diff --git a/api/setup/setup.inc.php b/api/setup/setup.inc.php
index a178cd22ef..00d3a3c2f0 100644
--- a/api/setup/setup.inc.php
+++ b/api/setup/setup.inc.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 /* Basic information about this app */
 $setup_info['api']['name']      = 'api';
 $setup_info['api']['title']     = 'EGroupware API';
-$setup_info['api']['version']   = '17.1.002';
+$setup_info['api']['version']   = '17.1.003';
 $setup_info['api']['versions']['current_header'] = '1.29';
 // maintenance release in sync with changelog in doc/rpm-build/debian.changes
 $setup_info['api']['versions']['maintenance_release'] = '17.1.20180523';
diff --git a/api/setup/tables_current.inc.php b/api/setup/tables_current.inc.php
index 07ec657582..95f2db1d5f 100644
--- a/api/setup/tables_current.inc.php
+++ b/api/setup/tables_current.inc.php
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ $phpgw_baseline = array(
 			'history_appname' => array('type' => 'ascii','precision' => '16','nullable' => False),
 			'history_owner' => array('type' => 'int','meta' => 'user','precision' => '4','nullable' => False),
 			'history_status' => array('type' => 'varchar','precision' => '32','nullable' => False),
-			'history_new_value' => array('type' => 'text','nullable' => False),
+			'history_new_value' => array('type' => 'longtext','nullable' => False),
 			'history_timestamp' => array('type' => 'timestamp','nullable' => False,'default' => 'current_timestamp'),
-			'history_old_value' => array('type' => 'text','nullable' => False),
+			'history_old_value' => array('type' => 'longtext','nullable' => False),
 			'sessionid' => array('type' => 'int','precision' => '4','comment' => 'primary key to egw_access_log'),
-			'share_email' => array('type' => 'varchar','precision' => '4096','nullable' => True,'default'=> NULL,'comment' => 'email addresses of share who made the change, comma seperated')
+			'share_email' => array('type' => 'varchar','precision' => '4096','comment' => 'email addresses of share who made the change, comma seperated')
 		),
 		'pk' => array('history_id'),
 		'fk' => array(),
diff --git a/api/setup/tables_update.inc.php b/api/setup/tables_update.inc.php
index 622ec11796..eeb7639a89 100644
--- a/api/setup/tables_update.inc.php
+++ b/api/setup/tables_update.inc.php
@@ -437,4 +437,19 @@ function api_upgrade17_1_001()
 		'comment' => 'email addresses of share who made the change, comma seperated'
 	));
 	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['api']['currentver'] = '17.1.002';
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+function api_upgrade17_1_002()
+{
+	$GLOBALS['egw_setup']->oProc->AlterColumn('egw_history_log','history_new_value',array(
+		'type' => 'longtext',
+		'nullable' => False
+	));
+	$GLOBALS['egw_setup']->oProc->AlterColumn('egw_history_log','history_old_value',array(
+		'type' => 'longtext',
+		'nullable' => False
+	));
+
+	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['api']['currentver'] = '17.1.003';
+}