diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/publish.action.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/publish.action.ts
index 0cd4fa2219..f2eb377ec6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/publish.action.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/publish.action.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class UmbPublishDocumentEntityAction extends UmbEntityActionBase<UmbDocum
 			(option) =>
 				option.variant &&
 				(option.variant.state === UmbDocumentVariantState.DRAFT ||
+					option.variant.state === UmbDocumentVariantState.PUBLISHED ||
 					option.variant.state === UmbDocumentVariantState.PUBLISHED_PENDING_CHANGES),
 		);
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/modals/pick-document-variant-modal.controller.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/modals/pick-document-variant-modal.controller.ts
index 696263afd4..a5a03b7463 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/modals/pick-document-variant-modal.controller.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/modals/pick-document-variant-modal.controller.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 import { UmbVariantId } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/variant';
 import { UmbBaseController } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/class-api';
 import { UMB_MODAL_MANAGER_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/modal';
-import { UMB_APP_LANGUAGE_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/language';
 import type { UmbControllerHost } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/controller-api';
 
 export interface UmbPickDocumentVariantModalArgs {