diff --git a/src/app/core/data/version-history-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/version-history-data.service.ts
index 659feb9276d..f968b9e61da 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/version-history-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/version-history-data.service.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import { VERSION_HISTORY } from '../shared/version-history.resource-type';
 import { followLink, FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { VersionDataService } from './version-data.service';
 import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest/dspace-rest.service';
-import { getAllSucceededRemoteData, getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload, getRemoteDataPayload } from '../shared/operators';
+import {
+  getAllSucceededRemoteData,
+  getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
+  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
+  getRemoteDataPayload
+} from '../shared/operators';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { hasValueOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts
index fc5c1dafc97..a8db842070e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('DsoVersioningModalService', () => {
   let router;
   let workspaceItemDataService;
   let itemService;
+  let editItemService;
 
   const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(buildPaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [])),
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('DsoVersioningModalService', () => {
     router = jasmine.createSpyObj('router', ['navigateByUrl']);
     workspaceItemDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('workspaceItemDataService', ['findByItem']);
     itemService = jasmine.createSpyObj('itemService', ['findByHref']);
+    editItemService = jasmine.createSpyObj('editItemService', ['invalidateItemCache']);
 
     service = new DsoVersioningModalService(
       modalService,
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ describe('DsoVersioningModalService', () => {
       itemVersionShared,
       router,
       workspaceItemDataService,
-      itemService
+        itemService,
+        editItemService,
     );
   }));
   describe('when onCreateNewVersion() is called', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts
index 46792294dd8..e66a6f5e146 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-page/dso-versioning-modal-service/dso-versioning-modal.service.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import { ItemVersionsSharedService } from '../../../item-page/versions/item-vers
 import {
   ItemVersionsSummaryModalComponent
 } from '../../../item-page/versions/item-versions-summary-modal/item-versions-summary-modal.component';
+import { EditItemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/edititem-data.service';
+import { fromPromise } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/innerFrom';
 
 /**
  * Service to take care of all the functionality related to the version creation modal
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ export class DsoVersioningModalService {
     protected router: Router,
     protected workspaceItemDataService: WorkspaceitemDataService,
     protected itemService: ItemDataService,
+    protected editItemService: EditItemDataService,
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -71,11 +74,9 @@ export class DsoVersioningModalService {
       getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<Item>(),
       switchMap((newVersionItem: Item) => this.workspaceItemDataService.findByItem(newVersionItem.uuid, true, false)),
       getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload<WorkspaceItem>(),
-    ).subscribe((wsItem) => {
-      const wsiId = wsItem.id;
-      const route = 'workspaceitems/' + wsiId + '/edit';
-      this.router.navigateByUrl(route);
-    });
+        map((wsItem: WorkspaceItem) => `workspaceitems/${wsItem?.id}/edit`),
+        switchMap((route: string) => fromPromise(this.router.navigateByUrl(route))),
+    ).subscribe(() => this.editItemService.invalidateItemCache(item.uuid));
   }
 
   /**