diff --git a/src/views/renamedialog.h b/src/views/renamedialog.h
--- a/src/views/renamedialog.h
+++ b/src/views/renamedialog.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class QLineEdit;
 class QSpinBox;
 class QPushButton;
-
+class KJob;
 /**
  * @brief Dialog for renaming a variable number of files.
  */
@@ -47,23 +47,12 @@
 private slots:
     void slotAccepted();
     void slotTextChanged(const QString& newName);
+    void slotFileRenamed(const QUrl& oldUrl, const QUrl& newUrl);
+    void slotResult(KJob* job);
 
 protected:
     void showEvent(QShowEvent* event) override;
 
-private:
-    void renameItems();
-    void renameItem(const KFileItem &item, const QString& newName);
-
-    /**
-     * @return Returns the string \p name, where the characters represented by
-     *         \p indexPlaceHolder get replaced by the index \p index.
-     *         E. g. Calling indexedName("Test #.jpg", 12, '#') returns "Test 12.jpg".
-     *         A connected sequence of placeholders results in leading zeros:
-     *         indexedName("Test ####.jpg", 12, '#') returns "Test 0012.jpg".
-     */
-    static QString indexedName(const QString& name, int index, const QChar& indexPlaceHolder);
-
 private:
     bool m_renameOneItem;
     QList<QUrl> m_renamedItems;
diff --git a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
--- a/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/views/renamedialog.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <KIO/CopyJob>
 #include <KIO/FileUndoManager>
 #include <KJobUiDelegate>
+#include <KIO/BatchRenameJob>
 
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
@@ -148,38 +149,32 @@
 {
 }
 
-void RenameDialog::renameItem(const KFileItem &item, const QString& newName)
+void RenameDialog::slotAccepted()
 {
-    const QUrl oldUrl = item.url();
-    QUrl newUrl = oldUrl.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
-    newUrl.setPath(newUrl.path() + KIO::encodeFileName(newName));
-
     QWidget* widget = parentWidget();
     if (!widget) {
         widget = this;
     }
 
-    KIO::Job * job = KIO::moveAs(oldUrl, newUrl, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
+    KIO::FileUndoManager::CommandType cmdType;
+    if (m_renameOneItem) {
+        Q_ASSERT(m_items.count() == 1);
+        cmdType = KIO::FileUndoManager::Rename;
+    } else {
+        cmdType = KIO::FileUndoManager::BatchRename;
+    }
+
+    const QList<QUrl> srcList = m_items.urlList();
+    KIO::BatchRenameJob* job = KIO::batchRename(srcList, m_lineEdit->text(), m_spinBox->value(), QLatin1Char('#'));
     KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, widget);
-    KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Rename, {oldUrl}, newUrl, job);
+    const QUrl parentUrl = srcList.first().adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename | QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
+    KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(cmdType, srcList, parentUrl, job);
 
-    if (!job->error()) {
-        m_renamedItems << newUrl;
-    }
+    connect(job, &KIO::BatchRenameJob::fileRenamed, this, &RenameDialog::slotFileRenamed);
+    connect(job, &KIO::BatchRenameJob::result, this, &RenameDialog::slotResult);
 
     job->uiDelegate()->setAutoErrorHandlingEnabled(true);
-}
 
-void RenameDialog::slotAccepted()
-{
-    m_newName = m_lineEdit->text();
-
-    if (m_renameOneItem) {
-        Q_ASSERT(m_items.count() == 1);
-        renameItem(m_items.first(), m_newName);
-    } else {
-        renameItems();
-    }
     accept();
 }
 
@@ -201,55 +196,22 @@
     m_okButton->setEnabled(enable);
 }
 
-void RenameDialog::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
+void RenameDialog::slotFileRenamed(const QUrl &oldUrl, const QUrl &newUrl)
 {
-    m_lineEdit->setFocus();
-
-    QDialog::showEvent(event);
+    Q_UNUSED(oldUrl)
+    m_renamedItems << newUrl;
 }
 
-void RenameDialog::renameItems()
+void RenameDialog::slotResult(KJob *job)
 {
-    // Iterate through all items and rename them...
-    int index = m_spinBox->value();
-    foreach (const KFileItem& item, m_items) {
-        QString newName = indexedName(m_newName, index, QLatin1Char('#'));
-        ++index;
-
-        const QUrl oldUrl = item.url();
-        QMimeDatabase db;
-        const QString extension = db.suffixForFileName(oldUrl.path().toLower());
-        if (!extension.isEmpty()) {
-            newName.append(QLatin1Char('.'));
-            newName.append(extension);
-        }
-
-        if (oldUrl.fileName() != newName) {
-            renameItem(item, newName);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!m_items.empty()) {
+    if (!job->error()) {
         emit renamingFinished(m_renamedItems);
     }
 }
 
-QString RenameDialog::indexedName(const QString& name, int index, const QChar& indexPlaceHolder)
+void RenameDialog::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
 {
-    QString newName = name;
-
-    QString indexString = QString::number(index);
-
-    // Insert leading zeros if necessary
-    const int minIndexLength = name.count(indexPlaceHolder);
-    while (indexString.length() < minIndexLength) {
-        indexString.prepend(QLatin1Char('0'));
-    }
-
-    // Replace the index placeholders by the indexString
-    const int placeHolderStart = newName.indexOf(indexPlaceHolder);
-    newName.replace(placeHolderStart, minIndexLength, indexString);
+    m_lineEdit->setFocus();
 
-    return newName;
+    QDialog::showEvent(event);
 }
-