diff --git a/backend/src/v1/routes/announcement-routes.spec.ts b/backend/src/v1/routes/announcement-routes.spec.ts
index b74682e8c..915d37b3e 100644
--- a/backend/src/v1/routes/announcement-routes.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/v1/routes/announcement-routes.spec.ts
@@ -425,13 +425,19 @@ describe('announcement-routes', () => {
         mockCreateAnnouncement.mockResolvedValue({
           message: 'Announcement created',
         });
-        const response = await request(app).post('/').send({
-          title: 'Test',
-          description: 'Test',
-          expires_on: faker.date.recent(),
-          active_on: faker.date.future(),
-          status: 'DRAFT',
-        });
+        const response = await request(app)
+          .post('/')
+          .send({
+            title: 'Test',
+            //long description.  this would be rejected by the frontend,
+            //but should be allowed by the backend (because the backend expects
+            //some of the characters may be rich text markup, which the system doesn't
+            //put a limit on
+            description: '0'.repeat(2001),
+            expires_on: faker.date.recent(),
+            active_on: faker.date.future(),
+            status: 'DRAFT',
+          });
         expect(response.status).toBe(201);
         expect(response.body).toEqual({ message: 'Announcement created' });
       });
diff --git a/backend/src/v1/types/announcements.ts b/backend/src/v1/types/announcements.ts
index d81a5bc9a..363045a2c 100644
--- a/backend/src/v1/types/announcements.ts
+++ b/backend/src/v1/types/announcements.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export type PatchAnnouncementsType = z.infer<typeof PatchAnnouncementsSchema>;
 export const AnnouncementDataSchema = z
   .object({
     title: z.string().min(1).max(100),
-    description: z.string().min(1).max(2000),
+    description: z.string().min(1),
     active_on: z.string().optional(),
     expires_on: z.string().optional(),
     status: z.enum(['PUBLISHED', 'DRAFT']),