diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/Entity/ThirdParty.php b/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/Entity/ThirdParty.php
index fff378cdb..d7efce10c 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/Entity/ThirdParty.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/Entity/ThirdParty.php
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ class ThirdParty implements TrackCreationInterface, TrackUpdateInterface
     private ?string $email = null;
 
     /**
-     * @ORM\Column(name="firstname", type="string", length=255, nullable=true)
+     * @ORM\Column(name="firstname", type="text", options={"default":""})
      * @Groups({"read", "write", "docgen:read", "docgen:read:3party:parent"})
      */
-    private ?string $firstname = null;
+    private string $firstname = '';
 
     /**
      * @var int
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class ThirdParty implements TrackCreationInterface, TrackUpdateInterface
         return $this->email;
     }
 
-    public function getFirstname(): ?string
+    public function getFirstname(): string
     {
         return $this->firstname;
     }
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class ThirdParty implements TrackCreationInterface, TrackUpdateInterface
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function setFirstname($firstname): self
+    public function setFirstname(string $firstname): self
     {
         $this->firstname = $firstname;
 
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/migrations/Version20220322095659.php b/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/migrations/Version20220322095659.php
index 454785037..140539d1e 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/migrations/Version20220322095659.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillThirdPartyBundle/migrations/Version20220322095659.php
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ final class Version20220322095659 extends AbstractMigration
     public function up(Schema $schema): void
     {
         // this up() migration is auto-generated, please modify it to your needs
-        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_3party.third_party ADD firstname VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_3party.third_party ADD firstname TEXT DEFAULT \'\'');
     }
 }