diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
index 6117e917743..fa201faeb8e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -170,12 +170,8 @@ void AndroidManifestEditorWidget::initializePage()
 
         formLayout->addRow(QString(), warningRow);
 
-
-        m_versionCode = new QSpinBox(packageGroupBox);
-        m_versionCode->setMaximum(std::numeric_limits<int>::max());
-        m_versionCode->setValue(1);
-        m_versionCode->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
-        formLayout->addRow(tr("Version code:"), m_versionCode);
+        m_versionCodeLineEdit = new QLineEdit(packageGroupBox);
+        formLayout->addRow(tr("Version code:"), m_versionCodeLineEdit);
 
         m_versionNameLinedit = new QLineEdit(packageGroupBox);
         formLayout->addRow(tr("Version name:"), m_versionNameLinedit);
@@ -201,8 +197,8 @@ void AndroidManifestEditorWidget::initializePage()
 
         connect(m_packageNameLineEdit, &QLineEdit::textEdited,
                 this, &AndroidManifestEditorWidget::setPackageName);
-        connect(m_versionCode, static_cast<void (QSpinBox::*)(int)>(&QSpinBox::valueChanged),
-                this, &AndroidManifestEditorWidget::setDirty);
+        connect(m_versionCodeLineEdit, &QLineEdit::textEdited,
+                 this, setDirtyFunc);
         connect(m_versionNameLinedit, &QLineEdit::textEdited,
                 this, setDirtyFunc);
         connect(m_androidMinSdkVersion,
@@ -760,7 +756,7 @@ void AndroidManifestEditorWidget::syncToWidgets(const QDomDocument &doc)
     m_stayClean = true;
     QDomElement manifest = doc.documentElement();
     m_packageNameLineEdit->setText(manifest.attribute(QLatin1String("package")));
-    m_versionCode->setValue(manifest.attribute(QLatin1String("android:versionCode")).toInt());
+    m_versionCodeLineEdit->setText(manifest.attribute(QLatin1String("android:versionCode")));
     m_versionNameLinedit->setText(manifest.attribute(QLatin1String("android:versionName")));
 
     QDomElement usesSdkElement = manifest.firstChildElement(QLatin1String("uses-sdk"));
@@ -917,7 +913,7 @@ void AndroidManifestEditorWidget::parseManifest(QXmlStreamReader &reader, QXmlSt
             << QLatin1String("android:versionName");
     QStringList values = QStringList()
             << m_packageNameLineEdit->text()
-            << QString::number(m_versionCode->value())
+            << m_versionCodeLineEdit->text()
             << m_versionNameLinedit->text();
 
     QXmlStreamAttributes result = modifyXmlStreamAttributes(attributes, keys, values);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.h b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.h
index a9d21e44a34..49d1ec11558 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ private:
     QLineEdit *m_packageNameLineEdit;
     QLabel *m_packageNameWarningIcon;
     QLabel *m_packageNameWarning;
-    QSpinBox *m_versionCode;
+    QLineEdit *m_versionCodeLineEdit;
     QLineEdit *m_versionNameLinedit;
     QComboBox *m_androidMinSdkVersion;
     QComboBox *m_androidTargetSdkVersion;