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 b86c86b1d..133c81ff5 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
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain;
 
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 import org.hibernate.envers.Audited;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ public class Description extends AbstractXMLObject implements org.opensaml.saml.
 
     @Column(name = "descriptionValue")
     @Lob
+    @Type(type = "org.hibernate.type.TextType")
     private String value;
 
     @Nullable
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
index c98abe7f4..d206d4bcb 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ GO
 
 -- changeset liquibase:1.13.2.1 dbms:mariadb,mysql
 -- preconditions onFail:MARK_RAN
--- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'users'
+-- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'shib_configuration_prop'
 -- comment: /* we don't need to run this if the system is new */
 
 ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop MODIFY COLUMN description LONGTEXT;
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ GO
 
 -- changeset liquibase:1.13.2.1 dbms:postgresql
 -- preconditions onFail:MARK_RAN
--- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'users'
+-- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'shib_configuration_prop'
 -- comment: /* we don't need to run this if the system is new */
 
 ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop ALTER COLUMN description TYPE TEXT;
@@ -229,10 +229,30 @@ GO
 
 -- changeset liquibase:1.13.2.1 dbms:mssql
 -- preconditions onFail:MARK_RAN
--- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'users'
+-- precondition-sql-check expectedResult:1 SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'shib_configuration_prop'
 -- comment: /* we don't need to run this if the system is new */
 
 ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop ALTER COLUMN description TEXT;
 GO
 ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop_aud ALTER COLUMN description TEXT;
+GO
+
+-- changeset liquibase:1.13.3.1 dbms:postgresql
+-- 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 description_value TYPE TEXT;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE description_aud ALTER COLUMN description_value TYPE TEXT;
+GO
+
+-- changeset liquibase:1.13.3.1 dbms: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 description_value TEXT;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE description_aud ALTER COLUMN description_value TEXT;
 GO
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