diff --git a/Services/Object/classes/Setup/class.ilObjectDBUpdateSteps.php b/Services/Object/classes/Setup/class.ilObjectDBUpdateSteps.php
index ddf716633e13..2648319965f1 100644
--- a/Services/Object/classes/Setup/class.ilObjectDBUpdateSteps.php
+++ b/Services/Object/classes/Setup/class.ilObjectDBUpdateSteps.php
@@ -40,4 +40,16 @@ public function step_1(): void
 
         $this->db->modifyTableColumn("object_translation", "title", $field);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Increases the maximum length of object import-ids from 50 to 255 characters.
+     */
+    public function step_2(): void
+    {
+        $this->db->modifyTableColumn("object_data", "import_id", [
+            "type" => \ilDBConstants::T_TEXT,
+            "length" => 255,
+            "notnull" => false
+        ]);
+    }
 }