diff --git a/filer/__init__.py b/filer/__init__.py
index ebb66f92f..e48a3a10e 100644
--- a/filer/__init__.py
+++ b/filer/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # version string following pep-0440
-__version__ = '0.9.116'  # pragma: nocover
+__version__ = '0.9.117'  # pragma: nocover
 
 default_app_config = 'filer.apps.FilerConfig'
diff --git a/filer/migrations/0007_filer_file_size.py b/filer/migrations/0007_filer_file_size.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff820b6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filer/migrations/0007_filer_file_size.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('filer', '0006_default_caption_text_size'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='File',
+            name='file',
+            field=models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=1024),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/filer/models/filemodels.py b/filer/models/filemodels.py
index 0daade242..348c533ca 100644
--- a/filer/models/filemodels.py
+++ b/filer/models/filemodels.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class File(PolymorphicModel,
     _icon = "file"
     folder = models.ForeignKey('filer.Folder', verbose_name=_('folder'), related_name='all_files',
         null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.deletion.CASCADE)
-    file = MultiStorageFileField(_('file'), null=True, blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=255)
+    file = MultiStorageFileField(_('file'), null=True, blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=1024)
     _file_size = models.IntegerField(_('file size'), null=True, blank=True)
 
     sha1 = models.CharField(_('sha1'), max_length=40, blank=True, default='')