diff --git a/core/Migrations/Version34000Date20260318095645.php b/core/Migrations/Version34000Date20260318095645.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8be6dfc9122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Migrations/Version34000Date20260318095645.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Migrations;
+
+use Closure;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use OCP\DB\ISchemaWrapper;
+use OCP\DB\Types;
+use OCP\Migration\Attributes\ColumnType;
+use OCP\Migration\Attributes\ModifyColumn;
+use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
+use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
+use Override;
+
+#[ModifyColumn(table: 'jobs', name: 'argument', type: ColumnType::TEXT, description: 'Migrate background job arguments to a text column')]
+class Version34000Date20260318095645 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
+	#[Override]
+	public function changeSchema(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): ?ISchemaWrapper {
+		/** @var ISchemaWrapper $schema */
+		$schema = $schemaClosure();
+
+		if ($schema->hasTable('jobs')) {
+			$table = $schema->getTable('jobs');
+			$argumentColumn = $table->getColumn('argument');
+
+			if ($argumentColumn->getType() !== Type::getType(Types::TEXT)) {
+				$argumentColumn->setType(Type::getType(Types::TEXT));
+				return $schema;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/JobList.php b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/JobList.php
index ab7a1981419..2ec8f663b3f 100644
--- a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/JobList.php
+++ b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/JobList.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use function min;
 use function strlen;
 
 class JobList implements IJobList {
+	public const MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH = 32000;
+
 	/** @var array<string, string> */
 	protected array $alreadyVisitedParallelBlocked = [];
 
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@ class JobList implements IJobList {
 		$class = ($job instanceof IJob) ? get_class($job) : $job;
 
 		$argumentJson = json_encode($argument);
-		if (strlen($argumentJson) > 4000) {
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Background job arguments can\'t exceed 4000 characters (json encoded)');
+		if (strlen($argumentJson) > self::MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Background job arguments can\'t exceed ' . self::MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH . ' characters (json encoded)');
 		}
 
 		$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
diff --git a/tests/lib/BackgroundJob/JobListTest.php b/tests/lib/BackgroundJob/JobListTest.php
index affd97a238a..df3cd451be4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/BackgroundJob/JobListTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/BackgroundJob/JobListTest.php
@@ -99,6 +99,24 @@ class JobListTest extends TestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($existingJobs, $jobs);
 	}
 
+	public function testAddAcceptsArgumentUnderMaxLength(): void {
+		$argument = str_repeat('a', $this->instance::MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH - 100);
+		$job = new TestJob();
+		$this->assertFalse($this->instance->has($job, $argument));
+		$this->instance->add($job, $argument);
+
+		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->has($job, $argument));
+	}
+
+	public function testAddRejectsArgumentAboveMaxLength(): void {
+		$argument = str_repeat('a', $this->instance::MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH + 100);
+
+		$this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage('Background job arguments can\'t exceed ' . $this->instance::MAX_ARGUMENT_JSON_LENGTH . ' characters (json encoded)');
+
+		$this->instance->add(new TestJob(), $argument);
+	}
+
 	#[DataProvider('argumentProvider')]
 	public function testRemoveDifferentArgument(mixed $argument): void {
 		$existingJobs = $this->getAllSorted();
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 22b0aa6d67a..76e3e67166d 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // between betas, final and RCs. This is _not_ the public version number. Reset minor/patch level
 // when updating major/minor version number.
 
-$OC_Version = [33, 0, 0, 16];
+$OC_Version = [33, 0, 0, 17];
 
 // The human-readable string
 $OC_VersionString = '33.0.0';