diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/Description.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/Description.java
index db994740a..b86c86b1d 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/Description.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/Description.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Lob;
 
 @Entity
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public class Description extends AbstractXMLObject implements org.opensaml.saml.
     private String xmlLang;
 
     @Column(name = "descriptionValue")
+    @Lob
     private String value;
 
     @Nullable
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ public String getValue() {
     public void setValue(@Nullable String value) {
         this.value = value;
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
index 0a63846a3..f1494b2ca 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
@@ -175,4 +175,24 @@ update file_backed_http_metadata_resolver_aud set max_refresh_delay ='PT4H';
 update resource_backed_metadata_resolver set min_refresh_delay ='PT5M';
 update resource_backed_metadata_resolver_aud set min_refresh_delay ='PT5M';
 update resource_backed_metadata_resolver set max_refresh_delay ='PT4H';
-update resource_backed_metadata_resolver_aud set max_refresh_delay ='PT4H';
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+update resource_backed_metadata_resolver_aud set max_refresh_delay ='PT4H';
+
+-- changeset liquibase:1.13.0.1 dbms:mariadb,mysql
+-- preconditions onFail:MARK_RAN
+-- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'users'
+-- comment: /* we don't need to run this if the system is new */
+
+ALTER TABLE description ALTER COLUMN descriptionValue LONGTEXT;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE description)aud ALTER COLUMN descriptionValue LONGTEXT;
+GO
+
+-- changeset liquibase:1.13.0.2 dbms:postgresql,mssql
+-- preconditions onFail:MARK_RAN
+-- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'users'
+-- comment: /* we don't need to run this if the system is new */
+
+ALTER TABLE description ALTER COLUMN descriptionValue TEXT;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE description_aud ALTER COLUMN descriptionValue TEXT;
+GO
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