diff --git a/command/meta_backend.go b/command/meta_backend.go
index 4b69aa66ab..c34d8ade42 100644
--- a/command/meta_backend.go
+++ b/command/meta_backend.go
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func (m *Meta) backendFromConfig(opts *BackendOpts) (backend.Backend, tfdiags.Di
 		// settings in the configuration files are unchanged. (The only
 		// record we have of CLI overrides is in the settings cache in this
 		// case, so we have no other source to compare with.
-		if !opts.Init && cHash == s.Backend.Hash {
+		if !opts.Init && uint64(cHash) == s.Backend.Hash {
 			log.Printf("[TRACE] Meta.Backend: using already-initialized, unchanged %q backend configuration", c.Type)
 			return m.backend_C_r_S_unchanged(c, cHash, sMgr)
 		}
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ func (m *Meta) backend_C_r_s(c *configs.Backend, cHash int, sMgr *state.LocalSta
 	s.Backend = &terraform.BackendState{
 		Type:      c.Type,
 		ConfigRaw: json.RawMessage(configJSON),
-		Hash:      cHash,
+		Hash:      uint64(cHash),
 	}
 
 	if err := sMgr.WriteState(s); err != nil {
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ func (m *Meta) backend_C_r_S_changed(c *configs.Backend, cHash int, sMgr *state.
 	s.Backend = &terraform.BackendState{
 		Type:      c.Type,
 		ConfigRaw: json.RawMessage(configJSON),
-		Hash:      cHash,
+		Hash:      uint64(cHash),
 	}
 
 	if err := sMgr.WriteState(s); err != nil {
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ func (m *Meta) backend_C_r_S_unchanged(c *configs.Backend, cHash int, sMgr *stat
 	// it's possible for a backend to be unchanged, and the config itself to
 	// have changed by moving a parameter from the config to `-backend-config`
 	// In this case we only need to update the Hash.
-	if c != nil && s.Backend.Hash != cHash {
-		s.Backend.Hash = cHash
+	if c != nil && s.Backend.Hash != uint64(cHash) {
+		s.Backend.Hash = uint64(cHash)
 		if err := sMgr.WriteState(s); err != nil {
 			diags = diags.Append(err)
 			return nil, diags
diff --git a/terraform/state.go b/terraform/state.go
index eb8665ef0a..2a08cb8ea6 100644
--- a/terraform/state.go
+++ b/terraform/state.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func (s *State) String() string {
 type BackendState struct {
 	Type      string          `json:"type"`   // Backend type
 	ConfigRaw json.RawMessage `json:"config"` // Backend raw config
-	Hash      int             `json:"hash"`   // Hash of portion of configuration from config files
+	Hash      uint64          `json:"hash"`   // Hash of portion of configuration from config files
 }
 
 // Empty returns true if BackendState has no state.
diff --git a/terraform/state_test.go b/terraform/state_test.go
index c9f24994da..0db6c32e59 100644
--- a/terraform/state_test.go
+++ b/terraform/state_test.go
@@ -1561,6 +1561,20 @@ func TestReadState_pruneDependencies(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReadState_bigHash(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := uint64(14885267135666261723)
+	s := strings.NewReader(`{"version": 3, "backend":{"hash":14885267135666261723}}`)
+
+	actual, err := ReadState(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if actual.Backend.Hash != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("expected backend hash %d, got %d", expected, actual.Backend.Hash)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResourceNameSort(t *testing.T) {
 	names := []string{
 		"a",