diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd7058d72..0c007f1c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * [\#10468](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10468) Allow futureOps to queue additional operations in simulations
 * [\#10625](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10625) Add `--fee-payer` CLI flag
 * (cli) [\#10683](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10683) In CLI, allow 1 SIGN_MODE_DIRECT signer in transactions with multiple signers.
+* (x/gov) [\#10740](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10740) Increase maximum proposal description size from 5k characters to 10k characters.
 * (store) [\#10741](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10741) Significantly speedup iterator creation after delete heavy workloads. Significantly improves IBC migration times.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/x/gov/types/content.go b/x/gov/types/content.go
index 44cbe6af7..a75c95509 100644
--- a/x/gov/types/content.go
+++ b/x/gov/types/content.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // Constants pertaining to a Content object
 const (
-	MaxDescriptionLength int = 5000
+	MaxDescriptionLength int = 10000
 	MaxTitleLength       int = 140
 )