diff --git a/tools/validate-commit-message/commit-message.json b/tools/validate-commit-message/commit-message.json
index 6e0b33b623..1d5c98053f 100644
--- a/tools/validate-commit-message/commit-message.json
+++ b/tools/validate-commit-message/commit-message.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "maxLength": 100,
+  "maxLength": 120,
   "types": [
     "build",
     "ci",
diff --git a/tools/validate-commit-message/validate-commit-message.spec.js b/tools/validate-commit-message/validate-commit-message.spec.js
index ee948e48c9..468865efb5 100644
--- a/tools/validate-commit-message/validate-commit-message.spec.js
+++ b/tools/validate-commit-message/validate-commit-message.spec.js
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ describe('validate-commit-message.js', function() {
 
     it('should validate 100 characters length', function() {
       var msg =
-          'fix(compiler): something super mega extra giga tera long, maybe even longer and longer and longer... ';
+          'fix(compiler): something super mega extra giga tera long, maybe even longer and longer and longer and longer and longer and longer... ';
 
       expect(validateMessage(msg)).toBe(INVALID);
       expect(errors).toEqual([
-        'INVALID COMMIT MSG: "fix(compiler): something super mega extra giga tera long, maybe even longer and longer and longer... "\n => ERROR: The commit message is longer than 100 characters'
+        'INVALID COMMIT MSG: "fix(compiler): something super mega extra giga tera long, maybe even longer and longer and longer and longer and longer and longer... "\n => ERROR: The commit message is longer than 120 characters'
       ]);
     });