diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_5_0/2751-bump-bulk-export-job-request-length.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_5_0/2751-bump-bulk-export-job-request-length.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31bcf4a232c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_5_0/2751-bump-bulk-export-job-request-length.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+type: change
+issue: 2751
+title: "The bulk export request length limit has been increased to 1024 characters."
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/entity/BulkExportJobEntity.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/entity/BulkExportJobEntity.java
index f2f8a092715..30f3fae56ab 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/entity/BulkExportJobEntity.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/entity/BulkExportJobEntity.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.left;
 })
 public class BulkExportJobEntity implements Serializable {
 
-	public static final int REQUEST_LENGTH = 500;
+	public static final int REQUEST_LENGTH = 1024;
 	public static final int STATUS_MESSAGE_LEN = 500;
 	@Id
 	@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, generator = "SEQ_BLKEXJOB_PID")
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/tasks/HapiFhirJpaMigrationTasks.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/tasks/HapiFhirJpaMigrationTasks.java
index fd9fd705b8f..e25b83b4a55 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/tasks/HapiFhirJpaMigrationTasks.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/tasks/HapiFhirJpaMigrationTasks.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.entity.ResourceIndexedSearchParamToken;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.entity.ResourceIndexedSearchParamUri;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.entity.SearchParamPresent;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.VersionEnum;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.units.qual.C;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ public class HapiFhirJpaMigrationTasks extends BaseMigrationTasks<VersionEnum> {
 			.modifyColumn("20210617.1","TARGET_DISPLAY").nullable().withType(ColumnTypeEnum.STRING, 500);
 		version.onTable("TRM_CONCEPT_MAP_GRP_ELEMENT")
 			.modifyColumn("20210617.2", "SOURCE_DISPLAY").nullable().withType(ColumnTypeEnum.STRING, 500);
+
+		version.onTable("HFJ_BLK_EXPORT_JOB")
+			.modifyColumn("20210624.1","REQUEST").nonNullable().withType(ColumnTypeEnum.STRING, 1024);
 	}
 
 	private void init540() {