diff --git a/config/IntelliJ Code Style.xml b/config/IntelliJ Code Style.xml
index c25c0fb3523..8d7447972ac 100644
--- a/config/IntelliJ Code Style.xml	
+++ b/config/IntelliJ Code Style.xml	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <code_scheme name="JabRef" version="173">
-  <option name="RIGHT_MARGIN" value="140" />
+  <option name="RIGHT_MARGIN" value="500" />
   <option name="WRAP_WHEN_TYPING_REACHES_RIGHT_MARGIN" value="true" />
   <option name="SOFT_MARGINS" value="120" />
   <JavaCodeStyleSettings>
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 09bb9a751aa..9149181cb22 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <!-- Checks for size violations: https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/config_sizes.html -->
 
         <module name="LineLength">
-            <property name="max" value="140"/>
+            <property name="max" value="500"/>
         </module>
 
         <!-- Checks for whitespace: https://checkstyle.org/config_whitespace.html -->