diff --git a/api/layer/object.go b/api/layer/object.go
index 7a107af17..fb653723e 100644
--- a/api/layer/object.go
+++ b/api/layer/object.go
@@ -328,23 +328,34 @@ func (n *layer) headLastVersionIfNotDeleted(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.Bucke
 		}
 	}
 
-	versions, err := n.headVersions(ctx, bkt, objectName)
+	node, err := n.treeService.GetLatestVersion(ctx, &bkt.CID, objectName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	lastVersion := versions.getLast()
-	if lastVersion == nil {
+	if node.IsDeleteMarker {
 		return nil, apiErrors.GetAPIError(apiErrors.ErrNoSuchKey)
 	}
 
-	if err = n.namesCache.Put(lastVersion.NiceName(), lastVersion.Address()); err != nil {
-		n.log.Warn("couldn't put obj address to head cache",
-			zap.String("obj nice name", lastVersion.NiceName()),
+	meta, err := n.objectHead(ctx, bkt, *node.OID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err = n.objCache.Put(*meta); err != nil {
+		n.log.Warn("couldn't put meta to objects cache",
+			zap.Stringer("object id", node.OID),
+			zap.Stringer("bucket id", bkt.CID),
 			zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
-	return lastVersion, nil
+	objInfo := objInfoFromMeta(bkt, meta)
+	if err = n.namesCache.Put(objInfo.NiceName(), objInfo.Address()); err != nil {
+		n.log.Warn("couldn't put obj address to head cache",
+			zap.String("obj nice name", objInfo.NiceName()),
+			zap.Error(err))
+	}
+
+	return objInfo, nil
 }
 
 func (n *layer) headVersions(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, objectName string) (*objectVersions, error) {
diff --git a/api/layer/system_object.go b/api/layer/system_object.go
index 462436847..e8057925f 100644
--- a/api/layer/system_object.go
+++ b/api/layer/system_object.go
@@ -42,16 +42,22 @@ func (n *layer) HeadSystemObject(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, objN
 		return objInfo, nil
 	}
 
-	versions, err := n.headSystemVersions(ctx, bkt, objName)
+	node, err := n.treeService.GetSystemVersion(ctx, &bkt.CID, objName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err = n.systemCache.PutObject(systemObjectKey(bkt, objName), versions.getLast()); err != nil {
+	meta, err := n.objectHead(ctx, bkt, *node.OID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	objInfo := objInfoFromMeta(bkt, meta)
+	if err = n.systemCache.PutObject(systemObjectKey(bkt, objName), objInfo); err != nil {
 		n.log.Error("couldn't cache system object", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
-	return versions.getLast(), nil
+	return objInfo, nil
 }
 
 func (n *layer) DeleteSystemObject(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, name string) error {
diff --git a/api/layer/tree_service.go b/api/layer/tree_service.go
index 321664d41..fde0af827 100644
--- a/api/layer/tree_service.go
+++ b/api/layer/tree_service.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ type TreeService interface {
 
 	GetVersions(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) ([]*NodeVersion, error)
 
-	//GetUnversioned(context.Context, *cid.ID, string) (*NodeVersion, error)
+	GetLatestVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) (*NodeVersion, error)
+
+	GetUnversioned(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) (*NodeVersion, error)
 
 	AddVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string, newVersion *NodeVersion) error
 
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ type TreeService interface {
 
 	AddSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string, newVersion *BaseNodeVersion) error
 
+	GetSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) (*BaseNodeVersion, error)
+
 	RemoveSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, nodeID uint64) error
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/neofs/tree.go b/internal/neofs/tree.go
index c7aacaa02..a1357632b 100644
--- a/internal/neofs/tree.go
+++ b/internal/neofs/tree.go
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ type (
 const (
 	versioningEnabledKV = "versioning_enabled"
 	lockConfigurationKV = "lock_configuration"
-	oidKv               = "OID"
+	oidKV               = "OID"
 	fileNameKV          = "FileName"
 	systemNameKV        = "SystemName"
 	isUnversionedKV     = "IsUnversioned"
+	isDeleteMarkerKV    = "IdDeleteMarker"
 
 	settingsFileName  = "bucket-settings"
 	notifConfFileName = "bucket-notifications"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func newTreeNode(nodeInfo *tree.GetNodeByPathResponse_Info) (*TreeNode, error) {
 	meta := make(map[string]string, len(nodeInfo.GetMeta()))
 
 	for _, kv := range nodeInfo.GetMeta() {
-		if kv.GetKey() == oidKv {
+		if kv.GetKey() == oidKV {
 			objID = new(oid.ID)
 			err := objID.DecodeString(string(kv.GetValue()))
 			if err != nil {
@@ -97,9 +98,29 @@ func (n *TreeNode) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
 	return value, ok
 }
 
+func newNodeVersion(node *tree.GetNodeByPathResponse_Info) (*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
+	treeNode, err := newTreeNode(node)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid tree node: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	_, isUnversioned := treeNode.Get(isUnversionedKV)
+	_, isDeleteMarker := treeNode.Get(isDeleteMarkerKV)
+
+	return &layer.NodeVersion{
+		BaseNodeVersion: layer.BaseNodeVersion{
+			ID:  node.NodeId,
+			OID: treeNode.ObjID,
+		},
+		IsUnversioned:  isUnversioned,
+		IsDeleteMarker: isDeleteMarker,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func (c *TreeClient) GetSettingsNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*data.BucketSettings, error) {
 	keysToReturn := []string{versioningEnabledKV, lockConfigurationKV}
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, settingsFileName, keysToReturn)
+	path := []string{settingsFileName}
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, path, keysToReturn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get node: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -122,7 +143,8 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetSettingsNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*data.
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) PutSettingsNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, settings *data.BucketSettings) error {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, settingsFileName, []string{})
+	path := []string{settingsFileName}
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, path, []string{})
 	isErrNotFound := errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound)
 	if err != nil && !isErrNotFound {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get node: %w", err)
@@ -139,7 +161,8 @@ func (c *TreeClient) PutSettingsNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, setting
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) GetNotificationConfigurationNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*oid.ID, error) {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, notifConfFileName, []string{oidKv})
+	path := []string{notifConfFileName}
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, path, []string{oidKV})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -148,7 +171,8 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetNotificationConfigurationNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) PutNotificationConfigurationNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objID *oid.ID) (*oid.ID, error) {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, notifConfFileName, []string{oidKv})
+	path := []string{notifConfFileName}
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, path, []string{oidKV})
 	isErrNotFound := errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound)
 	if err != nil && !isErrNotFound {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get node: %w", err)
@@ -156,7 +180,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) PutNotificationConfigurationNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID
 
 	meta := make(map[string]string)
 	meta[systemNameKV] = notifConfFileName
-	meta[oidKv] = objID.EncodeToString()
+	meta[oidKV] = objID.EncodeToString()
 
 	if isErrNotFound {
 		_, err = c.addNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, 0, meta)
@@ -167,7 +191,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) PutNotificationConfigurationNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) GetBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*oid.ID, error) {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, corsFilename, []string{oidKv})
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, []string{corsFilename}, []string{oidKV})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -176,7 +200,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*oid.ID,
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) PutBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objID *oid.ID) (*oid.ID, error) {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, corsFilename, []string{oidKv})
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, []string{corsFilename}, []string{oidKV})
 	isErrNotFound := errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound)
 	if err != nil && !isErrNotFound {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get node: %w", err)
@@ -184,7 +208,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) PutBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objID *oi
 
 	meta := make(map[string]string)
 	meta[systemNameKV] = corsFilename
-	meta[oidKv] = objID.EncodeToString()
+	meta[oidKV] = objID.EncodeToString()
 
 	if isErrNotFound {
 		_, err = c.addNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, 0, meta)
@@ -195,7 +219,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) PutBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objID *oi
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) DeleteBucketCORS(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID) (*oid.ID, error) {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, corsFilename, []string{oidKv})
+	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, cnrID, bucketSystemObjectsTreeID, []string{corsFilename}, []string{oidKV})
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -211,6 +235,40 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetVersions(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, filepath st
 	return c.getVersions(ctx, cnrID, versionTree, filepath, false)
 }
 
+func (c *TreeClient) GetLatestVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) (*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
+	meta := []string{oidKV, isUnversionedKV, isDeleteMarkerKV}
+	path := strings.Split(objectName, separator)
+
+	return c.getLatestVersion(ctx, cnrID, versionTree, fileNameKV, path, meta)
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) GetSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, objectName string) (*layer.BaseNodeVersion, error) {
+	meta := []string{oidKV}
+	path := strings.Split(objectName, separator)
+
+	node, err := c.getLatestVersion(ctx, cnrID, systemTree, systemNameKV, path, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &node.BaseNodeVersion, nil
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) getLatestVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, attrPath string, path, meta []string) (*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
+	nodes, err := c.getNodes(ctx, cnrID, treeID, attrPath, path, meta, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
+			return nil, layer.ErrNodeNotFound
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get nodes: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return newNodeVersion(nodes[0])
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) GetUnversioned(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, filepath string) (*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
+	return c.getUnversioned(ctx, cnrID, versionTree, filepath)
+}
+
 func (c *TreeClient) getUnversioned(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, filepath string) (*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
 	nodes, err := c.getVersions(ctx, cnrID, treeID, filepath, true)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -222,14 +280,14 @@ func (c *TreeClient) getUnversioned(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID,
 	}
 
 	if len(nodes) != 1 {
-		return nil, layer.ErrNotFound
+		return nil, layer.ErrNodeNotFound
 	}
 
 	return nodes[0], nil
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) AddVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, filepath string, version *layer.NodeVersion) error {
-	return c.addVersion(ctx, cnrID, versionTree, filepath, version)
+	return c.addVersion(ctx, cnrID, versionTree, fileNameKV, filepath, version)
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) AddSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, filepath string, version *layer.BaseNodeVersion) error {
@@ -237,7 +295,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) AddSystemVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, filepa
 		BaseNodeVersion: *version,
 		IsUnversioned:   true,
 	}
-	return c.addVersion(ctx, cnrID, systemTree, filepath, newVersion)
+	return c.addVersion(ctx, cnrID, systemTree, systemNameKV, filepath, newVersion)
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) RemoveVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, id uint64) error {
@@ -256,11 +314,11 @@ func (c *TreeClient) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *TreeClient) addVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, filepath string, version *layer.NodeVersion) error {
+func (c *TreeClient) addVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, attrPath, filepath string, version *layer.NodeVersion) error {
 	path := strings.Split(filepath, separator)
 	meta := map[string]string{
-		oidKV:      version.OID.EncodeToString(),
-		fileNameKV: path[len(path)-1],
+		oidKV:    version.OID.EncodeToString(),
+		attrPath: path[len(path)-1],
 	}
 
 	if version.IsUnversioned {
@@ -276,7 +334,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) addVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, file
 			return c.moveNode(ctx, cnrID, treeID, version.ID, parentID, meta)
 		}
 
-		if !errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNotFound) {
+		if !errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -300,7 +358,7 @@ func (c *TreeClient) removeVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID st
 func (c *TreeClient) getVersions(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, filepath string, onlyUnversioned bool) ([]*layer.NodeVersion, error) {
 	keysToReturn := []string{versioningEnabledKV, lockConfigurationKV}
 	path := strings.Split(filepath, separator)
-	nodes, err := c.getNodes(ctx, cnrID, treeID, fileNameKV, path, keysToReturn)
+	nodes, err := c.getNodes(ctx, cnrID, treeID, fileNameKV, path, keysToReturn, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
 			return nil, nil
@@ -310,29 +368,16 @@ func (c *TreeClient) getVersions(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, fil
 
 	result := make([]*layer.NodeVersion, 0, len(nodes))
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		treeNode := newNode(node)
-
-		objIDStr, ok := treeNode.Get(oidKV)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		var objId oid.ID
-		if err = objId.DecodeString(objIDStr); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid object id '%s': %w", objIDStr, err)
+		nodeVersion, err := newNodeVersion(node)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		_, isUnversioned := treeNode.Get(isUnversionedKV)
-		if onlyUnversioned && !isUnversioned {
+		if onlyUnversioned && !nodeVersion.IsUnversioned {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		result = append(result, &layer.NodeVersion{
-			BaseNodeVersion: layer.BaseNodeVersion{
-				ID:  node.NodeId,
-				OID: &objId,
-			},
-			IsUnversioned: isUnversioned,
-		})
+		result = append(result, nodeVersion)
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
@@ -370,31 +415,50 @@ func metaFromSettings(settings *data.BucketSettings) map[string]string {
 	return results
 }
 
-func (c *TreeClient) getSystemNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, path string, meta []string) (*TreeNode, error) {
-	request := &tree.GetNodeByPathRequest{
-		Body: &tree.GetNodeByPathRequest_Body{
-			ContainerId:   []byte(cnrID.EncodeToString()),
-			TreeId:        treeID,
-			Path:          []string{path},
-			Attributes:    meta,
-			PathAttribute: systemNameKV,
-		},
-	}
-	resp, err := c.service.GetNodeByPath(ctx, request)
+func (c *TreeClient) getSystemNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID string, path, meta []string) (*TreeNode, error) {
+	return c.getNode(ctx, cnrID, treeID, systemNameKV, path, meta)
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) getRegularNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID string, path, meta []string) (*TreeNode, error) {
+	return c.getNode(ctx, cnrID, treeID, fileNameKV, path, meta)
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) getNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, pathAttr string, path, meta []string) (*TreeNode, error) {
+	nodes, err := c.getNodes(ctx, cnrID, treeID, pathAttr, path, meta, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
 			return nil, layer.ErrNodeNotFound
 		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get nodes: %w", err)
 	}
-	if len(resp.Body.GetNodes()) == 0 {
+	if len(nodes) == 0 {
 		return nil, layer.ErrNodeNotFound
 	}
-	if len(resp.Body.GetNodes()) != 1 {
+	if len(nodes) != 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("found more than one node")
 	}
 
-	return newTreeNode(resp.Body.Nodes[0])
+	return newTreeNode(nodes[0])
+}
+
+func (c *TreeClient) getNodes(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID, pathAttr string, path, meta []string, latestOnly bool) ([]*tree.GetNodeByPathResponse_Info, error) {
+	request := &tree.GetNodeByPathRequest{
+		Body: &tree.GetNodeByPathRequest_Body{
+			ContainerId:   []byte(cnrID.EncodeToString()),
+			TreeId:        treeID,
+			Path:          path,
+			Attributes:    meta,
+			PathAttribute: pathAttr,
+			LatestOnly:    latestOnly,
+		},
+	}
+
+	resp, err := c.service.GetNodeByPath(ctx, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get node path: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return resp.GetBody().GetNodes(), nil
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) addNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID *cid.ID, treeID string, parent uint64, meta map[string]string) (uint64, error) {