diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-normalization/dbt-project-template/macros/cross_db_utils/datatypes.sql b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-normalization/dbt-project-template/macros/cross_db_utils/datatypes.sql
index 18e2d61ecb8c..d03bf3613dc4 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-normalization/dbt-project-template/macros/cross_db_utils/datatypes.sql
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-normalization/dbt-project-template/macros/cross_db_utils/datatypes.sql
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
     String
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
+{#-- TODO: Remove this macro when dbt issue regarding unlimited varchars on postgres is resolved (https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/5238) and we've upgraded to the latest version of dbt --#}
+{%- macro postgres__type_string() -%}
+    text
+{%- endmacro -%}
 
 {# float ------------------------------------------------- #}
 {% macro mysql__type_float() %}