diff --git a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/client/steps/JobStepAddDialog.java b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/client/steps/JobStepAddDialog.java
index 86c2408efb6..fbbff990e72 100644
--- a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/client/steps/JobStepAddDialog.java
+++ b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/client/steps/JobStepAddDialog.java
@@ -340,9 +340,22 @@ protected void refreshJobStepDefinition(GwtJobStepDefinition gwtJobStepDefinitio
 
                 textArea.setData(PROPERTY_TYPE, property.getPropertyType());
                 textArea.setData(PROPERTY_NAME, property.getPropertyName());
-                textArea.setMaxLength(65535);
                 jobStepPropertiesPanel.add(textArea);
 
+                JOB_STEP_SERVICE.getJobStepPropertyLengthMax(new AsyncCallback<Integer>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
+                        textArea.setMaxLength(104857600); // 100MB
+
+                        FailureHandler.handle(caught);
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void onSuccess(Integer jobStepPropertyMaxLength) {
+                        textArea.setMaxLength(jobStepPropertyMaxLength);
+                    }
+                });
+
                 if (property.getExampleValue() != null) {
                     final String exampleValue = KapuaSafeHtmlUtils.htmlUnescape(property.getExampleValue());
                     exampleButton = new KapuaButton(getExampleButtonText(), new KapuaIcon(IconSet.EDIT), new SelectionListener<ButtonEvent>() {
diff --git a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/server/GwtJobStepServiceImpl.java b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/server/GwtJobStepServiceImpl.java
index 5b346c0b2ee..585de102d9b 100644
--- a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/server/GwtJobStepServiceImpl.java
+++ b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/server/GwtJobStepServiceImpl.java
@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ public GwtJobStep update(GwtXSRFToken xsrfToken, GwtJobStep gwtJobStep) throws G
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getJobStepPropertyLengthMax() throws GwtKapuaException {
+        try {
+            return JOB_STEP_SERVICE.getJobStepPropertyMaxLength();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw KapuaExceptionHandler.buildExceptionFromError(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the {@link GwtJobStepProperty#isEnum()} property.
      * This cannot be performed in *.shared.* packages (entity converters are in that package), since `Class.forName` is not present in the JRE Emulation library.
diff --git a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/shared/service/GwtJobStepService.java b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/shared/service/GwtJobStepService.java
index b7322458494..cbbb1d63956 100644
--- a/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/shared/service/GwtJobStepService.java
+++ b/console/module/job/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/job/shared/service/GwtJobStepService.java
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ void delete(GwtXSRFToken xsrfToken, String gwtScopeId, String gwtJobStepId)
     GwtJobStep update(GwtXSRFToken xsrfToken, GwtJobStep gwtJobStep)
             throws GwtKapuaException;
 
+    int getJobStepPropertyLengthMax()
+            throws GwtKapuaException;
+
     /**
      * Just to make Gwt serialize {@link GwtJobStepProperty}
      */
diff --git a/extras/encryption-migrator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/extras/migrator/encryption/job/JobStepMigratorServiceImpl.java b/extras/encryption-migrator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/extras/migrator/encryption/job/JobStepMigratorServiceImpl.java
index 41ae3725d1d..e845b8d9636 100644
--- a/extras/encryption-migrator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/extras/migrator/encryption/job/JobStepMigratorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/extras/encryption-migrator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/extras/migrator/encryption/job/JobStepMigratorServiceImpl.java
@@ -69,4 +69,9 @@ public JobStep find(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId jobStepId) {
     public void delete(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId jobStepId) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getJobStepPropertyMaxLength() throws KapuaException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/service/job/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/JobStepService.java b/service/job/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/JobStepService.java
index 613fc41df93..1f05f980635 100644
--- a/service/job/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/JobStepService.java
+++ b/service/job/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/JobStepService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.kapua.model.query.KapuaQuery;
 import org.eclipse.kapua.service.KapuaEntityService;
 import org.eclipse.kapua.service.KapuaUpdatableEntityService;
+import org.eclipse.kapua.service.job.step.definition.JobStepProperty;
 
 /**
  * {@link JobStepService} exposes APIs to manage JobStep objects.<br>
@@ -38,4 +39,12 @@ public interface JobStepService extends KapuaEntityService<JobStep, JobStepCreat
     @Override
     JobStepListResult query(KapuaQuery query)
             throws KapuaException;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the maximum length that a {@link JobStepProperty#getPropertyValue()} is allowed to have.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0.0
+     */
+    int getJobStepPropertyMaxLength()
+            throws KapuaException;
 }
diff --git a/service/job/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/internal/JobStepServiceImpl.java b/service/job/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/internal/JobStepServiceImpl.java
index fd257fcfb17..1a048a4c1e7 100644
--- a/service/job/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/internal/JobStepServiceImpl.java
+++ b/service/job/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/job/step/internal/JobStepServiceImpl.java
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public class JobStepServiceImpl extends AbstractKapuaService implements JobStepS
 
     private final JobServiceSettings jobServiceSettings = JobServiceSettings.getInstance();
 
+    /**
+     * The maximum length that a {@link JobStepProperty#getPropertyValue()} is allowed to have
+     *
+     * @since 2.0.0
+     */
     private final int jobStepPropertyValueLengthMax = jobServiceSettings.getInt(JobServiceSettingKeys.JOB_STEP_PROPERTY_VALUE_LENGTH_MAX);
 
     public JobStepServiceImpl() {
@@ -382,6 +387,17 @@ public void delete(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId jobStepId) throws KapuaException {
         });
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getJobStepPropertyMaxLength() throws KapuaException {
+        //
+        // Check access
+        authorizationService.checkPermission(permissionFactory.newPermission(JobDomains.JOB_DOMAIN, Actions.read, KapuaId.ANY));
+
+        //
+        // Return the value
+        return jobStepPropertyValueLengthMax;
+    }
+
     //
     // Private methods
     //