diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0026_status_content_warning.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0026_status_content_warning.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4e494db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0026_status_content_warning.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.0.7 on 2020-12-17 03:17
+
+import bookwyrm.models.fields
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('bookwyrm', '0025_auto_20201217_0046'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='status',
+            name='content_warning',
+            field=bookwyrm.models.fields.CharField(blank=True, max_length=500, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/status.py b/bookwyrm/models/status.py
index 18b9431e..49fbad55 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/status.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Status(OrderedCollectionPageMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     mention_books = fields.TagField('Edition', related_name='mention_book')
     local = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     content_warning = fields.CharField(
-        max_length=150, blank=True, null=True, activitypub_field='summary')
+        max_length=500, blank=True, null=True, activitypub_field='summary')
     privacy = fields.PrivacyField(max_length=255)
     sensitive = fields.BooleanField(default=False)
     # created date is different than publish date because of federated posts