diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1678426061773-tweak-varchar-length.js b/packages/backend/migration/1678426061773-tweak-varchar-length.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8833745991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1678426061773-tweak-varchar-length.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export class tweakVarcharLength1678426061773 {
+		name = 'tweakVarcharLength1678426061773'
+
+		async up(queryRunner) {
+			await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "smtpUser" TYPE character varying(1024)`, undefined);
+			await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "smtpPass" TYPE character varying(1024)`, undefined);
+		}
+
+		async down(queryRunner) {}
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/entities/meta.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/entities/meta.ts
index d3de7ba53b..e90a5269a1 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/entities/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/entities/meta.ts
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ export class Meta {
 	public smtpPort: number | null;
 
 	@Column("varchar", {
-		length: 128,
+		length: 1024,
 		nullable: true,
 	})
 	public smtpUser: string | null;
 
 	@Column("varchar", {
-		length: 128,
+		length: 1024,
 		nullable: true,
 	})
 	public smtpPass: string | null;