diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 28c2d6810..ddf916786 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if ( $wpdb->supports_collation() ) {
 
 $wp_queries="CREATE TABLE $wpdb->terms (
  term_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
- name varchar(55) NOT NULL default '',
+ name varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
  slug varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
  term_group bigint(10) NOT NULL default 0,
  PRIMARY KEY  (term_id),