diff --git a/gradle/changelog/concurrent_modification.yaml b/gradle/changelog/concurrent_modification.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43d486b6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/concurrent_modification.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Concurrent modification error in SVN modify command ([#1849](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1849))
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
index 8b30766525..ba712daba3 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class SvnModifyCommand implements ModifyCommand {
 
   private String getCurrentRevision(SVNClientManager clientManager, WorkingCopy<File, File> workingCopy) {
     try {
-      return Integer.toString(clientManager.getStatusClient().doStatus(workingCopy.getWorkingRepository(), false).getRevision().getID());
+      return Long.toString(clientManager.getStatusClient().doStatus(workingCopy.getWorkingRepository(), false).getRevision().getNumber());
     } catch (SVNException e) {
       throw new InternalRepositoryException(entity(repository), "Could not read status of working repository", e);
     }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
index caf492a5b5..e11467552e 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class SvnModifyCommandTest extends AbstractSvnCommandTestBase {
     request.addRequest(new ModifyCommandRequest.CreateFileRequest("Test123", testfile, false));
     request.setCommitMessage("this should not pass");
     request.setAuthor(new Person("Arthur Dent", "dent@hitchhiker.com"));
-    request.setExpectedRevision("10");
+    request.setExpectedRevision("5");
 
     svnModifyCommand.execute(request);