diff --git a/classes/publication/Repository.php b/classes/publication/Repository.php
index 5acdb7f14e3..14ac18e1524 100644
--- a/classes/publication/Repository.php
+++ b/classes/publication/Repository.php
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ public function version(Publication $publication): int
             $citationDao->importCitations($newPublication->getId(), $newPublication->getData('citationsRaw'));
         }
 
+        $jatsFile = Repo::submissionFile()
+            ->getJatsFiles($publication->getData('submissionId'), $publication->getId());
+
+        if ($jatsFile) {
+            Repo::submissionFile()
+                ->versionSubmissionFile($jatsFile, $newPublication);
+        }
+
         $newPublication = Repo::publication()->get($newPublication->getId());
 
         Hook::call('Publication::version', [&$newPublication, $publication]);
diff --git a/classes/submissionFile/Repository.php b/classes/submissionFile/Repository.php
index 3a2ca1845b0..14bf8f92219 100644
--- a/classes/submissionFile/Repository.php
+++ b/classes/submissionFile/Repository.php
@@ -1010,6 +1010,49 @@ public function addJatsFile(
         return $submissionFile;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Can be used to copy a SubmissionFile to another SubmissionFile along with the corresponding file
+     */
+    public function versionSubmissionFile(
+        SubmissionFile $submissionFile,
+        Publication $newPublication
+    ): SubmissionFile
+    {
+        $newSubmissionFile = clone $submissionFile;
+
+        $oldFileId = $submissionFile->getData('fileId');
+
+        $oldFile = Services::get('file')->get($oldFileId);
+
+        $submission = Repo::submission()->get($newPublication->getData('submissionId'));
+
+        $fileManager = new FileManager();
+        $extension = $fileManager->parseFileExtension($oldFile->path);
+
+        $submissionDir = Repo::submissionFile()
+            ->getSubmissionDir(
+                $submission->getData('contextId'),
+                $newPublication->getData('submissionId')
+            );
+
+        $newFileId = Services::get('file')->add(
+            Config::getVar('files', 'files_dir') . '/' . $oldFile->path,
+            $submissionDir . '/' . uniqid() . '.' . $extension
+        );
+
+        $newSubmissionFile->setData('id', null);
+        $newSubmissionFile->setData('assocId', $newPublication->getId());
+        $newSubmissionFile->setData('fileId', $newFileId);
+
+        $submissionFileId = Repo::submissionFile()
+            ->add($newSubmissionFile);
+
+        $submissionFile = Repo::submissionFile()
+            ->get($submissionFileId);
+
+        return $submissionFile;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Function to get the Context's genres
      */