diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/UpdateStepsV12.php b/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/UpdateStepsV12.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0caabb7367f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/UpdateStepsV12.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Course\Setup;
+
+use ilDatabaseUpdateSteps;
+use ilDBInterface;
+use ilDBConstants;
+
+class UpdateStepsV12 implements ilDatabaseUpdateSteps
+{
+    private ilDBInterface $db;
+
+    public function prepare(ilDBInterface $db): void
+    {
+        $this->db = $db;
+    }
+
+    public function step_1(): void
+    {
+        $this->db->modifyTableColumn('crs_settings', 'target_group', [
+            'type' => ilDBConstants::T_CLOB,
+            'length' => 4000,
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/ilCourseSetupAgent.php b/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/ilCourseSetupAgent.php
index d8ba89cc8be9..0f844c7595dc 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/ilCourseSetupAgent.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Course/Setup/ilCourseSetupAgent.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 use ILIAS\Setup\Config;
 use ILIAS\Setup;
 use ILIAS\Refinery\Transformation;
+use ILIAS\Setup\ObjectiveCollection;
+use ILIAS\Course\Setup\UpdateStepsV12;
 
 class ilCourseSetupAgent extends NullAgent
 {
@@ -31,7 +33,12 @@ class ilCourseSetupAgent extends NullAgent
 
     public function getUpdateObjective(?ILIAS\Setup\Config $config = null): Objective
     {
-        return new ilDatabaseUpdateStepsExecutedObjective(new ilCourseDBUpdateSteps());
+        return new ObjectiveCollection(
+            'Update Course component',
+            false,
+            new ilDatabaseUpdateStepsExecutedObjective(new ilCourseDBUpdateSteps()),
+            new ilDatabaseUpdateStepsExecutedObjective(new UpdateStepsV12())
+        );
     }
 
     public function getStatusObjective(Metrics\Storage $storage): Objective