diff --git a/migrations/20170223165502-backups-alter-dependsOn.js b/migrations/20170223165502-backups-alter-dependsOn.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e784e42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20170223165502-backups-alter-dependsOn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups MODIFY dependsOn TEXT', [], function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups MODIFY dependsOn VARCHAR(4096)', [], function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 1e9211491..ffa7e93ca 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
     creationTime TIMESTAMP,
     version VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* app version or box version */
     type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, /* 'box' or 'app' */
-    dependsOn VARCHAR(4096), /* comma separate list of objects this backup depends on */
+    dependsOn TEXT, /* comma separate list of objects this backup depends on */
     state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
 
     PRIMARY KEY (filename));