diff --git a/backend/src/ee/controllers/v1/secretApprovalRequestsController.ts b/backend/src/ee/controllers/v1/secretApprovalRequestsController.ts
index 915df5d7c..93096e536 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/controllers/v1/secretApprovalRequestsController.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/controllers/v1/secretApprovalRequestsController.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ export const getSecretApprovalRequestCount = async (req: Request, res: Response)
   } = await validateRequest(reqValidator.getSecretApprovalRequestCount, req);
 
   if (!(req.authData.authPayload instanceof User)) return;
-  
+
   const membership = await Membership.findOne({
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: new Types.ObjectId(workspaceId)
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   const approvalRequestCount = await SecretApprovalRequest.aggregate([
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ export const getSecretApprovalRequests = async (req: Request, res: Response) =>
   } = await validateRequest(reqValidator.getSecretApprovalRequests, req);
 
   if (!(req.authData.authPayload instanceof User)) return;
-  
+
   const membership = await Membership.findOne({
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: new Types.ObjectId(workspaceId)
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   const query = {
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ export const getSecretApprovalRequestDetails = async (req: Request, res: Respons
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: secretApprovalRequest.workspace
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   // allow to fetch only if its admin or is the committer or approver
   if (
     membership.role !== "admin" &&
-    secretApprovalRequest.committer !== membership.id &&
+    !secretApprovalRequest.committer.equals(membership.id) &&
     !secretApprovalRequest.policy.approvers.find(
       (approverId) => approverId.toString() === membership._id.toString()
     )
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export const updateSecretApprovalReviewStatus = async (req: Request, res: Respon
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: secretApprovalRequest.workspace
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   if (
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export const mergeSecretApprovalRequest = async (req: Request, res: Response) =>
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: secretApprovalRequest.workspace
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   if (
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export const updateSecretApprovalRequestStatus = async (req: Request, res: Respo
     user: req.authData.authPayload._id,
     workspace: secretApprovalRequest.workspace
   });
-  
+
   if (!membership) throw UnauthorizedRequestError();
 
   if (
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/SecretApprovalRequest.tsx b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/SecretApprovalRequest.tsx
index 959c714b4..f6a734522 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/SecretApprovalRequest.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/SecretApprovalRequest.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
     (prev, curr) => ({ ...prev, [curr._id]: curr }),
     {}
   );
-  const myMembershipId = members?.find(({ user }) => user._id === presentUser._id)?._id;
+  const myMembershipId = members?.find(({ user }) => user._id === presentUser?._id)?._id;
   const isSecretApprovalScreen = Boolean(selectedApproval);
 
   const handleGoBackSecretRequestDetail = () => {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
           exit={{ opacity: 0, translateX: 30 }}
           className="rounded-md text-gray-300"
         >
-          <div className="p-4 px-8 flex items-center space-x-8 bg-mineshaft-800 rounded-t-md border-t border-x border-mineshaft-600">
+          <div className="flex items-center space-x-8 rounded-t-md border-x border-t border-mineshaft-600 bg-mineshaft-800 p-4 px-8">
             <div
               role="button"
               tabIndex={0}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
                 if (evt.key === "Enter") setStatusFilter("open");
               }}
               className={
-                statusFilter === "close" ? "text-gray-500 hover:text-gray-400 duration-100" : ""
+                statusFilter === "close" ? "text-gray-500 duration-100 hover:text-gray-400" : ""
               }
             >
               <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCodeBranch} className="mr-2" />
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
             </div>
             <div
               className={
-                statusFilter === "open" ? "text-gray-500 hover:text-gray-400 duration-100" : ""
+                statusFilter === "open" ? "text-gray-500 duration-100 hover:text-gray-400" : ""
               }
               role="button"
               tabIndex={0}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
               <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} className="mr-2" />
               {isSecretApprovalReqCountSuccess && secretApprovalRequestCount.closed} Closed
             </div>
-            <div className="flex-grow flex justify-end space-x-8">
+            <div className="flex flex-grow justify-end space-x-8">
               <DropdownMenu>
                 <DropdownMenuTrigger>
                   <Button
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
               </DropdownMenu>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div className="flex flex-col border-t border-mineshaft-600 bg-mineshaft-800 rounded-b-md border-b border-x border-mineshaft-600">
+          <div className="flex flex-col rounded-b-md border-x border-t border-b border-mineshaft-600 border-mineshaft-600 bg-mineshaft-800">
             {isRequestListEmpty && (
               <div className="py-12">
                 <EmptyState title="No more requests pending." />
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequest = () => {
                   >
                     <div className="mb-2 flex items-center">
                       <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCodeBranch} className="mr-2" />
-                      <Skeleton className="bg-mineshaft-600 w-1/4" />
+                      <Skeleton className="w-1/4 bg-mineshaft-600" />
                     </div>
-                    <Skeleton className="bg-mineshaft-600 w-1/2" />
+                    <Skeleton className="w-1/2 bg-mineshaft-600" />
                   </div>
                 ))}
               </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestAction.tsx b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestAction.tsx
index 73d72b4a5..9ccd76e77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestAction.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestAction.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Props = {
   isMergable?: boolean;
   status: "close" | "open";
   approvals: number;
+  canApprove?: boolean;
   statusChangeByEmail: string;
   workspaceId: string;
 };
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestAction = ({
   isMergable,
   approvals,
   statusChangeByEmail,
-  workspaceId
+  workspaceId,
+  canApprove
 }: Props) => {
   const { createNotification } = useNotificationContext();
   const { mutateAsync: performSecretApprovalMerge, isLoading: isMerging } =
@@ -83,11 +85,11 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestAction = ({
 
   if (!hasMerged && status === "open") {
     return (
-      <div className="flex justify-between items-center w-full">
-        <div className="flex space-x-4 items-start">
+      <div className="flex w-full items-center justify-between">
+        <div className="flex items-start space-x-4">
           <FontAwesomeIcon
             icon={isMergable ? faSquareCheck : faSquareXmark}
-            className={twMerge("text-2xl pt-1", isMergable ? "text-primary" : "text-red-600")}
+            className={twMerge("pt-1 text-2xl", isMergable ? "text-primary" : "text-red-600")}
           />
           <span className="flex flex-col">
             {isMergable ? "Good to merge" : "Review required"}
@@ -98,25 +100,31 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestAction = ({
           </span>
         </div>
         <div className="flex items-center space-x-2">
-          <Button
-            onClick={() => handleSecretApprovalStatusChange("close")}
-            isLoading={isStatusChanging}
-            variant="outline_bg"
-            colorSchema="secondary"
-            leftIcon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faClose} />}
-          >
-            Close request
-          </Button>
-          <Button
-            leftIcon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} />}
-            isDisabled={!isMergable}
-            isLoading={isMerging}
-            onClick={handleSecretApprovalRequestMerge}
-            colorSchema="primary"
-            variant="solid"
-          >
-            Merge
-          </Button>
+          {canApprove ? (
+            <>
+              <Button
+                onClick={() => handleSecretApprovalStatusChange("close")}
+                isLoading={isStatusChanging}
+                variant="outline_bg"
+                colorSchema="secondary"
+                leftIcon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faClose} />}
+              >
+                Close request
+              </Button>
+              <Button
+                leftIcon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} />}
+                isDisabled={!isMergable}
+                isLoading={isMerging}
+                onClick={handleSecretApprovalRequestMerge}
+                colorSchema="primary"
+                variant="solid"
+              >
+                Merge
+              </Button>
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <div>Only approvers can merge</div>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
@@ -124,9 +132,9 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestAction = ({
 
   if (hasMerged && status === "close")
     return (
-      <div className="flex justify-between items-center w-full">
-        <div className="flex space-x-4 items-start">
-          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} className="text-2xl text-primary pt-1" />
+      <div className="flex w-full items-center justify-between">
+        <div className="flex items-start space-x-4">
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} className="pt-1 text-2xl text-primary" />
           <span className="flex flex-col">
             Change request merged
             <span className="inline-block text-xs text-bunker-200">
@@ -138,9 +146,9 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestAction = ({
     );
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex justify-between items-center w-full">
-      <div className="flex space-x-4 items-start">
-        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faUserLock} className="text-2xl text-primary pt-1" />
+    <div className="flex w-full items-center justify-between">
+      <div className="flex items-start space-x-4">
+        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faUserLock} className="pt-1 text-2xl text-primary" />
         <span className="flex flex-col">
           Change request has been closed
           <span className="inline-block text-xs text-bunker-200">
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
index b90e156bf..4818b3cca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SecretApprovalPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
     ({ user: membershipUser }) => membershipUser.email === user.email
   );
   const myMembershipId = myMembership?._id || "";
+  const canApprove = secretApprovalRequestDetails?.policy?.approvers?.includes(myMembershipId);
   const reviewedMembers = secretApprovalRequestDetails?.reviewers?.reduce<
     Record<string, ApprovalStatus>
   >(
@@ -164,30 +165,30 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
   return (
     <div className="flex space-x-6">
       <div className="flex-grow">
-        <div className="flex items-center space-x-4 pt-2 pb-6 sticky top-0 z-20 bg-bunker-800">
+        <div className="sticky top-0 z-20 flex items-center space-x-4 bg-bunker-800 pt-2 pb-6">
           <IconButton variant="outline_bg" ariaLabel="go-back" onClick={onGoBack}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowLeft} />
           </IconButton>
-          <div className="bg-red-600 text-white flex items-center space-x-2 px-4 py-2 rounded-3xl">
+          <div className="flex items-center space-x-2 rounded-3xl bg-red-600 px-4 py-2 text-white">
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCodeBranch} size="sm" />
             <span>{secretApprovalRequestDetails.status}</span>
           </div>
-          <div className="flex flex-col flex-grow">
-            <div className="text-lg mb-1">
+          <div className="flex flex-grow flex-col">
+            <div className="mb-1 text-lg">
               {generateCommitText(secretApprovalRequestDetails.commits)}
             </div>
-            <div className="text-sm text-bunker-300 flex items-center">
+            <div className="flex items-center text-sm text-bunker-300">
               {committer?.user?.firstName}
               {committer?.user?.lastName} ({committer?.user?.email}) wants to change{" "}
               {secretApprovalRequestDetails.commits.length} secret values in
-              <span className="text-primary-300 bg-primary-600/60 px-1 mx-1 rounded">
+              <span className="mx-1 rounded bg-primary-600/60 px-1 text-primary-300">
                 {secretApprovalRequestDetails.environment}
               </span>
-              <div className="flex items-center border border-mineshaft-500 pl-1 pr-2 rounded w-min">
+              <div className="flex w-min items-center rounded border border-mineshaft-500 pl-1 pr-2">
                 <div className="border-r border-mineshaft-500 pr-1">
                   <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faFolder} className="text-primary" size="sm" />
                 </div>
-                <div className="text-sm pl-2 pb-0.5">{secretApprovalRequestDetails.secretPath}</div>
+                <div className="pl-2 pb-0.5 text-sm">{secretApprovalRequestDetails.secretPath}</div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
                 leftIcon={hasApproved && <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} />}
                 onClick={() => handleSecretApprovalStatusUpdate(ApprovalStatus.APPROVED)}
                 isLoading={isApproving}
-                isDisabled={isApproving || hasApproved}
+                isDisabled={isApproving || hasApproved || !canApprove}
               >
                 {hasApproved ? "Approved" : "Approve"}
               </Button>
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
                 leftIcon={hasRejected && <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} />}
                 onClick={() => handleSecretApprovalStatusUpdate(ApprovalStatus.REJECTED)}
                 isLoading={isRejecting}
-                isDisabled={isRejecting || hasRejected}
+                isDisabled={isRejecting || hasRejected || !canApprove}
               >
                 {hasRejected ? "Rejected" : "Reject"}
               </Button>
@@ -230,8 +231,9 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
             )
           )}
         </div>
-        <div className="flex items-center px-5 py-6 rounded-lg space-x-6 bg-mineshaft-800 mt-8">
+        <div className="mt-8 flex items-center space-x-6 rounded-lg bg-mineshaft-800 px-5 py-6">
           <SecretApprovalRequestAction
+            canApprove={canApprove}
             approvalRequestId={secretApprovalRequestDetails._id}
             hasMerged={hasMerged}
             approvals={secretApprovalRequestDetails.policy.approvals || 0}
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
           />
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div className="w-1/5 pt-4 sticky top-0" style={{ minWidth: "240px" }}>
+      <div className="sticky top-0 w-1/5 pt-4" style={{ minWidth: "240px" }}>
         <div className="text-sm text-bunker-300">Reviewers</div>
         <div className="mt-2 flex flex-col space-y-2 text-sm">
           {secretApprovalRequestDetails?.policy?.approvers.map((requiredApproverId) => {
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
             const status = reviewedMembers?.[requiredApproverId];
             return (
               <div
-                className="flex items-center space-x-2 flex-nowrap bg-mineshaft-800 px-2 py-1 rounded"
+                className="flex flex-nowrap items-center space-x-2 rounded bg-mineshaft-800 px-2 py-1"
                 key={`required-approver-${requiredApproverId}`}
               >
                 <div className="flex-grow text-sm">
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
               const status = reviewedMembers?.[reviewer.status];
               return (
                 <div
-                  className="flex items-center space-x-2 flex-nowrap bg-mineshaft-800 px-2 py-1 rounded"
+                  className="flex flex-nowrap items-center space-x-2 rounded bg-mineshaft-800 px-2 py-1"
                   key={`required-approver-${reviewer.member}`}
                 >
                   <div className="flex-grow text-sm">