diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
index bb8361780..65aada667 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	STEP_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
-	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT BYTEA , 
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT TEXT , 
 	constraint STEP_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 	references BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION(STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 ) ;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	JOB_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
-	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT BYTEA , 
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT TEXT , 
 	constraint JOB_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
 	references BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
 ) ;
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-upgrade-postgresql.sql b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-upgrade-postgresql.sql
index d73a66902..ec0ecc58f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-upgrade-postgresql.sql
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/schema-upgrade-postgresql.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	STEP_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
-	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT BYTEA , 
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT TEXT , 
 	constraint STEP_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 	references BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION(STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 ) ;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	JOB_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
-	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT BYTEA , 
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT TEXT , 
 	constraint JOB_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
 	references BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
 ) ;
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties b/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
index a30b1fa29..8d51883a7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ IDENTITY =
 GENERATED = 
 DOUBLE = DOUBLE PRECISION
 BLOB = BYTEA
-CLOB = BYTEA
+CLOB = TEXT
 TIMESTAMP = TIMESTAMP
 VARCHAR = VARCHAR
 # for generating drop statements...