diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/AssetStore.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/AssetStore.migrations
index 9919844637..fb7d1566ab 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/AssetStore.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/AssetStore.migrations
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ alter table assets add "creatorid" varchar(36) not null default '';
 
 :VERSION 8
 
-ALTER TABLE assets MODIFY description varchar(128);
+ALTER TABLE assets ALTER COLUMN description TYPE varchar(128);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/XAssetStore.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/XAssetStore.migrations
index 79879b8b21..0e22091a00 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/XAssetStore.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/PGSQL/Resources/XAssetStore.migrations
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ COMMIT;
 
 BEGIN;
 
-ALTER TABLE xassetsmeta MODIFY Description varchar(128);
+ALTER TABLE xassetsmeta ALTER COLUMN description TYPE varchar(128);
 
 COMMIT;