diff --git a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
index 58be931937..f07c8d2893 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
@@ -2024,8 +2024,8 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 		}
 
 		if ( in_array( $post->post_type, array( 'post', 'page' ), true ) || post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'revisions' ) ) {
-			$revisions       = wp_get_post_revisions( $post->ID, array( 'fields' => 'ids' ) );
-			$revisions_count = count( $revisions );
+			$revision        = wp_get_lastest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post->ID );
+			$revisions_count = ! is_wp_error( $revision ) ? $revision['count'] : 0;
 
 			$links['version-history'] = array(
 				'href'  => rest_url( trailingslashit( $base ) . $post->ID . '/revisions' ),
@@ -2033,8 +2033,7 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 			);
 
 			if ( $revisions_count > 0 ) {
-				$last_revision = array_shift( $revisions );
-
+				$last_revision                = $revision['revision'];
 				$links['predecessor-version'] = array(
 					'href' => rest_url( trailingslashit( $base ) . $post->ID . '/revisions/' . $last_revision ),
 					'id'   => $last_revision,
diff --git a/wp-includes/revision.php b/wp-includes/revision.php
index 1c837d7b59..5f203fb730 100644
--- a/wp-includes/revision.php
+++ b/wp-includes/revision.php
@@ -527,6 +527,57 @@ function wp_get_post_revisions( $post = 0, $args = null ) {
 	return $revisions;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get latest revision and count of revisions for a post.
+ *
+ * @since 6.1.0
+ *
+ * @param int|WP_Post|null $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
+ * @return WP_Error|array {
+ *     Returns associative array with last revision and total count.
+ *
+ *     @type int $revision The last revision post id or 0 if non existing.
+ *     @type int $count The total count of revisions for $post_id.
+ * }
+ */
+function wp_get_lastest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post = null ) {
+	$post = get_post( $post );
+
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return new WP_Error( 'revision_error', __( 'Invalid post.' ) );
+	}
+
+	if ( ! wp_revisions_enabled( $post ) ) {
+		return new WP_Error( 'revision_error', __( 'Revisions not enabled.' ) );
+	}
+
+	$args = array(
+		'post_parent'         => $post->ID,
+		'fields'              => 'ids',
+		'post_type'           => 'revision',
+		'post_status'         => 'inherit',
+		'order'               => 'DESC',
+		'orderby'             => 'date ID',
+		'posts_per_page'      => 1,
+		'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
+	);
+
+	$revision_query = new WP_Query();
+	$revisions      = $revision_query->query( $args );
+
+	if ( ! $revisions ) {
+		return array(
+			'revision' => 0,
+			'count'    => 0,
+		);
+	}
+
+	return array(
+		'revision' => $revisions[0],
+		'count'    => $revision_query->found_posts,
+	);
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the url for viewing and potentially restoring revisions of a given post.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index f068ae9cc4..9c50a26b7c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-53758';
+$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-53759';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.