diff --git a/account/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/account/ddl.sql b/account/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/account/ddl.sql
index 5848b8f..17e344a 100644
--- a/account/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/account/ddl.sql
+++ b/account/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/account/ddl.sql
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CREATE TABLE accounts (
city varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
state_or_province varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
country varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
- postal_code varchar(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+ postal_code varchar(16) DEFAULT NULL,
phone varchar(25) DEFAULT NULL,
migrated bool DEFAULT false,
is_notified_for_invoices boolean NOT NULL,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ CREATE TABLE account_history (
city varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
state_or_province varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
country varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
- postal_code varchar(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+ postal_code varchar(16) DEFAULT NULL,
phone varchar(25) DEFAULT NULL,
migrated bool DEFAULT false,
is_notified_for_invoices boolean NOT NULL,