diff --git a/server/application/application.go b/server/application/application.go
index c373cb4698..ae226c3ad7 100644
--- a/server/application/application.go
+++ b/server/application/application.go
@@ -1606,7 +1606,8 @@ func (s *Server) WatchResourceTree(q *application.ResourcesQuery, ws application
 }
 
 func (s *Server) RevisionMetadata(ctx context.Context, q *application.RevisionMetadataQuery) (*v1alpha1.RevisionMetadata, error) {
-	a, proj, err := s.getApplicationEnforceRBACInformer(ctx, rbac.ActionGet, q.GetProject(), q.GetAppNamespace(), q.GetName())
+	// Read via the client instead of the informer cache to avoid "revision history not found" errors due to stale informer cache
+	a, proj, err := s.getApplicationEnforceRBACClient(ctx, rbac.ActionGet, q.GetProject(), q.GetAppNamespace(), q.GetName(), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}