diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_anonymous_read_test.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_anonymous_read_test.go
index c40f772a94..daead9114c 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_anonymous_read_test.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_anonymous_read_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"path"
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/cluster"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/policy_engine"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3_constants"
@@ -32,11 +35,15 @@ type anonymousReadFiler struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex
 	entries   map[string]*filer_pb.Entry
 	lookupErr error
+	onLookup  func()
 }
 
 func (f *anonymousReadFiler) LookupDirectoryEntry(_ context.Context, req *filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryResponse, error) {
 	f.mu.Lock()
 	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	if f.onLookup != nil {
+		f.onLookup()
+	}
 	if f.lookupErr != nil {
 		return nil, f.lookupErr
 	}
@@ -268,6 +275,80 @@ func TestSignedReadOfVersionFileKey(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, f.entries, "/buckets/b/o.versions/v_v1")
 }
 
+func TestWriteToVersionFileKey(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, state := range []string{"Suspended", "Enabled"} {
+		s3a, f := newAnonymousReadTestServer(t)
+		config, _ := s3a.getBucketConfig("b")
+		config.Versioning = state
+		version := anonymousReadEntry(nil)
+		version.Name = "v_v1"
+		version.Extended[s3_constants.ExtVersionIdKey] = []byte("v1")
+		f.entries["/buckets/b/o.versions/v_v1"] = version
+		f.entries["/buckets/b/u.versions/v_literal"] = anonymousReadEntry(nil)
+		nullVersion := anonymousReadEntry(nil)
+		nullVersion.Name = "v_null"
+		nullVersion.Extended[s3_constants.ExtVersionIdKey] = []byte("null")
+		f.entries["/buckets/b/o.versions/v_null"] = nullVersion
+		f.entries["/buckets/b/o.versions/v_null.versions"] = &filer_pb.Entry{Name: "v_null.versions", IsDirectory: true, Extended: map[string][]byte{
+			s3_constants.ExtLatestVersionIdKey:       []byte("v9"),
+			s3_constants.ExtLatestVersionFileNameKey: []byte("v_v9"),
+		}}
+		nested := anonymousReadEntry(nil)
+		nested.Name = "v_v9"
+		nested.Extended[s3_constants.ExtVersionIdKey] = []byte("v9")
+		f.entries["/buckets/b/o.versions/v_null.versions/v_v9"] = nested
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "o.versions/v_v1", "t"), state)
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "o.versions/v_null", "t"), state)
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "/o.versions/v_v1/", "t"), state)
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "o.versions/v_v2", "t"), state)
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "u.versions/v_literal", "t"), state)
+		require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", "o", "t"), state)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteToVersionFileKeyReadsLogicalOwner(t *testing.T) {
+	gateway := &anonymousReadFiler{entries: make(map[string]*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	owner := &anonymousReadFiler{entries: make(map[string]*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	gatewayAddr, ownerAddr := startFakeFiler(t, gateway), startFakeFiler(t, owner)
+	s3a := newPutTestServer(t, gatewayAddr)
+	s3a.bucketConfigCache = NewBucketConfigCache(time.Minute)
+	s3a.bucketConfigCache.Set("b", &BucketConfig{Name: "b", Versioning: s3_constants.VersioningSuspended})
+	s3a.objectWriteLockClient = cluster.NewLockClient(s3a.option.GrpcDialOption, gatewayAddr)
+	s3a.objectWriteLockClient.SetRing([]pb.ServerAddress{gatewayAddr, ownerAddr}, 1)
+
+	object := ""
+	for i := 0; i < 1000 && object == ""; i++ {
+		candidate := fmt.Sprintf("o%d", i)
+		if s3a.routableWriteOwner("b", candidate) == ownerAddr && s3a.routableWriteOwner("b", candidate+".versions/v_v1") == gatewayAddr {
+			object = candidate
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotEmpty(t, object)
+	version := anonymousReadEntry(nil)
+	version.Name = "v_v1"
+	version.Extended[s3_constants.ExtVersionIdKey] = []byte("v1")
+	owner.entries["/buckets/b/"+object+".versions/v_v1"] = version
+	require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", object+".versions/v_v1", "t"))
+
+	s3a.markOwnerUnreachable(ownerAddr)
+	require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", object+".versions/v_v1", "t"))
+	gateway.mu.Lock()
+	gateway.onLookup = func() { s3a.unreachableOwners.Delete(ownerAddr) }
+	gateway.mu.Unlock()
+	s3a.markOwnerUnreachable(ownerAddr)
+	require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", object+".versions/v_v1", "t"))
+	gateway.mu.Lock()
+	gateway.onLookup = nil
+	gateway.mu.Unlock()
+	s3a.markOwnerUnreachable(ownerAddr)
+	require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", object+".versions/v_v2", "t"))
+	owner.mu.Lock()
+	owner.lookupErr = status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "owner down")
+	owner.mu.Unlock()
+	s3a.markOwnerUnreachable(ownerAddr)
+	require.Equal(t, s3err.ErrInternalError, s3a.checkVersionFileWrite("b", object+".versions/v_v2", "t"))
+}
+
 func TestAnonymousObjectACLDoesNotReplaceAuthentication(t *testing.T) {
 	s3a, f := newAnonymousReadTestServer(t)
 	f.entries["/buckets/b/o"] = anonymousReadEntry(anonymousReadGrant("READ"))
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_copy.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_copy.go
index 7b94772c4a..5540fa8de4 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_copy.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_copy.go
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(dstBucket, dstObject, "CopyObjectHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
 
 	// Validate copy source and destination
 	if err := validateCopySource(cpSrcPath, srcBucket, srcObject, srcVersionId); err != nil {
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_extract.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_extract.go
index d57884d361..04d1fe0c00 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_extract.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_extract.go
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) extractZipObject(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 		if err := s3a.validateTableBucketObjectPath(bucket, memberKey); err != nil {
 			return s3err.ErrAccessDenied
 		}
+		if code := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, memberKey, "extractZipObject"); code != s3err.ErrNone {
+			return code
+		}
 		if code, _ := s3a.checkPolicyWithEntry(r, bucket, memberKey, string(s3_constants.ACTION_WRITE), "", nil); code != s3err.ErrNone {
 			return code
 		}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
index ace520829e..d2a0455081 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_multipart.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
 		return
 	}
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, object, "NewMultipartUploadHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
 
 	// Check if versioning is enabled for the bucket (needed for object lock)
 	versioningEnabled, err := s3a.isVersioningEnabled(bucket)
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
 		return
 	}
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, object, "CompleteMultipartUploadHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
 
 	parts := &CompleteMultipartUpload{}
 	if err := xmlDecoder(r.Body, parts, r.ContentLength); err != nil {
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_postpolicy.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_postpolicy.go
index a316a9b7da..a739ad95be 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_postpolicy.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_postpolicy.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
 		return
 	}
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, object, "PostPolicyBucketHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
 
 	successRedirect := formValues.Get("success_action_redirect")
 	successStatus := formValues.Get("success_action_status")
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_put.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_put.go
index e2954e468a..425a26101b 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_put.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_put.go
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		return
 	}
 
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, object, "PutObjectHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Check bucket policy
 	if errCode, _ := s3a.checkPolicyWithEntry(r, bucket, object, string(s3_constants.ACTION_WRITE), "", nil); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
 		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_rename.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_rename.go
index 4ad6286691..de2447acb8 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_rename.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_rename.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) RenameObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
 		return
 	}
+	if errCode := s3a.checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, dstObject, "RenameObjectHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
+		return
+	}
 	// A trailing slash names a directory, and renaming one would move a whole
 	// subtree rather than an object.
 	if strings.HasSuffix(dstObject, "/") {
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
index 8d120ed4d2..2cea8868c8 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
@@ -756,6 +756,36 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) recheckTagConditionedPolicyWithLookup(r *http.Request, b
 	return s3a.recheckPolicyWithObjectEntry(r, bucket, object, action, entry.Extended, handlerName)
 }
 
+// checkVersionFileWrite refuses a write whose key is a stored version's
+// physical path, which would replace that version's content in place. The
+// physical entry is read on the logical object's owner, where versions commit.
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) checkVersionFileWrite(bucket, object, handlerName string) s3err.ErrorCode {
+	if !s3a.hasVersionFileShape(object) {
+		return s3err.ErrNone
+	}
+	key := strings.TrimSuffix(NormalizeObjectKey(object), "/")
+	dir, name := util.NewFullPath(s3a.bucketDir(bucket), key).DirAndName()
+	logicalObject := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSuffix(key, "/"+name), VersionsFolder)
+	entry, err := s3a.getObjectScopedEntryRoutedByKey(bucket, logicalObject, dir, name)
+	if errors.Is(err, filer_pb.ErrNotFound) || status.Code(err) == codes.NotFound {
+		// The routed lookup may have answered from a replica, whose miss proves nothing.
+		if owner := s3a.routableWriteOwner(bucket, logicalObject); owner != "" {
+			entry, err = s3a.lookupEntryOnFiler(context.Background(), owner, dir, name)
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, filer_pb.ErrNotFound) || status.Code(err) == codes.NotFound {
+			return s3err.ErrNone
+		}
+		glog.Errorf("%s: version file lookup for %s/%s failed: %v", handlerName, bucket, object, err)
+		return s3err.ErrInternalError
+	}
+	if entry != nil && s3a.isVersionFileKey(object, entry.Extended) {
+		return s3err.ErrAccessDenied
+	}
+	return s3err.ErrNone
+}
+
 // recheckPolicyForKeyWithLookup re-decides a first-phase deny on one key for a
 // synthesized method, resolving the entry the way the read path does (versions
 // included) so s3:ExistingObjectTag conditions see the object's real tags.