diff --git a/character-limit-patch.patch/v4.3-increase-character-limit-from-500-to-5000.patch b/character-limit-patch.patch/v4.3-increase-character-limit-from-500-to-5000.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..283c1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/character-limit-patch.patch/v4.3-increase-character-limit-from-500-to-5000.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d04253848c2d53cc732e3cb0c6e31be91dd6107c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Falko Zurell <falko@zurell.de>
+Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:27:02 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] adjust post character limit to 5000 chars for 4.3.x
+
+Signed-off-by: Falko Zurell <falko@zurell.de>
+---
+ app/validators/status_length_validator.rb | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+index dc841ded3..9cb1ec94b 100644
+--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
++++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # frozen_string_literal: true
+ 
+ class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
+-  MAX_CHARS = 500
++  MAX_CHARS = 5000
+   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
+   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23
+ 
+-- 
+2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
+