diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_35761-add_SFTP_tables_and_perm.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_35761-add_SFTP_tables_and_perm.pl
index 72ba331436..f0acdbda2e 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_35761-add_SFTP_tables_and_perm.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_35761-add_SFTP_tables_and_perm.pl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ return {
                     `auth_mode` enum('password','key_file','noauth') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'password',
                     `download_directory` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL,
                     `upload_directory` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL,
-                    `status` varchar(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+                    `status` longtext DEFAULT NULL,
                     `debug` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
                     PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
                     KEY `host_idx` (`host`)
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 7a595952fc..69da7d048a 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -6008,7 +6008,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `sftp_servers` (
   `auth_mode` enum('password','key_file','noauth') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'password',
   `download_directory` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL,
   `upload_directory` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL,
-  `status` varchar(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `status` longtext DEFAULT NULL,
   `debug` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `host_idx` (`host`)