diff --git a/crates/e2e_test/src/replication_extension_test.rs b/crates/e2e_test/src/replication_extension_test.rs
index 2734295f3..68c8f5b4b 100644
--- a/crates/e2e_test/src/replication_extension_test.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e_test/src/replication_extension_test.rs
@@ -4235,37 +4235,49 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_acceptance_matrix_local_dual_targets() -> TestR
         "tag rule with disabled delete-marker replication created a marker: {tagged_state:?}"
     );
 
-    set_bucket_versioning(&source_env, source_bucket, BucketVersioningStatus::Suspended).await?;
-    set_bucket_versioning(&target_env_a, target_bucket_a, BucketVersioningStatus::Suspended).await?;
-    let null_put = source_client
+    // AWS S3 and MinIO both reject suspending versioning on a bucket that
+    // carries a replication configuration (InvalidBucketState): suspension
+    // would mint null versions that versioned replication can never converge.
+    let suspend_err = source_client
+        .put_bucket_versioning()
+        .bucket(source_bucket)
+        .versioning_configuration(
+            VersioningConfiguration::builder()
+                .status(BucketVersioningStatus::Suspended)
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("suspending versioning on a replication source must be rejected");
+    assert_eq!(
+        suspend_err.as_service_error().and_then(|error| error.code()),
+        Some("InvalidBucketState"),
+        "suspension on a replication source must fail with InvalidBucketState: {suspend_err:?}"
+    );
+
+    // The rejected suspension must leave the versioning + replication state
+    // fully intact: a fresh matched PUT still replicates with a real version.
+    let post_reject_put = source_client
         .put_object()
         .bucket(source_bucket)
-        .key("prefix/null.txt")
-        .body(ByteStream::from_static(b"null version"))
+        .key("prefix/after-rejected-suspend.txt")
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(b"still replicating"))
         .send()
         .await?;
-    assert!(null_put.version_id().is_none(), "suspended source PUT must create a null version");
-    wait_for_replication_state(&target_client_a, target_bucket_a, "null version did not replicate", |state| {
-        state
-            .iter()
-            .any(|entry| entry.key == "prefix/null.txt" && entry.version_id == "null" && !entry.delete_marker)
-    })
-    .await?;
-    let null_delete = source_client
-        .delete_object()
-        .bucket(source_bucket)
-        .key("prefix/null.txt")
-        .send()
-        .await?;
-    assert!(
-        null_delete.version_id().is_none(),
-        "suspended source DELETE must create a null delete marker"
-    );
-    wait_for_replication_state(&target_client_a, target_bucket_a, "null delete marker did not replicate", |state| {
-        state
-            .iter()
-            .any(|entry| entry.key == "prefix/null.txt" && entry.version_id == "null" && entry.delete_marker)
-    })
+    let post_reject_version_id = post_reject_put
+        .version_id()
+        .ok_or("PUT after rejected suspension omitted version ID")?
+        .to_string();
+    wait_for_replication_state(
+        &target_client_a,
+        target_bucket_a,
+        "replication stopped after rejected versioning suspension",
+        |state| {
+            state
+                .iter()
+                .any(|entry| entry.key == "prefix/after-rejected-suspend.txt" && entry.version_id == post_reject_version_id)
+        },
+    )
     .await?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/rustfs/src/app/bucket_usecase.rs b/rustfs/src/app/bucket_usecase.rs
index 8f045dbfe..ec8f07414 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/app/bucket_usecase.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/app/bucket_usecase.rs
@@ -738,6 +738,22 @@ async fn validate_bucket_versioning_update(bucket: &str, config: &VersioningConf
         Err(StorageError::ConfigNotFound) => {}
         Err(err) => return Err(ApiError::from(err).into()),
     }
+    // AWS S3 and MinIO both refuse to suspend versioning while a replication
+    // configuration exists: suspension would start minting null versions that
+    // the replication engine (versioned by contract) can never converge.
+    if config.suspended() {
+        match metadata_sys::get_replication_config(bucket).await {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                return Err(S3Error::with_message(
+                    S3ErrorCode::InvalidBucketState,
+                    "A replication configuration is present on this bucket, bucket wide versioning cannot be suspended."
+                        .to_string(),
+                ));
+            }
+            Err(StorageError::ConfigNotFound) => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(ApiError::from(err).into()),
+        }
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }