diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shared/datatable/state.js b/app/assets/javascripts/shared/datatable/state.js
index 65dd0af8d..a682f2a8c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/shared/datatable/state.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shared/datatable/state.js
@@ -41,13 +41,29 @@ DradisDatatable.prototype.setupStateButtons = function () {
     api = this;
 
   states.forEach(function (state) {
+    const publishDisabled =
+      state[0] === 'Published' &&
+      $('[data-published-state]').data('published-state') === false;
+
+    let attrs;
+
+    if (publishDisabled) {
+      attrs = {
+        'data-bs-toggle': 'tooltip',
+        'data-bs-title': 'You are not a Reviewer for this project.',
+      };
+    }
+
     stateButtons.push({
-      text: $(
-        `<i class="fa-solid ${state[1]} fa-fw me-2"></i><span>${state[0]}</span>`
-      ),
       action: DradisDatatable.prototype.updateRecordState.call(
         api,
-        state[0].toLowerCase().replaceAll(' ', '_')
+        state[0].toLowerCase().replaceAll(' ', '_'),
+        $('[data-published-state]').data('published-state') != false
+      ),
+      attr: attrs,
+      className: publishDisabled ? 'disabled' : null,
+      text: $(
+        `<i class="fa-solid ${state[1]} fa-fw me-2"></i><span>${state[0]}</span>`
       ),
     });
   });
@@ -55,7 +71,11 @@ DradisDatatable.prototype.setupStateButtons = function () {
   return stateButtons;
 };
 
-DradisDatatable.prototype.updateRecordState = function (newState) {
+DradisDatatable.prototype.updateRecordState = function (newState, canPublish) {
+  if (newState == 'Published' && canPublish) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   var api = this;
 
   return function () {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/shared/datatables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/shared/datatables.scss
index cc6ded335..7b5515fab 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/shared/datatables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/shared/datatables.scss
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ div.dataTables_wrapper {
         }
       }
 
+      &.disabled {
+        color: $text-muted;
+        cursor: not-allowed;
+        pointer-events: auto;
+      }
+
       &:focus,
       &:hover {
         outline: none;
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_table.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_table.html.erb
index d3a84ff97..44bdcf07b 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_table.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_table.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     'item-name': 'issue',
     'local-storage-key': local_storage_key,
     'new-tag-path': new_project_tag_path(current_project),
+    'published-state': can?(:publish, current_project),
     'state-icons': local_assigns[:qa_state_icons] ? local_assigns[:qa_state_icons] : state_icons,
     'tags-path': project_tags_path(current_project)
   }%>