diff --git a/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 9c83924ab7c..27e68decdcc 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ return array(
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Db\\VersionEntity' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Db/VersionEntity.php',
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Db\\VersionsMapper' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Db/VersionsMapper.php',
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\CreateVersionEvent' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Events/CreateVersionEvent.php',
+    'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\VersionCreatedEvent' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Events/VersionCreatedEvent.php',
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\VersionRestoredEvent' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Events/VersionRestoredEvent.php',
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Expiration' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Expiration.php',
     'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Listener\\FileEventsListener' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php',
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 1d95663ac55..8ecc1cb0137 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInitFiles_Versions
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Db\\VersionEntity' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Db/VersionEntity.php',
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Db\\VersionsMapper' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Db/VersionsMapper.php',
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\CreateVersionEvent' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Events/CreateVersionEvent.php',
+        'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\VersionCreatedEvent' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Events/VersionCreatedEvent.php',
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Events\\VersionRestoredEvent' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Events/VersionRestoredEvent.php',
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Expiration' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Expiration.php',
         'OCA\\Files_Versions\\Listener\\FileEventsListener' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php',
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/Events/VersionCreatedEvent.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/Events/VersionCreatedEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dc7a7cb505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/Events/VersionCreatedEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCA\Files_Versions\Events;
+
+use OCA\Files_Versions\Versions\IVersion;
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\Event;
+use OCP\Files\Node;
+
+/**
+ * Event dispatched after a successful creation of a version
+ */
+class VersionCreatedEvent extends Event {
+	public function __construct(
+		private Node $node,
+		private IVersion $version,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Node of the file that has been versioned
+	 */
+	public function getNode(): Node {
+		return $this->node;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Version of the file that was created
+	 */
+	public function getVersion(): IVersion {
+		return $this->version;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/INeedSyncVersionBackend.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/INeedSyncVersionBackend.php
index 4faeaa48513..e52e2f8e8bc 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/INeedSyncVersionBackend.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/INeedSyncVersionBackend.php
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  */
 namespace OCA\Files_Versions\Versions;
 
+use OCA\Files_Versions\Db\VersionEntity;
 use OCP\Files\File;
 
 /**
  * @since 28.0.0
  */
 interface INeedSyncVersionBackend {
-	public function createVersionEntity(File $file): void;
+	/**
+	 * TODO: Convert return type to strong type once all implementations are fixed.
+	 * @return null|VersionEntity
+	 */
+	public function createVersionEntity(File $file);
 	public function updateVersionEntity(File $sourceFile, int $revision, array $properties): void;
 	public function deleteVersionsEntity(File $file): void;
 }
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/LegacyVersionsBackend.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/LegacyVersionsBackend.php
index 40180674b7c..48d69d31629 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/LegacyVersionsBackend.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/LegacyVersionsBackend.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class LegacyVersionsBackend implements IVersionBackend, IDeletableVersionBackend
 		$this->versionsMapper->delete($versionEntity);
 	}
 
-	public function createVersionEntity(File $file): void {
+	public function createVersionEntity(File $file): ?VersionEntity {
 		$versionEntity = new VersionEntity();
 		$versionEntity->setFileId($file->getId());
 		$versionEntity->setTimestamp($file->getMTime());
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ class LegacyVersionsBackend implements IVersionBackend, IDeletableVersionBackend
 		while ($tries < 5) {
 			try {
 				$this->versionsMapper->insert($versionEntity);
-				/* No errors, get out of the method */
-				return;
+				return $versionEntity;
 			} catch (\OCP\DB\Exception $e) {
 				if (!in_array($e->getReason(), [
 					\OCP\DB\Exception::REASON_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION,
@@ -257,6 +256,8 @@ class LegacyVersionsBackend implements IVersionBackend, IDeletableVersionBackend
 				$this->logger->warning('Constraint violation while inserting version, retrying with increased timestamp', ['exception' => $e]);
 			}
 		}
+
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	public function updateVersionEntity(File $sourceFile, int $revision, array $properties): void {
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/VersionManager.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/VersionManager.php
index f72e451f368..9acea8c6513 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/VersionManager.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/Versions/VersionManager.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  */
 namespace OCA\Files_Versions\Versions;
 
+use OCA\Files_Versions\Db\VersionEntity;
+use OCA\Files_Versions\Events\VersionCreatedEvent;
 use OCA\Files_Versions\Events\VersionRestoredEvent;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
 use OCP\Files\File;
@@ -129,7 +131,16 @@ class VersionManager implements IVersionManager, IDeletableVersionBackend, INeed
 	public function createVersionEntity(File $file): void {
 		$backend = $this->getBackendForStorage($file->getStorage());
 		if ($backend instanceof INeedSyncVersionBackend) {
-			$backend->createVersionEntity($file);
+			$versionEntity = $backend->createVersionEntity($file);
+
+			if ($versionEntity instanceof VersionEntity) {
+				foreach ($backend->getVersionsForFile($file->getOwner(), $file) as $version) {
+					if ($version->getRevisionId() === $versionEntity->getTimestamp()) {
+						$this->dispatcher->dispatchTyped(new VersionCreatedEvent($file, $version));
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}