diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1753574755478-change-chat_message-text-type.js b/packages/backend/migration/1753574755478-change-chat_message-text-type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d286f8ff3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1753574755478-change-chat_message-text-type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: hazelnoot and other Sharkey contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+export class ChangeChatMessageTextType1753574755478 {
+	name = 'ChangeChatMessageTextType1753574755478'
+
+	async up(queryRunner) {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "chat_message" ALTER COLUMN "text" TYPE text`);
+	}
+
+	async down(queryRunner) {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "chat_message" ALTER COLUMN "text" TYPE varchar(4096)`);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/ChatMessage.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/ChatMessage.ts
index 3d2b64268e..536947335b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/ChatMessage.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/ChatMessage.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ export class MiChatMessage {
 	@JoinColumn()
 	public toRoom: MiChatRoom | null;
 
-	@Column('varchar', {
-		length: 4096, nullable: true,
+	@Column('text', {
+		nullable: true,
 	})
 	public text: string | null;