diff --git a/src/api/articleApi.ts b/src/api/articleApi.ts
index c4dbcc7a..75561748 100644
--- a/src/api/articleApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/articleApi.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import { getArticleIdFromUrn } from "../utils/articleHelpers";
 import { createAuthClient, resolveJsonOATS } from "../utils/openapi-fetch/utils";
 import { transformArticle, transformVisualElement } from "./transformArticleApi";
 
-interface ArticleParams {
-  articleId: string;
-}
-
 const client = createAuthClient<paths>();
 
 export const fetchTransformedContent = async (
@@ -114,7 +110,7 @@ export async function fetchRelatedContent(
         };
       }
       try {
-        const related = await fetchSimpleArticle(`urn:article:${rc}`, context);
+        const related = await fetchArticle(`urn:article:${rc}`, undefined, context);
         const nodes = await context.loaders.nodesLoader.load({
           contentURI: `urn:article:${related.id}`,
           language: context.language,
@@ -144,10 +140,6 @@ export async function fetchRelatedContent(
   return relatedContent as GQLRelatedContent[];
 }
 
-export async function fetchArticle(params: ArticleParams, context: Context): Promise<ArticleV2DTO> {
-  return await fetchSimpleArticle(params.articleId, context);
-}
-
 export async function fetchArticlesPage(
   articleIds: number[],
   context: Context,
@@ -189,7 +181,11 @@ export async function fetchArticles(articleIds: string[], context: Context): Pro
   return articleIds.map((id) => articles.find((article) => article.id.toString() === id.toString()));
 }
 
-export async function fetchSimpleArticle(articleUrn: string, context: Context): Promise<ArticleV2DTO> {
+export async function fetchArticle(
+  articleUrn: string,
+  revision: number | undefined,
+  context: Context,
+): Promise<ArticleV2DTO> {
   return await client
     .GET("/article-api/v2/articles/{article_id}", {
       params: {
@@ -198,6 +194,7 @@ export async function fetchSimpleArticle(articleUrn: string, context: Context):
         },
         query: {
           language: context.language,
+          revision,
           license: "all",
           fallback: true,
         },
diff --git a/src/api/embedsApi.ts b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
index 3531f09f..9b3673b3 100644
--- a/src/api/embedsApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { getBrightcoveCopyright } from "../utils/brightcoveUtils";
 import { CheerioEmbed, getEmbedsFromContent } from "../utils/getEmbedsFromContent";
 import highlightCode from "../utils/highlightCode";
 import parseMarkdown from "../utils/parseMarkdown";
-import { fetchSimpleArticle } from "./articleApi";
+import { fetchArticle } from "./articleApi";
 import { fetchAudioV2 } from "./audioApi";
 import { fetchEmbedConcept } from "./conceptApi";
 import { fetchExternalOembed } from "./externalApi";
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ const relatedContentMeta: Fetch<RelatedContentMetaData> = async ({ embedData, co
   const articleId = embedData.articleId;
   if (typeof articleId === "string" || typeof articleId === "number") {
     const [article, resources] = await Promise.all([
-      fetchSimpleArticle(`urn:article:${articleId}`, context),
+      fetchArticle(`urn:article:${articleId}`, undefined, context),
       context.loaders.nodesLoader.load({
         contentURI: `urn:article:${articleId}`,
         language: context.language,
diff --git a/src/resolvers/articleResolvers.ts b/src/resolvers/articleResolvers.ts
index 0464a02b..5e96143a 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/articleResolvers.ts
+++ b/src/resolvers/articleResolvers.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 
 import { ArticleV2DTO } from "@ndla/types-backend/article-api";
 import { ConceptSummaryDTO } from "@ndla/types-backend/concept-api";
-import { fetchArticle, fetchSubjectTopics, searchConcepts } from "../api";
+import { fetchSubjectTopics, searchConcepts } from "../api";
 import {
   fetchTransformedContent,
   fetchRelatedContent,
   fetchTransformedDisclaimer,
   fetchVisualElementEmbed,
   fetchRevisions,
+  fetchArticle,
 } from "../api/articleApi";
 import { coreElements, fetchCrossSubjectTopicsByCode, grepSearch } from "../api/searchApi";
 import { ndlaUrl } from "../config";
@@ -32,13 +33,8 @@ import {
 } from "../types/schema";
 
 export const Query = {
-  async article(_: any, { id }: GQLQueryArticleArgs, context: ContextWithLoaders): Promise<ArticleV2DTO> {
-    return fetchArticle(
-      {
-        articleId: id,
-      },
-      context,
-    );
+  async article(_: any, { id, revision }: GQLQueryArticleArgs, context: ContextWithLoaders): Promise<ArticleV2DTO> {
+    return fetchArticle(id, revision, context);
   },
   async revisions(_: any, { articleId }: GQLQueryRevisionsArgs, context: ContextWithLoaders): Promise<number[]> {
     return fetchRevisions(articleId, context);
diff --git a/src/schema.ts b/src/schema.ts
index 5780ffbf..ab419b5f 100644
--- a/src/schema.ts
+++ b/src/schema.ts
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ export const typeDefs = gql`
     nodeByArticleId(articleId: String, nodeId: String): Node
     resource(id: String!, subjectId: String, topicId: String): Resource
     articleResource(articleId: String, taxonomyId: String): Resource
-    article(id: String!): Article
+    article(id: String!, revision: Int): Article
     subject(id: String!): Subject
     subjectpage(id: Int!): SubjectPage
     filmfrontpage: FilmFrontpage
diff --git a/src/types/schema.d.ts b/src/types/schema.d.ts
index 7d6434e3..4c181a48 100644
--- a/src/types/schema.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/schema.d.ts
@@ -1469,6 +1469,7 @@ export type GQLQueryAllMyNdlaResourcesArgs = {
 
 export type GQLQueryArticleArgs = {
   id: Scalars['String']['input'];
+  revision?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Int']['input']>;
 };