diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3_existing_object_tag_test.go b/weed/s3api/s3_existing_object_tag_test.go
index b3cb54f101..78c24bd4a3 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3_existing_object_tag_test.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3_existing_object_tag_test.go
@@ -576,3 +576,64 @@ func TestRecheckObjectAclTagConditionedPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone,
 		s3a.recheckPolicyWithObjectEntry(putReq, "b", "secret.txt", s3_constants.S3_ACTION_PUT_OBJECT_ACL, publicEntry, "test"))
 }
+
+// A versioned GetObjectAttributes request is authorized against the version
+// read grant, not the attributes action the original request resolves to: an
+// explicit bucket-policy Deny on s3:GetObjectVersion blocks it, while a legacy
+// identity holding only the coarse Read grant is still accepted.
+func TestCheckVersionReadGrant(t *testing.T) {
+	s3a := &S3ApiServer{
+		policyEngine: NewBucketPolicyEngine(),
+		iam:          &IdentityAccessManagement{},
+	}
+
+	denyPolicyJSON := `{
+		"Version": "2012-10-17",
+		"Statement": [
+			{
+				"Effect": "Allow",
+				"Principal": "*",
+				"Action": "s3:*",
+				"Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::deny-bucket", "arn:aws:s3:::deny-bucket/*"]
+			},
+			{
+				"Effect": "Deny",
+				"Principal": "*",
+				"Action": "s3:GetObjectVersion",
+				"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::deny-bucket/key"
+			}
+		]
+	}`
+	require.NoError(t, s3a.policyEngine.engine.SetBucketPolicy("deny-bucket", denyPolicyJSON))
+
+	allowPolicyJSON := `{
+		"Version": "2012-10-17",
+		"Statement": [
+			{
+				"Effect": "Allow",
+				"Principal": "*",
+				"Action": "s3:*",
+				"Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::allow-bucket", "arn:aws:s3:::allow-bucket/*"]
+			}
+		]
+	}`
+	require.NoError(t, s3a.policyEngine.engine.SetBucketPolicy("allow-bucket", allowPolicyJSON))
+
+	identity := &Identity{
+		Name:         "reader",
+		Actions:      []Action{s3_constants.ACTION_READ},
+		PrincipalArn: "arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/reader",
+	}
+
+	attrsReq := func(bucket string) *http.Request {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/"+bucket+"/key?attributes&versionId=v1", nil)
+		return req.WithContext(s3_constants.SetIdentityInContext(req.Context(), identity))
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, s3err.ErrAccessDenied,
+		s3a.checkVersionReadGrant(attrsReq("deny-bucket"), "deny-bucket", "key", "v1", nil))
+	assert.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone,
+		s3a.checkVersionReadGrant(attrsReq("allow-bucket"), "allow-bucket", "key", "v1", nil))
+	assert.Equal(t, s3err.ErrNone,
+		s3a.checkVersionReadGrant(attrsReq("no-policy-bucket"), "no-policy-bucket", "key", "v1", nil))
+}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_attributes.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_attributes.go
index d8c2bbf3bd..e37eee7748 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_attributes.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_attributes.go
@@ -231,13 +231,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) GetObjectAttributesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 	// AWS also asks for the version read grant on a versioned attributes
 	// request: s3:GetObjectVersionAttributes alone is not sufficient.
 	if versionId != "" {
-		if identity, ok := s3_constants.GetIdentityFromContext(r).(*Identity); ok && identity != nil {
-			if errCode := s3a.iam.VerifyActionPermission(r, identity, Action(s3_constants.S3_ACTION_GET_OBJECT_VERSION), bucket, object); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
-				s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		if errCode := s3a.recheckPolicyWithObjectEntry(r, bucket, object, s3_constants.S3_ACTION_GET_OBJECT_VERSION, entry.Extended, "GetObjectAttributesHandler"); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+		if errCode := s3a.checkVersionReadGrant(r, bucket, object, versionId, entry.Extended); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
 			s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, errCode)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
index 126cb124de..3156d506b7 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_server.go
@@ -678,6 +678,21 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) recheckPolicyWithObjectEntry(r *http.Request, bucket, ob
 	return errCode
 }
 
+// checkVersionReadGrant enforces the version read grant AWS requires alongside
+// a version-scoped action such as s3:GetObjectVersionAttributes. The check runs
+// on a request shaped like a plain versioned GET so the s3:GetObjectVersion
+// action resolves from the request instead of the caller's subresource, and a
+// legacy Read grant still applies.
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) checkVersionReadGrant(r *http.Request, bucket, object, versionId string, objectEntry map[string][]byte) s3err.ErrorCode {
+	versionReadReq := objectKeyPolicyRequest(r, http.MethodGet, bucket, object, versionId)
+	if identity, ok := GetIdentityFromContext(r).(*Identity); ok && identity != nil {
+		if errCode := s3a.iam.VerifyActionPermission(versionReadReq, identity, ACTION_READ, bucket, object); errCode != s3err.ErrNone {
+			return errCode
+		}
+	}
+	return s3a.recheckPolicyWithObjectEntry(versionReadReq, bucket, object, ACTION_READ, objectEntry, "checkVersionReadGrant")
+}
+
 // recheckCopySourcePolicy repeats the source object's policy check once its
 // entry is fetched, so conditions on the object's existing tags apply to a
 // CopyObject / UploadPartCopy / RenameObject source the same way they do to a