diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Persisters/DocumentPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Persisters/DocumentPersister.php
index 44cef23070..6148832d82 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Persisters/DocumentPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Persisters/DocumentPersister.php
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public function executeInserts(array $options = []): void
                     $this->class->reflFields[$this->class->versionField]->setValue($document, $nextVersion);
                 }
 
-                $data[$versionMapping['name']] = $type->convertPHPToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
+                $data[$versionMapping['name']] = $type->convertToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
             }
 
             $inserts[] = $data;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ private function executeUpsert(object $document, array $options): void
                 $this->class->reflFields[$this->class->versionField]->setValue($document, $nextVersion);
             }
 
-            $data['$set'][$versionMapping['name']] = $type->convertPHPToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
+            $data['$set'][$versionMapping['name']] = $type->convertToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
         }
 
         foreach (array_keys($criteria) as $field) {
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ public function update(object $document, array $options = []): void
             $type           = Type::getType($versionMapping['type']);
             assert($type instanceof Versionable);
             $nextVersion                             = $type->getNextVersion($currentVersion);
-            $update['$set'][$versionMapping['name']] = Type::convertPHPToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
-            $query[$versionMapping['name']]          = Type::convertPHPToDatabaseValue($currentVersion);
+            $update['$set'][$versionMapping['name']] = $type->convertToDatabaseValue($nextVersion);
+            $query[$versionMapping['name']]          = $type->convertToDatabaseValue($currentVersion);
         }
 
         if (! empty($update)) {
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/Functional/Ticket/GH2789Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/Functional/Ticket/GH2789Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae9c72e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/Functional/Ticket/GH2789Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Tests\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as ODM;
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Tests\BaseTestCase;
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Types\Versionable;
+use MongoDB\BSON\Binary;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\BackupGlobals;
+
+use function assert;
+use function is_int;
+
+#[BackupGlobals(true)]
+class GH2789Test extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testVersionWithCustomType(): void
+    {
+        Type::addType(GH2789CustomType::class, GH2789CustomType::class);
+        $doc = new GH2789VersionedUuid('original message');
+
+        $this->dm->persist($doc);
+        $this->dm->flush();
+
+        $documents = $this->dm->getDocumentCollection(GH2789VersionedUuid::class)->find()->toArray();
+        self::assertCount(1, $documents);
+        self::assertEquals(new Binary('1', 142), $documents[0]['version'], 'The version field should be stored using the custom type');
+
+        $doc->message = 'new message';
+        $this->dm->persist($doc);
+        $this->dm->flush();
+
+        $documents = $this->dm->getDocumentCollection(GH2789VersionedUuid::class)->find()->toArray();
+        self::assertCount(1, $documents);
+        self::assertEquals(new Binary('2', 142), $documents[0]['version'], 'The version field should be incremented and stored using the custom type');
+    }
+}
+
+#[ODM\Document(collection: 'gh2789_versioned_uuid')]
+class GH2789VersionedUuid
+{
+    #[ODM\Id]
+    public string $id;
+
+    #[ODM\Version]
+    #[ODM\Field(type: GH2789CustomType::class)]
+    public int $version;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        #[ODM\Field(type: 'string')]
+        public string $message,
+    ) {
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom type that stores an integer as a MongoDB Binary subtype 142.
+ */
+class GH2789CustomType extends Type implements Versionable
+{
+    public function convertToPHPValue($value): int
+    {
+        assert($value instanceof Binary);
+
+        return (int) $value->getData();
+    }
+
+    public function convertToDatabaseValue($value): Binary
+    {
+        assert(is_int($value));
+
+        return new Binary((string) $value, 142);
+    }
+
+    public function getNextVersion($current): int
+    {
+        if ($current === null) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        assert(is_int($current));
+
+        return $current + 1;
+    }
+}