diff --git a/db/migrate/20240821114908_change_local_path_type.rb b/db/migrate/20240821114908_change_local_path_type.rb
index 83e0789e9..5c2f53cce 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20240821114908_change_local_path_type.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20240821114908_change_local_path_type.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class ChangeLocalPathType < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
   def up
     safety_assured do
-      change_column :repositories, :local_path, :text
-      change_column :downloaded_files, :local_path, :text
+      change_column :repositories, :local_path, :string, limit: 512
+      change_column :downloaded_files, :local_path, :string, limit: 512
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index bf4ce342e..70a68e684 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   create_table "downloaded_files", charset: "utf8", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "checksum_type"
     t.string "checksum"
-    t.text "local_path"
+    t.text "local_path", limit: 512
     t.bigint "file_size", unsigned: true
     t.index ["checksum_type", "checksum"], name: "index_downloaded_files_on_checksum_type_and_checksum"
     t.index ["local_path"], name: "index_downloaded_files_on_local_path", unique: true
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     t.string "auth_token"
     t.boolean "installer_updates", default: false, null: false
     t.boolean "mirroring_enabled", default: false, null: false
-    t.text "local_path", null: false
+    t.text "local_path", limit: 512, null: false
     t.datetime "last_mirrored_at"
     t.string "friendly_id"
     t.index ["external_url"], name: "index_repositories_on_external_url", unique: true