diff --git a/assets/openapi.json b/assets/openapi.json
index f7bc123..a06d0d7 100644
--- a/assets/openapi.json
+++ b/assets/openapi.json
@@ -4082,7 +4082,6 @@
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
-                        "maxLength": 100,
                         "type": "string"
                     },
                     "type": {
@@ -6831,7 +6830,6 @@
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
-                        "maxLength": 100,
                         "type": "string"
                     },
                     "type": {
@@ -13373,9 +13371,14 @@
                     "maxWebhooks": {
                         "type": "integer",
                         "default": 100
+                    },
+                    "maxName": {
+                        "type": "integer",
+                        "default": 32
                     }
                 },
                 "required": [
+                    "maxName",
                     "maxPins",
                     "maxTopic",
                     "maxWebhooks"
diff --git a/assets/schemas.json b/assets/schemas.json
index 3d4b744..f10afc4 100644
--- a/assets/schemas.json
+++ b/assets/schemas.json
@@ -4325,7 +4325,6 @@
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
             "name": {
-                "maxLength": 100,
                 "type": "string"
             },
             "type": {
@@ -7277,7 +7276,6 @@
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
             "name": {
-                "maxLength": 100,
                 "type": "string"
             },
             "type": {
@@ -14193,10 +14191,15 @@
             "maxWebhooks": {
                 "type": "integer",
                 "default": 100
+            },
+            "maxName": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "default": 32
             }
         },
         "additionalProperties": false,
         "required": [
+            "maxName",
             "maxPins",
             "maxTopic",
             "maxWebhooks"
diff --git "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/index.ts" "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/index.ts"
index a1db913..3776757 100644
--- "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/index.ts"
+++ "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/index.ts"
@@ -17,7 +17,19 @@
 */
 
 import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
-import { Channel, ChannelDeleteEvent, ChannelUpdateEvent, Recipient, emitEvent, handleFile } from "@spacebar/util";
+import {
+    Channel,
+    ChannelDeleteEvent,
+    ChannelUpdateEvent,
+    Recipient,
+    emitEvent,
+    handleFile,
+    Config,
+    FieldError,
+    ErrorList,
+    ObjectErrorContent,
+    makeObjectErrorContent,
+} from "@spacebar/util";
 import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
 import { ChannelModifySchema, ChannelType } from "@spacebar/schemas";
 
@@ -174,6 +186,7 @@
                 channel.available_tags = channel.available_tags.filter((_) => filter.has(_.id));
             }
         }
+
         if (payload.applied_tags) {
             if (channel.isThread()) {
                 const parent = await Channel.findOneOrFail({
@@ -201,6 +214,19 @@
 
         if (payload.icon) payload.icon = await handleFile(`/channel-icons/${channel_id}`, payload.icon);
 
+        const channelLimits = Config.get().limits.channel;
+
+        const errors: ErrorList = {};
+        if (payload.name && (payload.name.length < 1 || payload.name.length > channelLimits.maxName))
+            errors["name"] = makeObjectErrorContent("BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH", `Channel name must be between 1 and ${channelLimits.maxName} characters`);
+        if (payload.topic !== undefined && payload.topic.length > channelLimits.maxTopic)
+            errors["topic"] = makeObjectErrorContent("BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH", `Channel topic must be less than ${channelLimits.maxTopic} characters`);
+        if (payload.user_limit !== undefined && payload.user_limit < 0) errors["user_limit"] = makeObjectErrorContent("BASE_TYPE_BAD_VALUE", "User limit must be 0 or higher");
+
+        if (Object.keys(errors).length) {
+            throw new FieldError(400, "Invalid form body", errors);
+        }
+
         channel.assign(payload);
         if (channel.thread_metadata) {
             if (payload.archived !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/schemas/uncategorised/ChannelModifySchema.ts b/src/schemas/uncategorised/ChannelModifySchema.ts
index b83dc12..093da8e 100644
--- a/src/schemas/uncategorised/ChannelModifySchema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/uncategorised/ChannelModifySchema.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 import { ChannelPermissionOverwriteType, ChannelType, TagCreateSchema } from "@spacebar/schemas";
 
 export interface ChannelModifySchema {
-    /**
-     * @maxLength 100
-     */
     name?: string;
     type?: ChannelType;
     topic?: string;
diff --git a/src/util/config/types/subconfigurations/limits/ChannelLimits.ts b/src/util/config/types/subconfigurations/limits/ChannelLimits.ts
index 266e6a3..6d5d28f 100644
--- a/src/util/config/types/subconfigurations/limits/ChannelLimits.ts
+++ b/src/util/config/types/subconfigurations/limits/ChannelLimits.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
     maxPins: number = 500;
     maxTopic: number = 1024;
     maxWebhooks: number = 100;
+    maxName: number = 32;
 }
diff --git a/src/util/util/FieldError.ts b/src/util/util/FieldError.ts
index eb91a0e..f0ba4ae 100644
--- a/src/util/util/FieldError.ts
+++ b/src/util/util/FieldError.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 export type ErrorContent = { code: string; message: string };
 export type ObjectErrorContent = { _errors: ErrorContent[] };
 
+export function makeObjectErrorContent(code: string, message: string): ObjectErrorContent {
+    return { _errors: [{ code, message }] };
+}
+
 export function FieldErrors(fields: Record<string, { code?: string; message: string }>, errors?: ErrorObject[]) {
     const errorObj: ErrorList = {};
     for (const [key, { message, code }] of Object.entries(fields)) {