diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6026f3e..36a4570 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Categories are now unique and required, enforced at the database level
 - Various database indexes were added for common lookup patterns for quick retrieval
+- Fixes various database field types and type validation on form submission to better align with the context they are used with
 - Fixes a bug that didn't show the dropdown chevrons for form-select fields when creating a post
 - Fixes a Bootstrap deprecation warning
 - Updates MariaDB from 10.11 to 11.1
diff --git a/src/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php b/src/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
index d6ba3c8..989b839 100644
--- a/src/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
+++ b/src/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public function create(Request $request): RedirectResponse
                 })
             ],
             'keywords' => 'nullable|string',
-            'category_id' => 'nullable|string',
+            'category_id' => 'nullable|integer',
             'post' => 'required|string',
             'banner_image_url' => 'nullable|string',
             'published' => 'required|integer',
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public function update(Request $request, int $id): RedirectResponse
                 })
             ],
             'keywords' => 'nullable|string',
-            'category_id' => 'nullable|string',
+            'category_id' => 'nullable|integer',
             'post' => 'required|string',
             'banner_image_url' => 'nullable|string',
             'published' => 'required|integer',
diff --git a/src/database/migrations/2023_09_20_055545_fix_post_field_types.php b/src/database/migrations/2023_09_20_055545_fix_post_field_types.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01d78fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/migrations/2023_09_20_055545_fix_post_field_types.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->integer('category_id')->change();
+            $table->string('keywords')->change();
+            $table->mediumText('post')->change();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('category_id')->change();
+            $table->text('keywords')->change();
+            $table->longText('post')->change();
+        });
+    }
+};