diff --git a/packages/web/commons/schema.php b/packages/web/commons/schema.php
index a23bcdf695..aabc2fc9bd 100644
--- a/packages/web/commons/schema.php
+++ b/packages/web/commons/schema.php
@@ -12064,3 +12064,15 @@ function () {
     . "physical memory. (Default 275000)' "
     . "WHERE `settingKey` = 'FOG_KERNEL_RAMDISK_SIZE'",
 ];
+// 446
+$this->schema[] = [
+    // Step 279 again. It widened these two columns from 1.5's
+    // VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL, but a 1.5.x server carries a count past 279 and
+    // skips it, and SchemaReconciler never retypes an existing column. So an
+    // upgraded server kept the 40-character limit that a fresh install does
+    // not have (GH-2000). Widening keeps every stored value, and on a server
+    // that already ran 279 this changes nothing.
+    "ALTER TABLE `users` "
+    . "MODIFY `uName` VARCHAR(255),"
+    . "MODIFY `uCreateBy` VARCHAR(255)"
+];
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Base/System.php b/packages/web/src/Base/System.php
index 47143a7ab8..f3e4476bfd 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Base/System.php
+++ b/packages/web/src/Base/System.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public function __construct()
         // 1.5.x carried count does, see SchemaReconciler's docstring -- is
         // permanently "up to date" from the updater's point of view and will
         // never run another indexed step, whatever this constant says.
-        define('FOG_SCHEMA', 445);
+        define('FOG_SCHEMA', 446);
         define('FOG_BCACHE_VER', 370);
         define('FOG_CLIENT_VERSION', '0.13.0');
         // GH-959: iPXE lives in FOGProject/fog-ipxe and its binaries arrive as