diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/shib/properties/ShibConfigurationProperty.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/shib/properties/ShibConfigurationProperty.java
index 69e860302..0c02facbf 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/shib/properties/ShibConfigurationProperty.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/shib/properties/ShibConfigurationProperty.java
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.util.EmptyStringToNullConverter;
 import lombok.Data;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 import org.hibernate.envers.Audited;
 
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Convert;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Lob;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 @Entity(name = "shib_configuration_prop")
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ public class ShibConfigurationProperty {
     @Convert(converter = EmptyStringToNullConverter.class)
     String defaultValue;
 
-    @Column(name = "description")
-    @Convert(converter = EmptyStringToNullConverter.class)
+    @Lob
+    @Type(type = "org.hibernate.type.TextType")
+    @Convert(converter = EmptyStringToNullConverter.class, disableConversion = true)
     String description;
 
     @Column(name = "idp_version", nullable = false)
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
index 9cbf7e5ef..c01ba0e03 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/db/changelog/changelog.sql
@@ -204,12 +204,56 @@ GO
 
 ALTER TABLE description ALTER COLUMN description_value TEXT;
 GO
+ALTER TABLE description_aud ALTER COLUMN description_value TEXT;
+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'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;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop_aud MODIFY COLUMN description LONGTEXT;
+GO
 
--- changeset liquibase:1.13.0.3 dbms:mssql
+-- 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'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;
+GO
+ALTER TABLE shib_configuration_prop_aud ALTER COLUMN description TYPE TEXT;
+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'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