diff --git a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
index e5418ad2a4790d5216288ce16fa9af73420d9741..b88f43968a2f59613d782faa25f696ad26ce910d 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ export function getPrBody(input: string): string {
       .replace(/Pull Request/g, 'Merge Request')
       .replace(/PR/g, 'MR')
       .replace(/\]\(\.\.\/pull\//g, '](../merge_requests/'),
-    1000000
+    100000
   );
 }