diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/ui/TextInputController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/ui/TextInputController.java
index a97f43116420f79ba58f3b9118bbbef698a3302d..0358a9e23f298b5ad65536f3876e0a1a3f742c34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/ui/TextInputController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/ui/TextInputController.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class TextInputController extends FormBasicController implements Evaluati
 		if (textInput.isNumeric()) {
 			String val = singleRowEl.getValue();
 			if(StringHelper.containsNonWhitespace(val)) {
-				if (dbInstance.isMySQL() && val.length() > 65) {
+				if (dbInstance.isMySQL() && val.length() > 55) {
 					singleRowEl.setErrorKey("error.number.too.large", null);
 					allOk = false;
 				} else {