diff --git a/helpers/roles/createRole.ts b/helpers/roles/createRole.ts
index 01dc40afc..bb0aaf22a 100644
--- a/helpers/roles/createRole.ts
+++ b/helpers/roles/createRole.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function createRole(
 }
 
 export interface CreateGuildRole {
-  /** Name of the role, default: "new role" */
+  /** Name of the role, max 100 characters, default: "new role" */
   name?: string;
   /** Bitwise value of the enabled/disabled permissions, default: everyone permissions in guild */
   permissions?: PermissionStrings[];
diff --git a/helpers/roles/editRole.ts b/helpers/roles/editRole.ts
index a98a2a49c..197397f69 100644
--- a/helpers/roles/editRole.ts
+++ b/helpers/roles/editRole.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function editRole(bot: Bot, guildId: BigString, roleId: BigString,
 }
 
 export interface EditGuildRole {
-  /** Name of the role, default: "new role" */
+  /** Name of the role, max 100 characters, default: "new role" */
   name?: string;
   /** Bitwise value of the enabled/disabled permissions, default: everyone permissions in guild */
   permissions?: PermissionStrings[];
diff --git a/plugins/permissions/src/roles/createRole.ts b/plugins/permissions/src/roles/createRole.ts
index eab437402..d7c29e1c2 100644
--- a/plugins/permissions/src/roles/createRole.ts
+++ b/plugins/permissions/src/roles/createRole.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export function createRole(bot: BotWithCache) {
   bot.helpers.createRole = async function (guildId, options, reason) {
     requireBotGuildPermissions(bot, bot.transformers.snowflake(guildId), ["MANAGE_ROLES"]);
 
+    if (options.name && !bot.utils.validateLength(options.name, { max: 100 })) {
+      throw new Error("Role name must be less than 100 characters");
+    }
+
     return await createRole(guildId, options, reason);
   };
 }
diff --git a/plugins/permissions/src/roles/editRole.ts b/plugins/permissions/src/roles/editRole.ts
index 1bb6a6e39..116fbbfdd 100644
--- a/plugins/permissions/src/roles/editRole.ts
+++ b/plugins/permissions/src/roles/editRole.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { BotWithCache } from "../../deps.ts";
-import { higherRolePosition } from "../permissions.ts";
-import { highestRole, requireBotGuildPermissions } from "../permissions.ts";
+import { higherRolePosition, highestRole, requireBotGuildPermissions } from "../permissions.ts";
 
 export function editRole(bot: BotWithCache) {
   const editRole = bot.helpers.editRole;
@@ -26,6 +25,10 @@ export function editRole(bot: BotWithCache) {
       requireBotGuildPermissions(bot, guild, ["MANAGE_ROLES"]);
     }
 
+    if (options.name && !bot.utils.validateLength(options.name, { max: 100 })) {
+      throw new Error("Role name must be less than 100 characters");
+    }
+
     return await editRole(guildId, id, options);
   };
 }