diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index c583abc60..bc344abb9 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
         if not self.override_asn:
             # check not necessary in case no ASN gets set
             return
-        # Validate the range is above zero and less than int32 max
+        # Validate the range is above zero and less than uint32_t max
         # otherwise, Whoosh can't handle it in the index
-        if self.override_asn < 0 or self.override_asn > 2_147_483_647:
+        if self.override_asn < 0 or self.override_asn > 0xFF_FF_FF_FF:
             self._fail(
                 MESSAGE_ASN_RANGE,
                 f"Not consuming {self.filename}: "
-                "Given ASN is out of range [0, 2147483647]",
+                f"Given ASN {self.override_asn} is out of range [0, 4,294,967,295]",
             )
         if Document.objects.filter(archive_serial_number=self.override_asn).exists():
             self._fail(
diff --git a/src/documents/index.py b/src/documents/index.py
index 7ba50a324..7add84bb7 100644
--- a/src/documents/index.py
+++ b/src/documents/index.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_schema():
         id=NUMERIC(stored=True, unique=True),
         title=TEXT(sortable=True),
         content=TEXT(),
-        asn=NUMERIC(sortable=True),
+        asn=NUMERIC(sortable=True, signed=False),
         correspondent=TEXT(sortable=True),
         correspondent_id=NUMERIC(),
         has_correspondent=BOOLEAN(),
diff --git a/src/documents/migrations/1029_alter_document_archive_serial_number.py b/src/documents/migrations/1029_alter_document_archive_serial_number.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7e4b662d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1029_alter_document_archive_serial_number.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.4 on 2023-01-24 17:56
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "1028_remove_paperlesstask_task_args_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="archive_serial_number",
+            field=models.PositiveIntegerField(
+                blank=True,
+                db_index=True,
+                help_text="The position of this document in your physical document archive.",
+                null=True,
+                unique=True,
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(4294967295),
+                    django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(0),
+                ],
+                verbose_name="archive serial number",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/documents/models.py b/src/documents/models.py
index a59340e5b..84e96a79a 100644
--- a/src/documents/models.py
+++ b/src/documents/models.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import pathvalidate
 from celery import states
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator
+from django.core.validators import MinValueValidator
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -227,12 +229,16 @@ class Document(models.Model):
         help_text=_("The original name of the file when it was uploaded"),
     )
 
-    archive_serial_number = models.IntegerField(
+    archive_serial_number = models.PositiveIntegerField(
         _("archive serial number"),
         blank=True,
         null=True,
         unique=True,
         db_index=True,
+        validators=[
+            MaxValueValidator(0xFF_FF_FF_FF),
+            MinValueValidator(0),
+        ],
         help_text=_(
             "The position of this document in your physical document " "archive.",
         ),
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-128-asn-too-large.pdf b/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-128-asn-too-large.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d190c876
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-128-asn-too-large.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
index 1dc2a88bc..7beeee288 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.test import override_settings
 from django.test import TestCase
 from documents import barcodes
 from documents import tasks
+from documents.consumer import ConsumerError
 from documents.tests.utils import DirectoriesMixin
 from PIL import Image
 
@@ -804,3 +805,23 @@ class TestBarcode(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             args, kwargs = mocked_call.call_args
 
             self.assertEqual(kwargs["override_asn"], 123)
+
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_ENABLE_ASN_BARCODE=True)
+    def test_asn_too_large(self):
+
+        src = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(__file__),
+            "samples",
+            "barcodes",
+            "barcode-128-asn-too-large.pdf",
+        )
+        dst = os.path.join(self.dirs.scratch_dir, "barcode-128-asn-too-large.pdf")
+        shutil.copy(src, dst)
+
+        with mock.patch("documents.consumer.Consumer._send_progress"):
+            self.assertRaisesMessage(
+                ConsumerError,
+                "Given ASN 4294967296 is out of range [0, 4,294,967,295]",
+                tasks.consume_file,
+                dst,
+            )