diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 7381136c97905335d473b80bf63a8184bb7814ad..40a6c01577d3b5477f3b4e4fe1818bae3a666efc 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_taggable_on :labels
 
-  validates :description, length: { within: 0..2000 }
+  validates :description, length: { within: 0..10000 }
 
   def self.open_for(user)
     opened.assigned(user)
diff --git a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
index b4fb9cd8fdd110fe217f8265a8374766b810af80..0816b3eed5a30dc0370b504787d0721f7de61455 100644
--- a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe Issue do
   end
 
   describe "Validation" do
-    it { should ensure_length_of(:description).is_within(0..2000) }
+    it { should ensure_length_of(:description).is_within(0..10000) }
   end
 
   describe 'modules' do