diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
index d6aa4c4c0325ce5531b8307979e9f5d0ee400ccc..b99be02ab0cf259572e67235b241436769e767ce 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
@@ -627,6 +627,12 @@ pre.light-well {
   }
 }
 
+.commits-search-form {
+  .input-short {
+    min-width: 200px;
+  }
+}
+
 .project-last-commit {
   @media (min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
     margin-top: $gl-padding;
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/26192-fixes-too-short-input.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/26192-fixes-too-short-input.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff707f4694d3d694e04d5075ba3eb4f1eeedd920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/26192-fixes-too-short-input.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fixes too short input for placeholder message in commit listing page
+merge_request: 8367
+author: