diff --cc core/modules/node/node.install
index 2751b2c,373b06f..0000000
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@@ -241,17 -238,24 +243,40 @@@ function node_update_8300() 
  }
  
  /**
 - * Install revision_uuid base field.
 + * Set the 'published' entity key.
   */
  function node_update_8301() {
 +  $definition_update_manager = \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager();
 +  $entity_type = $definition_update_manager->getEntityType('node');
 +  $keys = $entity_type->getKeys();
 +  $keys['published'] = 'status';
 +  $entity_type->set('entity_keys', $keys);
 +  $definition_update_manager->updateEntityType($entity_type);
 +}
 +
 +/**
++ * Install revision_uuid base field.
++ */
++function node_update_8302() {
+   $revision_uuid = BaseFieldDefinition::create('uuid')
+     ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Revision UUID'))
+     ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
+     ->setReadOnly(TRUE);
+   \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->installFieldStorageDefinition('revision_uuid', 'node', 'node', $revision_uuid);
+ 
+   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('node');
+   $revisions = $storage->getQuery()
+     ->allRevisions()
+     ->execute();
+   if (count($revisions) < 100) {
+     $entity_field_value_updater = new EntityFieldValueUpdater($storage->getEntityType());
+     $entity_field_value_updater->updateRevisionUuid($revisions);
+   }
+   else {
+     \Drupal::state()->set('node:revision_uuid_update', $revisions);
+   }
+ }
++
++/**
 + * @} End of "addtogroup updates-8.3.x".
 + */
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Update/NodeUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Update/NodeUpdateTest.php
index b8b30be..ac78326 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Update/NodeUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Update/NodeUpdateTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\node\Tests\Update;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Update\UpdatePathTestBase;
 
 /**
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class NodeUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
    */
   protected function setDatabaseDumpFiles() {
     $this->databaseDumpFiles = [
-      __DIR__ . '/../../../../system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8-rc1.bare.standard.php.gz',
+      __DIR__ . '/../../../../system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8-rc1.filled.standard.php.gz',
     ];
   }
 
@@ -38,4 +39,18 @@ public function testPublishedEntityKey() {
     $this->assertEqual('status', $entity_type->getKey('published'));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests node_update_8302().
+   *
+   * @see node_update_8302()
+   */
+  public function testRevisionUuidUpdate() {
+    $this->runUpdates();
+
+    $nodes = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('node')->loadMultiple();
+    foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+      $this->assertTrue(Uuid::isValid($node->get('revision_uuid')->value));
+    }
+  }
+
 }