diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 556bf0dca..9068b09e0 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ class SMSCode(StringField):
 
 class ForgivingIntegerField(StringField):
 
-    POSTGRES_MAX_INT = 2147483647
+    #  Actual value is 2147483647 but this is a scary looking arbitrary number
+    POSTGRES_MAX_INT = 2000000000
 
     def __init__(self, label=None, things='items', **kwargs):
         self.things = things
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
index b9804fda3..3e63b3f46 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
@@ -915,14 +915,14 @@ def test_should_show_persist_estimated_volumes(
     (
         {
             'volume_email': '1234',
-            'volume_sms': '2147483648',
+            'volume_sms': '2000000001',
             'volume_letter': '9876',
             'consent_to_research': 'yes',
         },
         'label[for=volume_sms]',
         (
             'How many text messages do you expect to send in the next year? For example, 50,000 '
-            'Number of text messages must be 2,147,483,647 or less'
+            'Number of text messages must be 2,000,000,000 or less'
         )
     ),
     (