diff --git a/assets/js/components/requests/overrides/TimelineEventBody.js b/assets/js/components/requests/overrides/TimelineEventBody.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6635f76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/components/requests/overrides/TimelineEventBody.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// This file is part of CDS RDM
+// Copyright (C) 2026 CERN.
+//
+// CDS RDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GPL-2.0 License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+
+import React from "react";
+import TimelineEventBodyContainer from "@js/invenio_requests/components/TimelineEventBody";
+import { parametrize } from "react-overridable";
+
+const parameters = {
+  expandedByDefault: true,
+};
+
+export const TimelineEventBodyComponent = parametrize(
+  TimelineEventBodyContainer,
+  parameters
+);
diff --git a/assets/js/invenio_app_rdm/overridableRegistry/mapping.js b/assets/js/invenio_app_rdm/overridableRegistry/mapping.js
index 5a2804db..fbe4f283 100644
--- a/assets/js/invenio_app_rdm/overridableRegistry/mapping.js
+++ b/assets/js/invenio_app_rdm/overridableRegistry/mapping.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   SubmitReviewModalComponent,
 } from "../../components/deposit/overrides/PublishModal";
 import { LockRequestComponent } from "../../components/requests/overrides/LockRequest";
+import { TimelineEventBodyComponent } from "../../components/requests/overrides/TimelineEventBody";
 import { RecordVersionItemContent } from "../../components/record_details/RecordVersionItem";
 
 export const overriddenComponents = {
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@ export const overriddenComponents = {
   "InvenioRdmRecords.PublishModal.container": PublishModalComponent,
   "InvenioRequests.LockRequest": LockRequestComponent,
   "InvenioAppRdm.RecordVersionsList.Item.container": RecordVersionItemContent,
+  "InvenioRequests.TimelineEventBody": TimelineEventBodyComponent,
 };
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a441613e..86352c57 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3414,16 +3414,16 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "invenio-requests"
-version = "12.6.0"
+version = "12.6.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "invenio-records-resources" },
     { name = "invenio-theme" },
     { name = "invenio-users-resources" },
 ]
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c7/97/369be7a7af03d81566f2eb80a5af58b19a6ec5fc3f8520b8b11f1e6a287d/invenio_requests-12.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:91d76b420aaf1c7570b700b61d5d5194eced895b4d8638b09f85ca6687c64cfd", size = 179468, upload-time = "2026-05-05T09:01:00.451Z" }
 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/69/49/b66d5c1d868c306a61b57c5b8b2fab2a5c7c9762ed81fc59b2fd54c679c9/invenio_requests-12.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:254487f5186009559f64241e74ae5268bd9e7329cff763d06a7eeec4ad5eae7e", size = 390042, upload-time = "2026-05-05T09:00:58.859Z" },
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 [[package]]