diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
index 7a6ecb63e6d..f40bd226ee6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
@@ -2865,6 +2865,11 @@ public void sort() {
     public String refresh() {
         logger.fine("refreshing");
 
+        //TODO remove in 6.0 - fix for https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/9954
+        if(versionId == null && workingVersion != null) {
+            versionId = workingVersion.getId();
+        }
+
         //dataset = datasetService.find(dataset.getId());
         dataset = null;
         workingVersion = null;