diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0165_alter_inviterequest_answer.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0165_alter_inviterequest_answer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d2cc5e4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0165_alter_inviterequest_answer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.16 on 2022-11-15 22:43
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0164_status_ready"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="inviterequest",
+            name="answer",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, max_length=255, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/site.py b/bookwyrm/models/site.py
index 0f56162b1..3c1494204 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/site.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/site.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class InviteRequest(BookWyrmModel):
     invite = models.ForeignKey(
         SiteInvite, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True
     )
-    answer = models.TextField(max_length=50, unique=False, null=True, blank=True)
+    answer = models.TextField(max_length=255, unique=False, null=True, blank=True)
     invite_sent = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     ignored = models.BooleanField(default=False)