diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
index 75753f84e6c..3495e840800 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.openmetadata.catalog.Entity.LOCATION;
 import static org.openmetadata.catalog.Entity.TABLE;
 import static org.openmetadata.catalog.Entity.helper;
 import static org.openmetadata.catalog.jdbi3.Relationship.JOINED_WITH;
+import static org.openmetadata.catalog.util.EntityUtil.getColumnField;
 import static org.openmetadata.common.utils.CommonUtil.parseDate;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
@@ -835,6 +836,7 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
         }
 
         updateColumnDescription(stored, updated);
+        updateColumnDataLength(stored, updated);
         updateTags(
             stored.getFullyQualifiedName(),
             fieldName + "." + updated.getName() + ".tags",
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
         }
       }
 
-      majorVersionChange = !deletedColumns.isEmpty();
+      majorVersionChange = majorVersionChange || !deletedColumns.isEmpty();
     }
 
     private void updateColumnDescription(Column origColumn, Column updatedColumn) throws JsonProcessingException {
@@ -865,10 +867,14 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
       recordChange(getColumnField(origColumn, "constraint"), origColumn.getConstraint(), updatedColumn.getConstraint());
     }
 
-    private String getColumnField(Column column, String columnField) {
-      // Remove table FQN from column FQN to get the local name
-      String localColumnName = EntityUtil.getLocalColumnName(column.getFullyQualifiedName());
-      return "columns." + localColumnName + (columnField == null ? "" : "." + columnField);
+    private void updateColumnDataLength(Column origColumn, Column updatedColumn) throws JsonProcessingException {
+      if (recordChange(
+          getColumnField(origColumn, "dataLength"), origColumn.getDataLength(), updatedColumn.getDataLength())) {
+        if (updatedColumn.getDataLength() < origColumn.getDataLength()) {
+          // The data length of a column changed. Treat it as backward-incompatible change
+          majorVersionChange = true;
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
index 470c84f99c8..991b767fa29 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/util/EntityUtil.java
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ public final class EntityUtil {
     return localColumnName.toString();
   }
 
+  /** Return column field name of format columnName.fieldName */
+  public static String getColumnField(Column column, String columnField) {
+    // Remove table FQN from column FQN to get the local name
+    String localColumnName = EntityUtil.getLocalColumnName(column.getFullyQualifiedName());
+    return "columns." + localColumnName + (columnField == null ? "" : "." + columnField);
+  }
+
   public static Boolean toBoolean(Include include) {
     if (include.equals(DELETED)) {
       return Boolean.TRUE;
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
index 3d5db25f608..39120e2981a 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ public class TableResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Table, CreateTable> {
     assertEquals(bankTagUsageCount + 1, getTagUsageCount(USER_BANK_ACCOUNT_TAG_LABEL.getTagFQN(), userAuthHeaders()));
 
     //
-    // Add a new column using PUT
+    // Add a new column c2 using PUT
     //
     change = getChangeDescription(table.getVersion());
     Column c2 = getColumn("c2", BINARY, null).withOrdinalPosition(2).withDataLength(10).withTags(tags);
@@ -445,6 +445,25 @@ public class TableResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Table, CreateTable> {
     assertEquals(addressTagUsageCount + 2, getTagUsageCount(USER_ADDRESS_TAG_LABEL.getTagFQN(), userAuthHeaders()));
     assertEquals(bankTagUsageCount + 2, getTagUsageCount(USER_BANK_ACCOUNT_TAG_LABEL.getTagFQN(), userAuthHeaders()));
 
+    //
+    // Change the column c2 data length from 10 to 20. Increasing the data length is considered backward compatible
+    // and only minor version changes
+    //
+    c2.setDataLength(20);
+    change = getChangeDescription(table.getVersion());
+    String fieldName = "columns.c2.dataLength";
+    change.getFieldsUpdated().add(new FieldChange().withName(fieldName).withOldValue(10).withNewValue(20));
+    table = updateAndCheckEntity(request.withColumns(updatedColumns), OK, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS, MINOR_UPDATE, change);
+
+    //
+    // Change the column c2 data length from 20 to 10. Decreasing the data length is considered backward compatible
+    // and results in major version changes
+    //
+    c2.setDataLength(10);
+    change = getChangeDescription(table.getVersion());
+    change.getFieldsUpdated().add(new FieldChange().withName(fieldName).withOldValue(20).withNewValue(10));
+    table = updateAndCheckEntity(request.withColumns(updatedColumns), OK, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS, MAJOR_UPDATE, change);
+
     //
     // Remove a column c2 and make sure it is deleted by PUT
     //