diff --git a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtils.java b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtils.java
index da2bffc0d77d..f147af71d2ff 100644
--- a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtils.java
+++ b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtils.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.types.RowType;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.VarCharType;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.type.HiveChar;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.type.HiveVarchar;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.CharTypeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.DecimalTypeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.ListTypeInfo;
@@ -75,10 +77,14 @@ public static TypeInfo logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataType logicalType) {
                         decimalType.getPrecision(), decimalType.getScale());
             case CHAR:
                 CharType charType = (CharType) logicalType;
-                return TypeInfoFactory.getCharTypeInfo(charType.getLength());
+                if (charType.getLength() > HiveChar.MAX_CHAR_LENGTH) {
+                    return TypeInfoFactory.stringTypeInfo;
+                } else {
+                    return TypeInfoFactory.getCharTypeInfo(charType.getLength());
+                }
             case VARCHAR:
                 VarCharType varCharType = (VarCharType) logicalType;
-                if (varCharType.getLength() == VarCharType.MAX_LENGTH) {
+                if (varCharType.getLength() > HiveVarchar.MAX_VARCHAR_LENGTH) {
                     return TypeInfoFactory.stringTypeInfo;
                 } else {
                     return TypeInfoFactory.getVarcharTypeInfo(varCharType.getLength());
diff --git a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtilsTest.java b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtilsTest.java
index ff5b1e9b354a..590cc950da15 100644
--- a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtilsTest.java
+++ b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveTypeUtilsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.paimon.hive;
 
+import org.apache.paimon.types.CharType;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataField;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataTypes;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.IntType;
@@ -63,9 +64,17 @@ public void testLogicalTypeToTypeInfo() {
         TypeInfo charTypeInfo = HiveTypeUtils.logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataTypes.CHAR(1));
         assertThat(charTypeInfo.getTypeName()).isEqualTo("char(1)");
 
+        TypeInfo maxLengthCharType =
+                HiveTypeUtils.logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataTypes.CHAR(CharType.MAX_LENGTH));
+        assertThat(maxLengthCharType.getTypeName()).isEqualTo("string");
+
         TypeInfo varcharTypeInfo = HiveTypeUtils.logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataTypes.VARCHAR(10));
         assertThat(varcharTypeInfo.getTypeName()).isEqualTo("varchar(10)");
 
+        TypeInfo maxLengthVarcharType =
+                HiveTypeUtils.logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataTypes.VARCHAR(VarCharType.MAX_LENGTH));
+        assertThat(maxLengthVarcharType.getTypeName()).isEqualTo("string");
+
         TypeInfo binaryTypeInfo = HiveTypeUtils.logicalTypeToTypeInfo(DataTypes.BINARY(10));
         assertThat(binaryTypeInfo.getTypeName()).isEqualTo("binary");