diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f01c38b90a1ddaa1aeb6e217f3d6c7f0cba22524..71bea1054f80a5b6d8b60f4c2668c71bf7027d04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ v 8.12.0 (unreleased)
   - Shorten task status phrase (ClemMakesApps)
   - Fix project visibility level fields on settings
   - Add hover color to emoji icon (ClemMakesApps)
+  - Increase ci_builds artifacts_size column to 8-byte integer to allow larger files
   - Add textarea autoresize after comment (ClemMakesApps)
   - Refresh todos count cache when an Issue/MR is deleted
   - Fix branches page dropdown sort alignment (ClemMakesApps)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160913212128_change_artifacts_size_column.rb b/db/migrate/20160913212128_change_artifacts_size_column.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..063bbca537c04d70573e87f36d9a7cdfcb9146a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160913212128_change_artifacts_size_column.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class ChangeArtifactsSizeColumn < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = true
+
+  DOWNTIME_REASON = 'Changing an integer column size requires a full table rewrite.'
+
+  def up
+    change_column :ci_builds, :artifacts_size, :integer, limit: 8
+  end
+
+  def down
+    # do nothing
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 61873e38113cfdc7be90be61160c503b9e7371b1..98d5a07dc47920c41b80d842b4c44f8b2395cef4 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160913162434) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160913212128) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     t.datetime "erased_at"
     t.datetime "artifacts_expire_at"
     t.string   "environment"
-    t.integer  "artifacts_size"
+    t.integer  "artifacts_size",      limit: 8
     t.string   "when"
     t.text     "yaml_variables"
     t.datetime "queued_at"