diff --git a/phpgwapi/setup/setup.inc.php b/phpgwapi/setup/setup.inc.php
index 81a196d3af..288f90b435 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/setup/setup.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/setup/setup.inc.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /* Basic information about this app */
 $setup_info['phpgwapi']['name']      = 'phpgwapi';
 $setup_info['phpgwapi']['title']     = 'EGroupware API';
-$setup_info['phpgwapi']['version']   = '14.3.904';
+$setup_info['phpgwapi']['version']   = '14.3.905';
 $setup_info['phpgwapi']['versions']['current_header'] = '1.29';
 $setup_info['phpgwapi']['enable']    = 3;
 $setup_info['phpgwapi']['app_order'] = 1;
diff --git a/phpgwapi/setup/tables_current.inc.php b/phpgwapi/setup/tables_current.inc.php
index b078e4a2e6..6d9a96a224 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/setup/tables_current.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/setup/tables_current.inc.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ $phpgw_baseline = array(
 			'async_next' => array('type' => 'int','meta' => 'timestamp','precision' => '4','nullable' => False,'comment' => 'timestamp of next run'),
 			'async_times' => array('type' => 'ascii','precision' => '255','nullable' => False,'comment' => 'serialized array with values for keys hour,min,day,month,year'),
 			'async_method' => array('type' => 'ascii','precision' => '80','nullable' => False,'comment' => 'app.class.method class::method to execute'),
-			'async_data' => array('type' => 'ascii','precision' => '8192','nullable' => False,'comment' => 'serialized array with data to pass to method'),
+			'async_data' => array('type' => 'varchar','precision' => '8192','nullable' => False,'comment' => 'serialized array with data to pass to method'),
 			'async_account_id' => array('type' => 'int','meta' => 'user','precision' => '4','nullable' => False,'default' => '0','comment' => 'creator of job'),
 			'async_auto_id' => array('type' => 'auto','nullable' => False)
 		),
diff --git a/phpgwapi/setup/tables_update.inc.php b/phpgwapi/setup/tables_update.inc.php
index 3d02ceb9c1..a2a9cc4c4a 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/setup/tables_update.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/setup/tables_update.inc.php
@@ -896,6 +896,25 @@ function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_004()
 	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['phpgwapi']['currentver'] = '14.3.005';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Change egw_async.async_data back to varchar, as it can contain utf-8 data
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_005()
+{
+	$GLOBALS['run-from-upgrade14_3_005'] = true;
+
+	$GLOBALS['egw_setup']->oProc->AlterColumn('egw_async','async_data',array(
+		'type' => 'varchar',
+		'precision' => '8192',
+		'nullable' => False,
+		'comment' => 'serialized array with data to pass to method'
+	));
+
+	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['phpgwapi']['currentver'] = '14.3.006';
+}
+
 /**
  * Updates on the way to 15.1
  */
@@ -905,7 +924,7 @@ function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_004()
  *
  * @return string
  */
-function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_005()
+function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_006()
 {
 	$GLOBALS['egw_setup']->oProc->DropTable('egw_api_content_history');
 
@@ -969,3 +988,15 @@ function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_903()
 	}
 	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['phpgwapi']['currentver'] = '14.3.904';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Run 14.3.005 upgrade for everyone who was already on 14.3.9xx
+ */
+function phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_904()
+{
+	if (empty($GLOBALS['run-from-upgrade14_3_005']))
+	{
+		phpgwapi_upgrade14_3_005();
+	}
+	return $GLOBALS['setup_info']['phpgwapi']['currentver'] = '14.3.905';
+}