diff --git a/client/src/controllers/SessionController.test.js b/client/src/controllers/SessionController.test.js
index 3df13a064b..a891cfb7a1 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/SessionController.test.js
+++ b/client/src/controllers/SessionController.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Application } from '@hotwired/stimulus';
 import { SessionController } from './SessionController';
 import { DialogController } from './DialogController';
+import { SwapController } from './SwapController';
+import { ActionController } from './ActionController';
 
 jest.useFakeTimers();
 
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ describe('SessionController', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     application = Application.start();
     application.register('w-session', SessionController);
+    application.register('w-swap', SwapController);
+    application.register('w-action', ActionController);
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -389,4 +393,189 @@ describe('SessionController', () => {
       expect(new FormData(form).get('is_editing')).toBeNull();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('updating the session state based on JSON data from an event', () => {
+    describe('with complete controller configuration', () => {
+      afterEach(() => {
+        fetch.mockRestore();
+      });
+
+      let element;
+
+      const setup = async () => {
+        document.body.innerHTML = /* html */ `
+        <form
+          method="post"
+          data-controller="w-swap w-action w-session"
+          data-w-swap-target-value="#w-editing-sessions"
+          data-w-swap-json-path-value="html"
+          data-w-swap-src-value="http://localhost/sessions/1/"
+          data-w-action-url-value="http://localhost/sessions/1/release/"
+          data-action="w-session:ping->w-swap#submit w-swap:json->w-session#updateSessionData"
+        >
+          <div id="w-editing-sessions"></div>
+        </form>
+      `;
+        element = document.querySelector('form');
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      };
+
+      it('should update the SwapController and ActionController URL values', async () => {
+        fetch.mockResponseSuccessJSON(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            html: '',
+            ping_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/2/',
+            release_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/2/release/',
+          }),
+        );
+        await setup();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/1/',
+          expect.any(Object),
+        );
+
+        // Simulate request finishing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        // Simulate JSON parsing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        expect(element.dataset.wSwapSrcValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/2/',
+        );
+        expect(element.dataset.wActionUrlValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/2/release/',
+        );
+
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        expect(document.getElementById('w-editing-sessions').innerHTML).toEqual(
+          '',
+        );
+
+        // Simulate ping after 10s
+        fetch.mockResponseSuccessJSON(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            html: '<ul><li>Session 7</li></ul>',
+            ping_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/999/',
+            release_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/release/999/',
+          }),
+        );
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/2/',
+          expect.any(Object),
+        );
+
+        // Simulate request finishing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        // Simulate JSON parsing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        expect(element.dataset.wSwapSrcValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/999/',
+        );
+        expect(element.dataset.wActionUrlValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/release/999/',
+        );
+
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        expect(document.getElementById('w-editing-sessions').innerHTML).toEqual(
+          '<ul><li>Session 7</li></ul>',
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should handle unexpected data gracefully', async () => {
+        fetch.mockResponseSuccessJSON(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            html: '<ul><li>Session 1</li></ul>',
+          }),
+        );
+        await setup();
+
+        expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/1/',
+          expect.any(Object),
+        );
+
+        // Simulate request finishing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        // Simulate JSON parsing
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        // Should not update the URL values
+        expect(element.dataset.wSwapSrcValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/1/',
+        );
+        expect(element.dataset.wActionUrlValue).toEqual(
+          'http://localhost/sessions/1/release/',
+        );
+
+        // Should still update the HTML
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        expect(document.getElementById('w-editing-sessions').innerHTML).toEqual(
+          '<ul><li>Session 1</li></ul>',
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('with improper configuration', () => {
+      let element;
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        document.body.innerHTML = /* html */ `
+        <div
+          data-controller="w-session"
+          data-action="w-swap:json->w-session#updateSessionData"
+        >
+        </div>
+      `;
+        element = document.querySelector('[data-controller="w-session"]');
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+      });
+
+      it('should handle the data gracefully even if SwapController and ActionController are not present', async () => {
+        const mock = jest.spyOn(
+          SessionController.prototype,
+          'updateSessionData',
+        );
+        element.dispatchEvent(
+          new CustomEvent('w-swap:json', {
+            detail: {
+              data: {
+                html: '<ul><li>Session 2</li></ul>',
+                ping_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/999/',
+                release_url: 'http://localhost/sessions/release/999/',
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        );
+
+        expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(element.dataset.wSwapSrcValue).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(element.dataset.wActionUrlValue).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+
+      it('should handle the event gracefully even if it does not contain data', async () => {
+        const mock = jest.spyOn(
+          SessionController.prototype,
+          'updateSessionData',
+        );
+        element.dispatchEvent(
+          new CustomEvent('w-swap:json', { detail: { foo: 'bar' } }),
+        );
+
+        expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(element.dataset.wSwapSrcValue).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(element.dataset.wActionUrlValue).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/controllers/SessionController.ts b/client/src/controllers/SessionController.ts
index 89109861ae..4a07cad7fb 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/SessionController.ts
+++ b/client/src/controllers/SessionController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 import { Controller } from '@hotwired/stimulus';
 import { DialogController } from './DialogController';
+import { SwapController } from './SwapController';
+import { ActionController } from './ActionController';
+
+interface PingResponse {
+  session_id: string;
+  ping_url: string;
+  release_url: string;
+  other_sessions: {
+    session_id: string | null;
+    user: string;
+    last_seen_at: string;
+    is_editing: boolean;
+    revision_id: number | null;
+  }[];
+  html: string;
+}
 
 /**
  * Manage an editing session by indicating the presence of the user and handling
@@ -203,6 +219,43 @@ export class SessionController extends Controller<HTMLElement> {
     this.unsavedChangesTarget.checked = type !== 'clear';
   }
 
+  get swapController() {
+    return this.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(
+      this.element,
+      'w-swap',
+    ) as SwapController | null;
+  }
+
+  get actionController() {
+    return this.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(
+      this.element,
+      'w-action',
+    ) as ActionController | null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update the session state with the latest data from the server.
+   * @param event an event that contains JSON data in the `detail` property. Normally a `w-swap:json` event.
+   */
+  updateSessionData(event: CustomEvent) {
+    const { detail } = event;
+    if (!detail || !detail.data) return;
+    const data: PingResponse = detail.data;
+
+    // Update the ping and release URLs in case the session ID has changed
+    // e.g. when the user has been inactive for too long and resumed their session.
+    // Modify the values via the controllers directly instead of setting the data
+    // attributes so we get type checking.
+    const swapController = this.swapController;
+    if (swapController && data.ping_url) {
+      swapController.srcValue = data.ping_url;
+    }
+    const actionController = this.actionController;
+    if (actionController && data.release_url) {
+      actionController.urlValue = data.release_url;
+    }
+  }
+
   disconnect(): void {
     if (this.interval) {
       window.clearInterval(this.interval);
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/editing_sessions/module.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/editing_sessions/module.html
index c3caef7f9b..806fe90a8c 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/editing_sessions/module.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/editing_sessions/module.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     data-w-action-continue-value="true"
     data-w-action-url-value="{{ release_url }}"
     data-w-session-w-dialog-outlet="[data-edit-form] [data-controller='w-dialog']#w-overwrite-changes-dialog"
-    data-action="w-session:ping->w-swap#submit visibilitychange@document->w-session#dispatchVisibilityState w-session:visible->w-session#ping w-session:visible->w-session#addInterval w-session:hidden->w-session#clearInterval w-session:hidden->w-action#sendBeacon w-unsaved:add@document->w-session#setUnsavedChanges w-unsaved:clear@document->w-session#setUnsavedChanges"
+    data-action="w-session:ping->w-swap#submit visibilitychange@document->w-session#dispatchVisibilityState w-session:visible->w-session#ping w-session:visible->w-session#addInterval w-session:hidden->w-session#clearInterval w-session:hidden->w-action#sendBeacon w-unsaved:add@document->w-session#setUnsavedChanges w-unsaved:clear@document->w-session#setUnsavedChanges w-swap:json->w-session#updateSessionData"
 >
     <input type="checkbox" name="is_editing" value="1" data-w-session-target="unsavedChanges" hidden />
     {% if revision_id %}
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/editing_sessions.py b/wagtail/admin/views/editing_sessions.py
index 93c04802f3..9b13194964 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/editing_sessions.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/editing_sessions.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.http import Http404, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 
@@ -162,6 +163,13 @@ def ping(request, app_label, model_name, object_id, session_id):
     return JsonResponse(
         {
             "session_id": session.id,
+            "ping_url": reverse(
+                "wagtailadmin_editing_sessions:ping",
+                args=(app_label, model_name, object_id, session.id),
+            ),
+            "release_url": reverse(
+                "wagtailadmin_editing_sessions:release", args=(session.id,)
+            ),
             "other_sessions": [
                 {
                     "session_id": other_session["session_id"],