diff --git a/src/local/BLELocalCharacteristic.h b/src/local/BLELocalCharacteristic.h
index 418081e5..7d9cb0a6 100644
--- a/src/local/BLELocalCharacteristic.h
+++ b/src/local/BLELocalCharacteristic.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class BLELocalCharacteristic : public BLEAttribute {
   uint8_t  _properties;
   int      _valueSize;
   uint8_t* _value;
-  uint8_t  _valueLength;
+  uint16_t  _valueLength;
   bool _fixedLength;
 
   uint16_t _handle;