diff --git a/src/app/core/data/relationship-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/relationship-data.service.ts
index 8514ab3e2ad..0ab9a0a3a2e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/relationship-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/relationship-data.service.ts
@@ -574,13 +574,18 @@ export class RelationshipDataService extends IdentifiableDataService<Relationshi
       );
     });
 
-    return this.searchBy(
+    const searchRD$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>> = this.searchBy(
       'byItemsAndType',
       {
         searchParams: searchParams,
       },
     ) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>>;
 
+    arrayOfItemIds.forEach((itemId: string) => {
+      this.addDependency(searchRD$, this.itemService.getIDHrefObs(encodeURIComponent(itemId)));
+    });
+
+    return searchRD$;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.spec.ts
index f9694167838..82bda28db7e 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.spec.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ describe('EditItemRelationshipsService', () => {
 
       expect(itemService.invalidateByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(currentItem.self);
       expect(itemService.invalidateByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationshipItem1.self);
+      expect(itemService.invalidateByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(relationshipItem2.self);
 
       expect(notificationsService.success).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.ts b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.ts
index 14fa226bf41..f598e96e3be 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-item-relationships.service.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ export class EditItemRelationshipsService {
       // process each update one by one, while waiting for the previous to finish
       concatMap((update: FieldUpdate) => {
         if (update.changeType === FieldChangeType.REMOVE) {
-          return this.deleteRelationship(update.field as DeleteRelationship).pipe(take(1));
+          return this.deleteRelationship(update.field as DeleteRelationship).pipe(
+            take(1),
+            switchMap((deleteRD: RemoteData<NoContent>) => {
+              if (deleteRD.hasSucceeded) {
+                this.itemService.invalidateByHref((update.field as DeleteRelationship).relatedItem._links.self.href);
+              }
+              return [deleteRD];
+            }),
+          );
         } else if (update.changeType === FieldChangeType.ADD) {
           return this.addRelationship(update.field as RelationshipIdentifiable).pipe(
             take(1),
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.ts
index e396c5ee927..ef2f575c730 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relatio
 import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
 import {
   getAllSucceededRemoteData,
+  getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
   getFirstSucceededRemoteData,
   getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
   getRemoteDataPayload,
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
                       type: this.relationshipType,
                       originalIsLeft: isLeft,
                       originalItem: this.item,
+                      relatedItem,
                       relationship,
                     } as RelationshipIdentifiable;
                     return this.objectUpdatesService.saveRemoveFieldUpdate(this.url,update);
@@ -533,10 +535,23 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             this.relationshipService.isLeftItem(relationship, this.item).pipe(
               // emit an array containing both the relationship and whether it's the left item,
               // as we'll need both
-              map((isLeftItem: boolean) => [relationship, isLeftItem]),
-            ),
+              switchMap((isLeftItem: boolean) => {
+                if (isLeftItem) {
+                  return relationship.rightItem.pipe(
+                    getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+                    getRemoteDataPayload(),
+                    map((relatedItem: Item) => [relationship, isLeftItem, relatedItem]),
+                  );
+                } else {
+                  return relationship.leftItem.pipe(
+                    getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+                    getRemoteDataPayload(),
+                    map((relatedItem: Item) => [relationship, isLeftItem, relatedItem]),
+                  );
+                }
+              }),            ),
           ),
-          map(([relationship, isLeftItem]: [Relationship, boolean]) => {
+          map(([relationship, isLeftItem, relatedItem]: [Relationship, boolean, Item]) => {
             // turn it into a RelationshipIdentifiable, an
             const nameVariant =
               isLeftItem ? relationship.rightwardValue : relationship.leftwardValue;
@@ -546,6 +561,7 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               relationship,
               originalIsLeft: isLeftItem,
               originalItem: this.item,
+              relatedItem: relatedItem,
               nameVariant,
             } as RelationshipIdentifiable;
           }),