diff --git a/catalog/app/components/FileEditor/loader.ts b/catalog/app/components/FileEditor/loader.ts
index 5affd13e28e..5392fdde2c7 100644
--- a/catalog/app/components/FileEditor/loader.ts
+++ b/catalog/app/components/FileEditor/loader.ts
@@ -77,18 +77,24 @@ export const isSupportedFileType: (path: string) => boolean = R.pipe(
 export function useWriteData({
   bucket,
   key,
+  version,
 }: S3HandleBase): (value: string) => Promise<Model.S3File> {
   const s3 = AWS.S3.use()
   return React.useCallback(
     async (value) => {
-      const { VersionId: version } = await s3
+      const { VersionId: latestVersion } = await s3
+        .headObject({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key })
+        .promise()
+      if (latestVersion !== version) throw new Error('Revision is outdated')
+
+      const { VersionId } = await s3
         .putObject({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key, Body: value })
         .promise()
       const { ContentLength: size } = await s3
-        .headObject({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key, VersionId: version })
+        .headObject({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key, VersionId })
         .promise()
-      return { bucket, key, size, version }
+      return { bucket, key, size, version: VersionId }
     },
-    [bucket, key, s3],
+    [bucket, key, s3, version],
   )
 }
diff --git a/catalog/app/containers/Bucket/File.js b/catalog/app/containers/Bucket/File.js
index cc5feb0f24b..7ca6352e799 100644
--- a/catalog/app/containers/Bucket/File.js
+++ b/catalog/app/containers/Bucket/File.js
@@ -382,15 +382,20 @@ export default function File({
     }),
   })
 
-  const downloadable =
-    !noDownload &&
-    versionExistsData.case({
-      _: () => false,
-      Ok: requests.ObjectExistence.case({
-        _: () => false,
-        Exists: ({ deleted, archived }) => !deleted && !archived,
+  const { downloadable, fileVersionId } = versionExistsData.case({
+    _: () => ({
+      downloadable: false,
+    }),
+    Ok: requests.ObjectExistence.case({
+      _: () => ({
+        downloadable: false,
       }),
-    })
+      Exists: ({ deleted, archived, version: versionId }) => ({
+        downloadable: !noDownload && !deleted && !archived,
+        fileVersionId: versionId,
+      }),
+    }),
+  })
 
   const viewModes = useViewModes(path, mode)
 
@@ -402,8 +407,8 @@ export default function File({
   )
 
   const handle = React.useMemo(
-    () => ({ bucket, key: path, version }),
-    [bucket, path, version],
+    () => ({ bucket, key: path, version: fileVersionId }),
+    [bucket, path, fileVersionId],
   )
 
   const editorState = FileEditor.useState(handle)
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 76cf79e2e23..4d6752cf27a 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 * [Changed] Fixed config and docs mistyping: `ui.athena.defaultWorkflow` should be `ui.athena.defaultWorkgroup` ([#3067](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/pull/3067))
 * [Changed] Use dedicated columns field instead of first row, fix duplicated first row in table results ([#3101](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/pull/3101))
 * [Changed] Allow pushing empty packages, suggest creating a stub `README.md` file when trying to push an empty package ([#3114](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/pull/3114))
+* [Changed] Allow to save only latest revisions of files ([#3124](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/pull/3124))
 
 ## Docs
 * [Added] Add Amazon Athena documentation, examples and references ([#3116](https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt/pull/3116))