diff --git a/src/config/defaults.ts b/src/config/defaults.ts
index 4edd77be5..5727df3a4 100644
--- a/src/config/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/config/defaults.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const defaults: Config = {
   serverURL: '',
   defaultDepth: 2,
   maxDepth: 10,
+  defaultMaxTextLength: 40000,
   collections: [],
   globals: [],
   endpoints: [],
diff --git a/src/config/schema.ts b/src/config/schema.ts
index 83b8c6f47..8e9c2c338 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export default joi.object({
   maxDepth: joi.number()
     .min(0)
     .max(100),
+  defaultMaxTextLength: joi.number(),
   csrf: joi.array()
     .items(joi.string().allow(''))
     .sparse(),
diff --git a/src/config/types.ts b/src/config/types.ts
index 4d860df41..31e0337a7 100644
--- a/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export type Config = {
   },
   defaultDepth?: number;
   maxDepth?: number;
+  defaultMaxTextLength: number;
   indexSortableFields?: boolean;
   rateLimit?: {
     window?: number;
diff --git a/src/fields/validations.spec.ts b/src/fields/validations.spec.ts
index de09751be..eb867a635 100644
--- a/src/fields/validations.spec.ts
+++ b/src/fields/validations.spec.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ describe('Field Validations', () => {
       const result = number(val, options);
       expect(result).toBe(true);
     });
-    it('should validate', () => {
+    it('should validate 2', () => {
       const val = 1.5;
       const result = number(val, options);
       expect(result).toBe(true);
@@ -336,23 +336,23 @@ describe('Field Validations', () => {
       expect(result).toBe(validNumberMessage);
     });
     it('should handle empty value', () => {
-      const val = "";
+      const val = '';
       const result = number(val, { ...options });
       expect(result).toBe(true);
     });
     it('should handle required value', () => {
-      const val = "";
+      const val = '';
       const result = number(val, { ...options, required: true });
       expect(result).toBe(validNumberMessage);
     });
     it('should validate minValue', () => {
       const val = 2.4;
-      const result = number(val, { ...options, min: 2.5});
+      const result = number(val, { ...options, min: 2.5 });
       expect(result).toBe(minValueMessage(val, 2.5));
     });
     it('should validate maxValue', () => {
       const val = 1.25;
-      const result = number(val, { ...options, max: 1});
+      const result = number(val, { ...options, max: 1 });
       expect(result).toBe(maxValueMessage(val, 1));
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/fields/validations.ts b/src/fields/validations.ts
index 87da3352e..141458f65 100644
--- a/src/fields/validations.ts
+++ b/src/fields/validations.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ export const number: Validate<unknown, unknown, NumberField> = (value: string, {
   return true;
 };
 
-export const text: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextField> = (value: string, { minLength, maxLength, required }) => {
+export const text: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextField> = (value: string, { minLength, maxLength: fieldMaxLength, required, payload }) => {
+  let maxLength: number;
+
+  if (typeof payload?.config?.defaultMaxTextLength === 'number') maxLength = payload.config.defaultMaxTextLength;
+  if (typeof fieldMaxLength === 'number') maxLength = fieldMaxLength;
   if (value && maxLength && value.length > maxLength) {
     return `This value must be shorter than the max length of ${maxLength} characters.`;
   }
@@ -66,7 +70,12 @@ export const text: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextField> = (value: string, { min
   return true;
 };
 
-export const password: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextField> = (value: string, { required, maxLength, minLength }) => {
+export const password: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextField> = (value: string, { required, maxLength: fieldMaxLength, minLength, payload }) => {
+  let maxLength: number;
+
+  if (typeof payload?.config?.defaultMaxTextLength === 'number') maxLength = payload.config.defaultMaxTextLength;
+  if (typeof fieldMaxLength === 'number') maxLength = fieldMaxLength;
+
   if (value && maxLength && value.length > maxLength) {
     return `This value must be shorter than the max length of ${maxLength} characters.`;
   }
@@ -93,9 +102,14 @@ export const email: Validate<unknown, unknown, EmailField> = (value: string, { r
 
 export const textarea: Validate<unknown, unknown, TextareaField> = (value: string, {
   required,
-  maxLength,
+  maxLength: fieldMaxLength,
   minLength,
+  payload,
 }) => {
+  let maxLength: number;
+
+  if (typeof payload?.config?.defaultMaxTextLength === 'number') maxLength = payload.config.defaultMaxTextLength;
+  if (typeof fieldMaxLength === 'number') maxLength = fieldMaxLength;
   if (value && maxLength && value.length > maxLength) {
     return `This value must be shorter than the max length of ${maxLength} characters.`;
   }
diff --git a/test/fields/collections/Text/index.ts b/test/fields/collections/Text/index.ts
index 58c662d28..00e81689d 100644
--- a/test/fields/collections/Text/index.ts
+++ b/test/fields/collections/Text/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ const TextFields: CollectionConfig = {
         }, 1));
       },
     },
+    {
+      name: 'Override the 40k text length default (This one has 50k max length)',
+      type: 'text',
+      maxLength: 50000,
+    },
   ],
 };