diff --git a/updater/updatedatabase b/updater/updatedatabase
index 6a636593dc..cae90eef0a 100755
--- a/updater/updatedatabase
+++ b/updater/updatedatabase
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ if (C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion)) {
     SetVersion ($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.00.00.024";
+if (C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion)) {
+    $dbh->do("ALTER TABLE biblioitems CHANGE  itemtype itemtype VARCHAR(10)");
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (changing itemtype to (10))\n";
+    SetVersion ($DBversion);
+}
+
+
 =item DropAllForeignKeys($table)
 
   Drop all foreign keys of the table $table