diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 295cb9b88..f6754546e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-annotation</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5</version>
+      <version>4.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
index 866ad4942..cf8308e68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/DefaultTypeManager.java
@@ -663,11 +663,10 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
       DbEnumValue dbValue = AnnotationUtil.findAnnotation(method, DbEnumValue.class);
       if (dbValue != null) {
         boolean integerValues = DbEnumType.INTEGER == dbValue.storage();
-        return createEnumScalarTypeDbValue(enumType, method, integerValues);
+        return createEnumScalarTypeDbValue(enumType, method, integerValues, dbValue.length());
       }
     }
 
-
     // look for EnumValue annotations instead
     return createEnumScalarType2(enumType);
   }
@@ -678,7 +677,7 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
    * Return null if the EnumValue annotations are not present/used.
    * </p>
    */
-  private ScalarTypeEnum<?> createEnumScalarTypeDbValue(Class<? extends Enum<?>> enumType, Method method, boolean integerType) {
+  private ScalarTypeEnum<?> createEnumScalarTypeDbValue(Class<? extends Enum<?>> enumType, Method method, boolean integerType, int length) {
 
     Map<String, String> nameValueMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
@@ -696,7 +695,7 @@ public final class DefaultTypeManager implements TypeManager {
       return null;
     }
 
-    return createEnumScalarType(enumType, nameValueMap, integerType, 0);
+    return createEnumScalarType(enumType, nameValueMap, integerType, length);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/Truck.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/Truck.java
index b8d03b091..1c7778734 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/Truck.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/Truck.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class Truck extends Vehicle {
       this.value = value;
     }
 
-    @DbEnumValue
+    @DbEnumValue(length = 3)
     public String value() {
       return value;
     }