diff --git a/editor/store/selectors.js b/editor/store/selectors.js
index 4928ec226ba16e..ea5d7d8180b4cd 100644
--- a/editor/store/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/store/selectors.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function getCurrentPostId( state ) {
  * @return {number} Number of revisions.
  */
 export function getCurrentPostRevisionsCount( state ) {
-	return get( getCurrentPost( state ), [ 'revisions', 'count' ], 0 );
+	return get( getCurrentPost( state ), [ '_links', 'version-history', 0, 'count' ], 0 );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function getCurrentPostRevisionsCount( state ) {
  * @return {?number} ID of the last revision.
  */
 export function getCurrentPostLastRevisionId( state ) {
-	return get( getCurrentPost( state ), [ 'revisions', 'last_id' ], null );
+	return get( getCurrentPost( state ), [ '_links', 'predecessor-version', 0, 'id' ], null );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/editor/store/test/selectors.js b/editor/store/test/selectors.js
index 4e65b55a661bec..42e2b917e39d3c 100644
--- a/editor/store/test/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/store/test/selectors.js
@@ -515,8 +515,12 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 		it( 'should return the last revision ID', () => {
 			const state = {
 				currentPost: {
-					revisions: {
-						last_id: 123,
+					_links: {
+						'predecessor-version': [
+							{
+								id: 123,
+							},
+						],
 					},
 				},
 			};
@@ -537,8 +541,12 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 		it( 'should return the number of revisions', () => {
 			const state = {
 				currentPost: {
-					revisions: {
-						count: 5,
+					_links: {
+						'version-history': [
+							{
+								count: 5,
+							},
+						],
 					},
 				},
 			};
diff --git a/lib/rest-api.php b/lib/rest-api.php
index bae0f3c58560cd..37c7abc62733b8 100644
--- a/lib/rest-api.php
+++ b/lib/rest-api.php
@@ -338,6 +338,48 @@ function gutenberg_add_target_schema_to_links( $response, $post, $request ) {
 	return $response;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Include revisions data on post response links.
+ *
+ * @see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44321
+ *
+ * @param WP_REST_Response $response WP REST API response of a post.
+ * @param WP_Post          $post The post being returned.
+ * @param WP_REST_Request  $request WP REST API request.
+ * @return WP_REST_Response Response containing the new links.
+ */
+function gutenberg_add_revisions_data_to_links( $response, $post, $request ) {
+
+	$new_links  = array();
+	$orig_links = $response->get_links();
+
+	if ( ! empty( $orig_links['version-history'] ) ) {
+		$version_history_link = array_shift( $orig_links['version-history'] );
+		// 'version-history' already exists and we don't want to duplicate it.
+		$response->remove_link( 'version-history' );
+
+		$revisions       = wp_get_post_revisions( $post->ID, array( 'fields' => 'ids' ) );
+		$revisions_count = count( $revisions );
+
+		$new_links['version-history'] = array(
+			'href'  => $version_history_link['href'],
+			'count' => $revisions_count,
+		);
+
+		if ( $revisions_count > 0 ) {
+			$last_revision = array_shift( $revisions );
+
+			$new_links['predecessor-version'] = array(
+				'href' => $version_history_link['href'] . '/' . $last_revision,
+				'id'   => $last_revision,
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	$response->add_links( $new_links );
+	return $response;
+}
+
 /**
  * Whenever a post type is registered, ensure we're hooked into it's WP REST API response.
  *
@@ -348,6 +390,7 @@ function gutenberg_register_post_prepare_functions( $post_type ) {
 	add_filter( "rest_prepare_{$post_type}", 'gutenberg_add_permalink_template_to_posts', 10, 3 );
 	add_filter( "rest_prepare_{$post_type}", 'gutenberg_add_block_format_to_post_content', 10, 3 );
 	add_filter( "rest_prepare_{$post_type}", 'gutenberg_add_target_schema_to_links', 10, 3 );
+	add_filter( "rest_prepare_{$post_type}", 'gutenberg_add_revisions_data_to_links', 10, 3 );
 	add_filter( "rest_{$post_type}_collection_params", 'gutenberg_filter_post_collection_parameters', 10, 2 );
 	add_filter( "rest_{$post_type}_query", 'gutenberg_filter_post_query_arguments', 10, 2 );
 	return $post_type;
@@ -365,46 +408,6 @@ function gutenberg_register_taxonomy_prepare_functions( $taxonomy ) {
 }
 add_filter( 'registered_taxonomy', 'gutenberg_register_taxonomy_prepare_functions' );
 
-/**
- * Gets revisions details for the selected post.
- *
- * @since 1.6.0
- *
- * @param array $post The post object from the response.
- * @return array|null Revisions details or null when no revisions present.
- */
-function gutenberg_get_post_revisions( $post ) {
-	$revisions       = wp_get_post_revisions( $post['id'] );
-	$revisions_count = count( $revisions );
-	if ( 0 === $revisions_count ) {
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	$last_revision = array_shift( $revisions );
-
-	return array(
-		'count'   => $revisions_count,
-		'last_id' => $last_revision->ID,
-	);
-}
-
-/**
- * Adds the custom field `revisions` to the REST API response of post.
- *
- * TODO: This is a temporary solution. Next step would be to find a solution that is limited to the editor.
- *
- * @since 1.6.0
- */
-function gutenberg_register_rest_api_post_revisions() {
-	register_rest_field( get_post_types( '', 'names' ),
-		'revisions',
-		array(
-			'get_callback' => 'gutenberg_get_post_revisions',
-		)
-	);
-}
-add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'gutenberg_register_rest_api_post_revisions' );
-
 /**
  * Ensure that the wp-json index contains the 'theme-supports' setting as
  * part of its site info elements.
diff --git a/phpunit/class-gutenberg-rest-api-test.php b/phpunit/class-gutenberg-rest-api-test.php
index ed07d5af7dfe61..e8fcb33d558e86 100644
--- a/phpunit/class-gutenberg-rest-api-test.php
+++ b/phpunit/class-gutenberg-rest-api-test.php
@@ -414,4 +414,27 @@ public function test_get_pages_unbounded_per_page_unauthorized() {
 		$data = $response->get_data();
 		$this->assertEquals( 'rest_forbidden_per_page', $data['code'] );
 	}
+
+	public function test_get_post_links_predecessor_version() {
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+		wp_update_post(
+			array(
+				'post_content' => 'This content is marvelous.',
+				'ID'           => $post_id,
+			)
+		);
+		$revisions  = wp_get_post_revisions( $post_id );
+		$revision_1 = array_pop( $revisions );
+
+		$request  = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/posts/%d', $post_id ) );
+		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
+
+		$links = $response->get_links();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( rest_url( '/wp/v2/posts/' . $post_id . '/revisions' ), $links['version-history'][0]['href'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $links['version-history'][0]['attributes']['count'] );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( rest_url( '/wp/v2/posts/' . $post_id . '/revisions/' . $revision_1->ID ), $links['predecessor-version'][0]['href'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( $revision_1->ID, $links['predecessor-version'][0]['attributes']['id'] );
+	}
 }