diff --git a/db/migrate/20221124094837_add_address_labels_to_people.rb b/db/migrate/20221124094837_add_address_labels_to_people.rb
index 07484601..2775475a 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20221124094837_add_address_labels_to_people.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20221124094837_add_address_labels_to_people.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class AddAddressLabelsToPeople < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
                      billing_course).freeze
   def change
     ADDRESS_TYPES.each do |concern|
-      add_column :people, "#{concern}_label", :string
+      add_column :people, "#{concern}_label", :string, limit: 20 # was 255, the varchar-default
     end
   end
 end