diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 1f3fd76fe..6cd158820 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -1001,16 +1001,12 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			doInsert(collectionName, objectToSave, this.mongoConverter);
 		} else {
 
-			maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeConvertEvent<T>(objectToSave, collectionName));
-			assertUpdateableIdIfNotSet(objectToSave);
-
-			// Create query for entity with the id and old version
-			Object id = convertingAccessor.getProperty(idProperty);
-			Query query = new Query(Criteria.where(idProperty.getName()).is(id).and(versionProperty.getName()).is(version));
-
 			// Bump version number
 			convertingAccessor.setProperty(versionProperty, versionNumber.longValue() + 1);
 
+			maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeConvertEvent<T>(objectToSave, collectionName));
+			assertUpdateableIdIfNotSet(objectToSave);
+
 			BasicDBObject dbObject = new BasicDBObject();
 
 			this.mongoConverter.write(objectToSave, dbObject);
@@ -1018,6 +1014,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeSaveEvent<T>(objectToSave, dbObject, collectionName));
 			Update update = Update.fromDBObject(dbObject, ID_FIELD);
 
+			// Create query for entity with the id and old version
+			Object id = convertingAccessor.getProperty(idProperty);
+			Query query = new Query(Criteria.where(idProperty.getName()).is(id).and(versionProperty.getName()).is(version));
+
 			doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, objectToSave.getClass(), false, false);
 			maybeEmitEvent(new AfterSaveEvent<T>(objectToSave, dbObject, collectionName));
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateUnitTests.java
index a4bc0595c..dcb8b9702 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateUnitTests.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AbstractMongoEventListener;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.BeforeConvertEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapreduce.MapReduceOptions;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.BasicQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ import com.mongodb.MapReduceOutput;
 import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 import com.mongodb.MongoException;
 import com.mongodb.ReadPreference;
+import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link MongoTemplate}.
@@ -465,6 +468,33 @@ public class MongoTemplateUnitTests extends MongoOperationsUnitTests {
 		assertThat(captor.getValue().getLimit(), is(1000));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1639
+	public void beforeConvertEventForUpdateSeesNextVersion() {
+
+		final VersionedEntity entity = new VersionedEntity();
+		entity.id = 1;
+		entity.version = 0;
+
+		GenericApplicationContext context = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		context.refresh();
+		context.addApplicationListener(new AbstractMongoEventListener<VersionedEntity>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void onBeforeConvert(BeforeConvertEvent<VersionedEntity> event) {
+				assertThat(event.getSource().version, is(1));
+			}
+		});
+
+		template.setApplicationContext(context);
+
+		MongoTemplate spy = Mockito.spy(template);
+
+		doReturn(mock(WriteResult.class)).when(spy).doUpdate(anyString(), Mockito.any(Query.class),
+				Mockito.any(Update.class), Mockito.any(Class.class), anyBoolean(), anyBoolean());
+
+		spy.save(entity);
+	}
+
 	class AutogenerateableId {
 
 		@Id BigInteger id;