diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_33368.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_33368.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2fbdd8e209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_33368.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+return {
+    bug_number => "33368",
+    description => "Extend borrowers.flags to bigint",
+    up => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ($dbh, $out) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+        $dbh->do(q{
+            ALTER TABLE borrower_modifications
+            MODIFY COLUMN `flags` bigint(11)
+        });
+        $dbh->do(q{
+            ALTER TABLE borrowers
+            MODIFY COLUMN `flags` bigint(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions'
+        });
+        $dbh->do(q{
+            ALTER TABLE deletedborrowers
+            MODIFY COLUMN `flags` bigint(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions'
+        });
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index 34c4a0c877..72e1bc05b0 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `borrower_modifications` (
   `relationship` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sex` varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL,
   `password` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `flags` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `flags` bigint(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `userid` varchar(75) DEFAULT NULL,
   `opacnote` longtext DEFAULT NULL,
   `contactnote` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `borrowers` (
   `password` varchar(60) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'patron/borrower''s Bcrypt encrypted password',
   `secret` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'Secret for 2FA',
   `auth_method` enum('password','two-factor') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'password' COMMENT 'Authentication method',
-  `flags` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions',
+  `flags` bigint(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions',
   `userid` varchar(75) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'patron/borrower''s opac and/or staff interface log in',
   `opacnote` longtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'a note on the patron/borrower''s account that is visible in the OPAC and staff interface',
   `contactnote` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'a note related to the patron/borrower''s alternate address',
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `deletedborrowers` (
   `password` varchar(60) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'patron/borrower''s encrypted password',
   `secret` mediumtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'Secret for 2FA',
   `auth_method` enum('password','two-factor') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'password' COMMENT 'Authentication method',
-  `flags` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions',
+  `flags` bigint(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'will include a number associated with the staff member''s permissions',
   `userid` varchar(75) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'patron/borrower''s opac and/or staff interface log in',
   `opacnote` longtext DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'a note on the patron/borrower''s account that is visible in the OPAC and staff interface',
   `contactnote` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'a note related to the patron/borrower''s alternate address',