diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/merge-statements.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/merge-statements.test.ts
index 12796f768b741..45984b95ac5b3 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/merge-statements.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/merge-statements.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, Stack } from '../../core';
+import { App, Lazy, Stack } from '../../core';
 import * as iam from '../lib';
 import { PolicyStatement } from '../lib';
 
@@ -490,6 +490,40 @@ test('lazily generated statements are merged correctly', () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('merge statements if resource is a lazy', () => {
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  const user1 = new iam.User(stack, 'User1');
+  const user2 = new iam.User(stack, 'User2');
+  const resourceToken = Lazy.string({
+    produce: () => 'a',
+  });
+
+  assertMerged([
+    new iam.PolicyStatement({
+      resources: [resourceToken],
+      actions: ['service:Action'],
+      principals: [user1],
+    }),
+    new iam.PolicyStatement({
+      resources: [resourceToken],
+      actions: ['service:Action'],
+      principals: [user2],
+    }),
+  ], [
+    {
+      Effect: 'Allow',
+      Resource: 'a',
+      Action: 'service:Action',
+      Principal: {
+        AWS: [
+          { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['User1E278A736', 'Arn'] },
+          { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['User21F1486D1', 'Arn'] },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
 function assertNoMerge(statements: iam.PolicyStatement[]) {
   const app = new App();
   const stack = new Stack(app, 'Stack');
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/lib/secret.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/lib/secret.ts
index 9a5ab700556ec..6f214e3448cc7 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/lib/secret.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/lib/secret.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RotationSchedule, RotationScheduleOptions } from './rotation-schedule';
 import * as secretsmanager from './secretsmanager.generated';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '../../aws-kms';
-import { ArnFormat, FeatureFlags, Fn, IResource, Lazy, RemovalPolicy, Resource, ResourceProps, SecretValue, Stack, Token, TokenComparison } from '../../core';
+import { ArnFormat, FeatureFlags, Fn, IResolveContext, IResource, Lazy, RemovalPolicy, Resource, ResourceProps, SecretValue, Stack, Token, TokenComparison } from '../../core';
 import * as cxapi from '../../cx-api';
 
 const SECRET_SYMBOL = Symbol.for('@aws-cdk/secretsmanager.Secret');
@@ -340,9 +340,22 @@ abstract class SecretBase extends Resource implements ISecret {
   protected abstract readonly autoCreatePolicy: boolean;
 
   private policy?: ResourcePolicy;
+  private _arnForPolicies: string;
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: ResourceProps = {}) {
     super(scope, id, props);
+    this._arnForPolicies = Lazy.uncachedString({
+      produce: (context: IResolveContext) => {
+        const consumingStack = Stack.of(context.scope);
+        if (this.stack.account !== consumingStack.account ||
+          (this.stack.region !== consumingStack.region &&
+            !consumingStack._crossRegionReferences) || !this.secretFullArn) {
+          return `${this.secretArn}-??????`;
+        } else {
+          return this.secretFullArn;
+        }
+      },
+    });
 
     this.node.addValidation({ validate: () => this.policy?.document.validateForResourcePolicy() ?? [] });
   }
@@ -450,7 +463,7 @@ abstract class SecretBase extends Resource implements ISecret {
    * then we need to add a suffix to capture the full ARN's format.
    */
   protected get arnForPolicies() {
-    return this.secretFullArn ? this.secretFullArn : `${this.secretArn}-??????`;
+    return this._arnForPolicies;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/test/secret.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/test/secret.test.ts
index 18849d76aff72..628649d7ee4be 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/test/secret.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-secretsmanager/test/secret.test.ts
@@ -1357,3 +1357,36 @@ describe('secretObjectValue', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+test('cross-environment grant with direct object reference', () => {
+  // GIVEN
+  const producerStack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'ProducerStack', { env: { region: 'foo', account: '1111111111' } });
+  const consumerStack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'ConsumerStack', { env: { region: 'bar', account: '1111111111' } });
+  const secret = new secretsmanager.Secret(producerStack, 'Secret', { secretName: 'MySecret' });
+  const role = new iam.Role(consumerStack, 'Role', { assumedBy: new iam.AccountRootPrincipal() });
+
+  // WHEN
+  secret.grantRead(role);
+
+  // THEN
+  Template.fromStack(consumerStack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::IAM::Policy', {
+    PolicyDocument: {
+      Version: '2012-10-17',
+      Statement: [{
+        Action: [
+          'secretsmanager:GetSecretValue',
+          'secretsmanager:DescribeSecret',
+        ],
+        Effect: 'Allow',
+        Resource: {
+          'Fn::Join': ['', [
+            'arn:',
+            { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+            ':secretsmanager:foo:1111111111:secret:MySecret-??????',
+          ]],
+        },
+      }],
+    },
+  });
+
+});