diff --git a/src/EventSourcingTests/Bugs/Bug_4178_nested_versioned_events_dispatch_to_wrong_projection_apply_overload.cs b/src/EventSourcingTests/Bugs/Bug_4178_nested_versioned_events_dispatch_to_wrong_projection_apply_overload.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f66e45bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EventSourcingTests/Bugs/Bug_4178_nested_versioned_events_dispatch_to_wrong_projection_apply_overload.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using JasperFx.Events;
+using Marten.Testing.Harness;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace EventSourcingTests.Bugs
+{
+    public class Bug_4178_nested_versioned_events_dispatch_to_wrong_projection_apply_overload: BugIntegrationContext
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task classic_naming_dispatches_v1_and_v2_to_separate_apply_overloads()
+        {
+            StoreOptions(opts =>
+            {
+                opts.Events.EventNamingStyle = EventNamingStyle.ClassicTypeName;
+            });
+
+            var streamId = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            theSession.Events.StartStream<VersionedCustomer>(streamId,
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Alice"),
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Alice Updated", "alice@example.com"));
+
+            await theSession.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+            var customer = await theSession.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<VersionedCustomer>(streamId);
+
+            customer.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+            customer.V1ApplyCallCount.ShouldBe(1, "V1 Apply must be called exactly once");
+            customer.V2ApplyCallCount.ShouldBe(1, "V2 Apply must be called exactly once");
+            customer.Name.ShouldBe("Alice Updated");
+            customer.Email.ShouldBe("alice@example.com");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task classic_naming_raw_event_types_round_trip_correctly()
+        {
+            StoreOptions(opts =>
+            {
+                opts.Events.EventNamingStyle = EventNamingStyle.ClassicTypeName;
+            });
+
+            var streamId = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            theSession.Events.StartStream(streamId,
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Alice"),
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Bob", "bob@example.com"));
+            await theSession.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+            var events = await theSession.Events.FetchStreamAsync(streamId);
+
+            events.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+
+            events[0].ShouldBeOfType<Event<VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated>>(
+                "first event must deserialise as V1.CustomerCreated");
+            events[1].ShouldBeOfType<Event<VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated>>(
+                "second event must deserialise as V2.CustomerCreated");
+
+            var v1Data = ((Event<VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated>)events[0]).Data;
+            v1Data.Name.ShouldBe("Alice");
+
+            var v2Data = ((Event<VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated>)events[1]).Data;
+            v2Data.Name.ShouldBe("Bob");
+            v2Data.Email.ShouldBe("bob@example.com");
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(EventNamingStyle.SmarterTypeName)]
+        [InlineData(EventNamingStyle.FullTypeName)]
+        public async Task smarter_and_full_naming_also_dispatch_correctly(EventNamingStyle namingStyle)
+        {
+            StoreOptions(opts =>
+            {
+                opts.Events.EventNamingStyle = namingStyle;
+            });
+
+            var streamId = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            theSession.Events.StartStream<VersionedCustomer>(streamId,
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Alice"),
+                new VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated(streamId, "Alice Updated", "alice@example.com"));
+            await theSession.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+            var customer = await theSession.Events.AggregateStreamAsync<VersionedCustomer>(streamId);
+
+            customer.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            customer.V1ApplyCallCount.ShouldBe(1);
+            customer.V2ApplyCallCount.ShouldBe(1);
+            customer.Email.ShouldBe("alice@example.com");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class VersionedCustomerEvents
+    {
+        public static class V1
+        {
+            public record CustomerCreated(Guid Id, string Name);
+        }
+
+        public static class V2
+        {
+            public record CustomerCreated(Guid Id, string Name, string Email);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class VersionedCustomer
+    {
+        public Guid Id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public string Email { get; set; }
+
+        public int V1ApplyCallCount { get; set; }
+
+        public int V2ApplyCallCount { get; set; }
+
+        public void Apply(IEvent<VersionedCustomerEvents.V1.CustomerCreated> e)
+        {
+            Id = e.Data.Id;
+            Name = e.Data.Name;
+            V1ApplyCallCount++;
+        }
+
+        public void Apply(IEvent<VersionedCustomerEvents.V2.CustomerCreated> e)
+        {
+            Id = e.Data.Id;
+            Name = e.Data.Name;
+            Email = e.Data.Email;
+            V2ApplyCallCount++;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten/Events/EventDocumentStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Events/EventDocumentStorage.cs
index 5090998f1d..04ac9707dc 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Events/EventDocumentStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Events/EventDocumentStorage.cs
@@ -246,6 +246,18 @@ public IEvent Resolve(DbDataReader reader)
 
             mapping = eventMappingForDotNetTypeName(dotnetTypeName, eventTypeName);
         }
+        else if (!reader.IsDBNull(2))
+        {
+            var dotnetTypeName = reader.GetFieldValue<string>(2);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dotnetTypeName) && dotnetTypeName != mapping.DotNetTypeName)
+            {
+                var altMapping = Events.TryGetRegisteredMappingForDotNetTypeName(dotnetTypeName);
+                if (altMapping != null)
+                {
+                    mapping = altMapping;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         var @event = mapping.ReadEventData(_serializer, reader);
 
@@ -264,6 +276,18 @@ public async Task<IEvent> ResolveAsync(DbDataReader reader, CancellationToken to
 
             mapping = eventMappingForDotNetTypeName(dotnetTypeName, eventTypeName);
         }
+        else if (!await reader.IsDBNullAsync(2, token).ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            var dotnetTypeName = await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<string>(2, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dotnetTypeName) && dotnetTypeName != mapping.DotNetTypeName)
+            {
+                var altMapping = Events.TryGetRegisteredMappingForDotNetTypeName(dotnetTypeName);
+                if (altMapping != null)
+                {
+                    mapping = altMapping;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         IEvent @event;
         try
diff --git a/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs b/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
index 1e5a5c3245..7db884ae28 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Events/EventGraph.cs
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ internal IEnumerable<EventMapping> AllEvents()
         return _byEventName[eventType];
     }
 
+    internal EventMapping? TryGetRegisteredMappingForDotNetTypeName(string dotnetTypeName)
+    {
+        return AllEvents().FirstOrDefault(x => x.DotNetTypeName == dotnetTypeName);
+    }
+
     // Fetch additional event aliases that map to these types
     internal IReadOnlySet<string> AliasesForEvents(IReadOnlyCollection<Type> types)
     {