diff --git a/backend/src/services/aws.ts b/backend/src/services/aws.ts
index 67631e1fb2..ab83beb486 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/aws.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/aws.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import AWS, { SQS } from 'aws-sdk'
+import { trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength } from '@crowd/common'
 import { COMPREHEND_CONFIG, IS_DEV_ENV, KUBE_MODE, S3_CONFIG, SQS_CONFIG } from '../conf'
 
 let sqsInstance
@@ -100,22 +101,6 @@ if (KUBE_MODE) {
       : undefined
 }
 
-const trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength = (utf8Str: string, maxByteLength: number): string => {
-  if (Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8') > maxByteLength) {
-    // this will get us close but some characters could be multibyte encoded so we might need to trim a bit more
-    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, maxByteLength)
-  }
-
-  // trim till we get to the requested byte length or lower (if we cut multibyte character)
-  let byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
-  while (byteLength > maxByteLength) {
-    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, -1)
-    byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
-  }
-
-  return utf8Str
-}
-
 const ALLOWED_MAX_BYTE_LENGTH = 5000
 
 /**
diff --git a/services/apps/search_sync_worker/src/service/member.sync.service.ts b/services/apps/search_sync_worker/src/service/member.sync.service.ts
index 88ba22809f..a0155ec115 100644
--- a/services/apps/search_sync_worker/src/service/member.sync.service.ts
+++ b/services/apps/search_sync_worker/src/service/member.sync.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SERVICE_CONFIG } from '@/conf'
 import { IDbMemberSyncData } from '@/repo/member.data'
 import { MemberRepository } from '@/repo/member.repo'
 import { OpenSearchIndex } from '@/types'
-import { distinct, distinctBy, groupBy } from '@crowd/common'
+import { distinct, distinctBy, groupBy, trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength } from '@crowd/common'
 import { DbStore } from '@crowd/database'
 import { Logger, LoggerBase, logExecutionTime } from '@crowd/logging'
 import { RedisClient } from '@crowd/redis'
@@ -433,13 +433,17 @@ export class MemberSyncService extends LoggerBase {
     p.keyword_displayName = data.displayName
     const p_attributes = {}
 
+    // max byte length that can be indexed in OpenSearch
+    const maxByteLength = 25000
+
     for (const attribute of attributes) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const attData = data.attributes as any
 
       if (attribute.name in attData) {
         if (attribute.type === MemberAttributeType.SPECIAL) {
-          const data = JSON.stringify(attData[attribute.name])
+          let data = JSON.stringify(attData[attribute.name])
+          data = trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength(data, maxByteLength)
           p_attributes[`string_${attribute.name}`] = data
         } else {
           const p_data = {}
@@ -447,7 +451,11 @@ export class MemberSyncService extends LoggerBase {
           const prefix = this.attributeTypeToOpenSearchPrefix(defValue, attribute.type)
 
           for (const key of Object.keys(attData[attribute.name])) {
-            p_data[`${prefix}_${key}`] = attData[attribute.name][key]
+            let value = attData[attribute.name][key]
+            if (attribute.type === MemberAttributeType.STRING) {
+              value = trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength(value, maxByteLength)
+            }
+            p_data[`${prefix}_${key}`] = value
           }
 
           p_attributes[`obj_${attribute.name}`] = p_data
diff --git a/services/libs/common/src/byteLength.ts b/services/libs/common/src/byteLength.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c15cd71d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/libs/common/src/byteLength.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export const trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength = (utf8Str: string, maxByteLength: number): string => {
+  if (Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8') > maxByteLength) {
+    // this will get us close but some characters could be multibyte encoded so we might need to trim a bit more
+    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, maxByteLength)
+  }
+
+  // trim till we get to the requested byte length or lower (if we cut multibyte character)
+  let byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
+  while (byteLength > maxByteLength) {
+    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, -1)
+    byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
+  }
+
+  return utf8Str
+}
diff --git a/services/libs/common/src/index.ts b/services/libs/common/src/index.ts
index a1f5a4a22a..e60b3340cb 100644
--- a/services/libs/common/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/libs/common/src/index.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export * from './strings'
 export * from './types'
 export * from './requestThrottler'
 export * from './rawQueryParser'
+export * from './byteLength'
diff --git a/services/libs/sentiment/src/sentiment.ts b/services/libs/sentiment/src/sentiment.ts
index 980dc7eacb..56b95a78c7 100644
--- a/services/libs/sentiment/src/sentiment.ts
+++ b/services/libs/sentiment/src/sentiment.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { IS_DEV_ENV } from '@crowd/common'
 import { getServiceChildLogger } from '@crowd/logging'
 import { getComprehendClient } from './client'
 import { ISentimentAnalysisResult, ISentimentClientConfig } from './types'
+import { trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength } from '@crowd/common'
 
 const log = getServiceChildLogger('sentiment')
 
@@ -134,22 +135,6 @@ const mapResult = (result: DetectSentimentResponse): ISentimentAnalysisResult =>
   }
 }
 
-const trimUtf8ToMaxByteLength = (utf8Str: string, maxByteLength: number): string => {
-  if (Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8') > maxByteLength) {
-    // this will get us close but some characters could be multibyte encoded so we might need to trim a bit more
-    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, maxByteLength)
-  }
-
-  // trim till we get to the requested byte length or lower (if we cut multibyte character)
-  let byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
-  while (byteLength > maxByteLength) {
-    utf8Str = utf8Str.slice(0, -1)
-    byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(utf8Str, 'utf8')
-  }
-
-  return utf8Str
-}
-
 const ALLOWED_MAX_BYTE_LENGTH = 5000
 
 const prepareText = (text: string): string => {