsLocalized={parentIsLocalized}
       polymorphic={polymorphic}
       req={req}
-      valueFrom={valueFrom as PopulatedRelationshipValue}
-      valueTo={valueTo as PopulatedRelationshipValue}
+      valueFrom={valueFrom as RelationshipValue}
+      valueTo={valueTo as RelationshipValue}
     />
   )
 }
@@ -70,8 +72,8 @@ export const SingleRelationshipDiff: React.FC<{
   parentIsLocalized: boolean
   polymorphic: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
-  valueFrom: PopulatedRelationshipValue
-  valueTo: PopulatedRelationshipValue
+  valueFrom: RelationshipValue
+  valueTo: RelationshipValue
 }> = async (args) => {
   const {
     field,
@@ -151,8 +153,8 @@ const ManyRelationshipDiff: React.FC<{
   parentIsLocalized: boolean
   polymorphic: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
-  valueFrom: PopulatedRelationshipValue[] | undefined
-  valueTo: PopulatedRelationshipValue[] | undefined
+  valueFrom: RelationshipValue[] | undefined
+  valueTo: RelationshipValue[] | undefined
 }> = async ({
   field,
   i18n,
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ const ManyRelationshipDiff: React.FC<{
   const fromArr = Array.isArray(valueFrom) ? valueFrom : []
   const toArr = Array.isArray(valueTo) ? valueTo : []
 
-  const makeNodes = (list: PopulatedRelationshipValue[]) =>
+  const makeNodes = (list: RelationshipValue[]) =>
     list.map((val, idx) => (
       <RelationshipDocumentDiff
         field={field}
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ const RelationshipDocumentDiff = ({
   relationTo: string
   req: PayloadRequest
   showPill?: boolean
-  value: PopulatedRelationshipValue
+  value: RelationshipValue
 }) => {
   const localeToUse =
     locale ??
diff --git a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Upload/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Upload/index.tsx
index 40f555893a..75f382ada9 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Upload/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/views/Version/RenderFieldsToDiff/fields/Upload/index.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import React from 'react'
 
 const baseClass = 'upload-diff'
 
+type UploadDoc = (FileData & TypeWithID) | string
+
 export const Upload: UploadFieldDiffServerComponent = (args) => {
   const {
     comparisonValue: valueFrom,
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ export const Upload: UploadFieldDiffServerComponent = (args) => {
         locale={locale}
         nestingLevel={nestingLevel}
         req={req}
-        valueFrom={valueFrom as any}
-        valueTo={valueTo as any}
+        valueFrom={valueFrom as UploadDoc[]}
+        valueTo={valueTo as UploadDoc[]}
       />
     )
   }
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@ export const Upload: UploadFieldDiffServerComponent = (args) => {
       locale={locale}
       nestingLevel={nestingLevel}
       req={req}
-      valueFrom={valueFrom as any}
-      valueTo={valueTo as any}
+      valueFrom={valueFrom as UploadDoc}
+      valueTo={valueTo as UploadDoc}
     />
   )
 }
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ export const HasManyUploadDiff: React.FC<{
   locale: string
   nestingLevel?: number
   req: PayloadRequest
-  valueFrom: Array<FileData & TypeWithID>
-  valueTo: Array<FileData & TypeWithID>
+  valueFrom: Array<UploadDoc>
+  valueTo: Array<UploadDoc>
 }> = async (args) => {
   const { field, i18n, locale, nestingLevel, req, valueFrom, valueTo } = args
   const ReactDOMServer = (await import('react-dom/server')).default
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ export const HasManyUploadDiff: React.FC<{
     ? valueFrom.map((uploadDoc) => (
         <UploadDocumentDiff
           i18n={i18n}
-          key={uploadDoc.id}
+          key={typeof uploadDoc === 'object' ? uploadDoc.id : uploadDoc}
           relationTo={field.relationTo}
           req={req}
           showCollectionSlug={showCollectionSlug}
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ export const HasManyUploadDiff: React.FC<{
     ? valueTo.map((uploadDoc) => (
         <UploadDocumentDiff
           i18n={i18n}
-          key={uploadDoc.id}
+          key={typeof uploadDoc === 'object' ? uploadDoc.id : uploadDoc}
           relationTo={field.relationTo}
           req={req}
           showCollectionSlug={showCollectionSlug}
@@ -138,8 +140,8 @@ export const SingleUploadDiff: React.FC<{
   locale: string
   nestingLevel?: number
   req: PayloadRequest
-  valueFrom: FileData & TypeWithID
-  valueTo: FileData & TypeWithID
+  valueFrom: UploadDoc
+  valueTo: UploadDoc
 }> = async (args) => {
   const { field, i18n, locale, nestingLevel, req, valueFrom, valueTo } = args
 
@@ -204,12 +206,24 @@ const UploadDocumentDiff = (args: {
   relationTo: string
   req: PayloadRequest
   showCollectionSlug?: boolean
-  uploadDoc: FileData & TypeWithID
+  uploadDoc: UploadDoc
 }) => {
   const { i18n, relationTo, req, showCollectionSlug, uploadDoc } = args
 
-  const thumbnailSRC: string =
-    ('thumbnailURL' in uploadDoc && (uploadDoc?.thumbnailURL as string)) || uploadDoc?.url || ''
+  let thumbnailSRC: string = ''
+  if (uploadDoc && typeof uploadDoc === 'object' && 'thumbnailURL' in uploadDoc) {
+    thumbnailSRC =
+      (typeof uploadDoc.thumbnailURL === 'string' && uploadDoc.thumbnailURL) ||
+      (typeof uploadDoc.url === 'string' && uploadDoc.url) ||
+      ''
+  }
+
+  let filename: string
+  if (uploadDoc && typeof uploadDoc === 'object') {
+    filename = uploadDoc.filename
+  } else {
+    filename = `${i18n.t('general:untitled')} - ID: ${uploadDoc as number | string}`
+  }
 
   let pillLabel: null | string = null
 
@@ -224,12 +238,12 @@ const UploadDocumentDiff = (args: {
     <div
       className={`${baseClass}`}
       data-enable-match="true"
-      data-id={uploadDoc?.id}
+      data-id={typeof uploadDoc === 'object' ? uploadDoc?.id : uploadDoc}
       data-relation-to={relationTo}
     >
       <div className={`${baseClass}__card`}>
         <div className={`${baseClass}__thumbnail`}>
-          {thumbnailSRC?.length ? <img alt={uploadDoc?.filename} src={thumbnailSRC} /> : <File />}
+          {thumbnailSRC?.length ? <img alt={filename} src={thumbnailSRC} /> : <File />}
         </div>
         {pillLabel && (
           <div className={`${baseClass}__pill`} data-enable-match="false">
@@ -237,7 +251,7 @@ const UploadDocumentDiff = (args: {
           </div>
         )}
         <div className={`${baseClass}__info`} data-enable-match="false">
-          <strong>{uploadDoc?.filename}</strong>
+          <strong>{filename}</strong>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/test/versions/e2e.spec.ts b/test/versions/e2e.spec.ts
index 7761cfb584..d6151e35f3 100644
--- a/test/versions/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/versions/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -1982,6 +1982,41 @@ describe('Versions', () => {
       const hiddenField2 = page.locator('[data-field-path="textCannotRead"]')
       await expect(hiddenField2).toBeHidden()
     })
+
+    test('correctly renders diff for relationship fields with deleted relation', async () => {
+      await payload.delete({
+        collection: 'draft-posts',
+      })
+
+      await navigateToDiffVersionView()
+
+      const diffsToCheck = [
+        'relationship',
+        'relationshipHasMany',
+        'relationshipHasManyPolymorphic',
+        'relationshipHasManyPolymorphic2',
+      ]
+      const checkPromises = diffsToCheck.map(async (dataFieldPath) => {
+        const relation = page.locator(`[data-field-path="${dataFieldPath}"]`)
+        return expect(relation).toBeVisible()
+      })
+      await Promise.all(checkPromises)
+    })
+
+    test('correctly renders diff for upload fields with deleted upload', async () => {
+      await payload.delete({
+        collection: 'media',
+      })
+
+      await navigateToDiffVersionView()
+
+      const diffsToCheck = ['upload', 'uploadHasMany']
+      const checkPromises = diffsToCheck.map(async (dataFieldPath) => {
+        const relation = page.locator(`[data-field-path="${dataFieldPath}"]`)
+        return expect(relation).toBeVisible()
+      })
+      await Promise.all(checkPromises)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('Scheduled publish', () => {