diff --git a/api/src/components/notification/bulletin.ts b/api/src/components/notification/bulletin.ts
index 9e483e82b..d28a5125d 100644
--- a/api/src/components/notification/bulletin.ts
+++ b/api/src/components/notification/bulletin.ts
@@ -398,12 +398,7 @@ export const createBulletin = async (
         }
 
         case I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_LINKED_PREDECESSOR: {
-            // We use the previous version because this is the one with the link
-            if (!previousPublishedVersion) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            const usersToBeNotified = await userService.getUsersWithDirectLinkFromVersion(previousPublishedVersion.id);
+            const usersToBeNotified = await userService.getUsersWithDirectLinkFromVersion(currentPublishedVersion.id);
 
             entries = usersToBeNotified.map((user) => ({
                 userId: user.id,
diff --git a/api/src/components/publicationVersion/controller.ts b/api/src/components/publicationVersion/controller.ts
index 72f137a37..9d445ec7a 100644
--- a/api/src/components/publicationVersion/controller.ts
+++ b/api/src/components/publicationVersion/controller.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as I from 'interface';
 import * as response from 'lib/response';
 import * as publicationVersionService from 'publicationVersion/service';
 import * as publicationService from 'publication/service';
-import * as notificationBulletin from 'notification/bulletin';
 import * as coAuthorService from 'coAuthor/service';
 import * as userService from 'user/service';
 import * as Helpers from 'lib/helpers';
@@ -359,53 +358,6 @@ export const updateStatus = async (
             event.queryStringParameters.ariContactConsent
         );
 
-        const excludedUserIds = publicationVersion.coAuthors
-            .map((coAuthor) => coAuthor.linkedUser)
-            .filter((i): i is string => i !== null);
-
-        const previousPublishedVersion = await publicationVersionService.getPreviousPublishedVersion(
-            publicationVersion.versionOf
-        );
-
-        await Promise.all([
-            // Notifies all users that bookmarked this publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
-            notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
-                I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_BOOKMARK_VERSION_CREATED,
-                publicationVersion,
-                previousPublishedVersion
-            ),
-
-            // Notify all users that red-flagged this publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
-            notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
-                I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_RED_FLAG_RAISED,
-                publicationVersion,
-                previousPublishedVersion
-            ),
-
-            // Notifies authors that peer-reviewed this publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
-            notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
-                I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_PEER_REVIEWED,
-                publicationVersion,
-                previousPublishedVersion
-            ),
-
-            // Notifies authors of child publications (that link FROM this publication)
-            notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
-                I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_LINKED_PREDECESSOR,
-                publicationVersion,
-                previousPublishedVersion,
-                { excludedUserIds }
-            ),
-
-            // Notifies authors of parent publications (that this publication links TO)
-            notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
-                I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_LINKED_SUCCESSOR,
-                publicationVersion,
-                previousPublishedVersion,
-                { excludedUserIds }
-            )
-        ]);
-
         return response.json(200, { message: 'Publication is now LIVE.' });
     } catch (err) {
         console.log(err);
diff --git a/api/src/components/publicationVersion/service.ts b/api/src/components/publicationVersion/service.ts
index 69e68e60f..f06322f3a 100644
--- a/api/src/components/publicationVersion/service.ts
+++ b/api/src/components/publicationVersion/service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
 import { convert } from 'html-to-text';
 import { createId } from '@paralleldrive/cuid2';
 import { Prisma } from '@prisma/client';
-
+import * as notificationBulletin from 'notification/bulletin';
 import * as client from 'lib/client';
 import * as doi from 'lib/doi';
 import * as email from 'lib/email';
@@ -700,6 +700,54 @@ export const transferOwnership = (publicationVersionId: string, requesterId: str
         }
     });
 
+const createBulletinNotifications = async (
+    publicationVersion: I.PublicationVersion,
+    previousVersion: I.PublicationVersion | null
+) => {
+    const excludedUserIds = publicationVersion.coAuthors
+        .map((coAuthor) => coAuthor.linkedUser)
+        .filter((i): i is string => i !== null);
+
+    await Promise.all([
+        // Notifies all users that bookmarked this publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
+        notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
+            I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_BOOKMARK_VERSION_CREATED,
+            publicationVersion,
+            previousVersion
+        ),
+
+        // Notify all users that red-flagged the previous publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
+        notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
+            I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_RED_FLAG_RAISED,
+            publicationVersion,
+            previousVersion
+        ),
+
+        // Notifies authors that peer-reviewed the previous publication version that a new version is now LIVE.
+        notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
+            I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_PEER_REVIEWED,
+            publicationVersion,
+            previousVersion
+        ),
+
+        // Notifies authors of PARENT publications (that link from this publication)
+        notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
+            I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_LINKED_PREDECESSOR,
+            publicationVersion,
+            previousVersion,
+            { excludedUserIds }
+        ),
+
+        // Notifies authors of CHILD publications (that link to the previous version of this publication)
+        notificationBulletin.createBulletin(
+            I.NotificationActionTypeEnum.PUBLICATION_VERSION_LINKED_SUCCESSOR,
+            publicationVersion,
+            previousVersion,
+            { excludedUserIds }
+        )
+    ]);
+};
+
 // Actions that run after a version is published (changes status to LIVE).
 // Pulled out to a separate function because things may need to run when something is
 // published immediately (i.e. not going through full drafting workflow) and bypasses the updateStatus function.
@@ -822,6 +870,9 @@ export const postPublishHook = async (publicationVersion: I.PublicationVersion,
         // Complete remaining tasks in parallel.
         const postDBUpdatePromises: Array<Promise<unknown>> = [];
 
+        // Notifications
+        postDBUpdatePromises.push(createBulletinNotifications(publicationVersion, previousVersion));
+
         // (Re)index publication in opensearch.
         postDBUpdatePromises.push(
             new Promise((resolve) => {