diff --git a/CHANGES/+revert_rel_path.bugfix b/CHANGES/+revert_rel_path.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2db642413be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/+revert_rel_path.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Revert the migration of relative_paths to the new domain type.
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/migrations/0156_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py b/pulpcore/app/migrations/0156_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py
index 22fcf266537..ce1d7bc03c6 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/migrations/0156_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/migrations/0156_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by Django 5.2.15 on 2026-08-10 10:26
 
 import django.contrib.postgres.indexes
+import django.contrib.postgres.operations
 import django.db.models.expressions
 import pulpcore.app.models.fields
 from django.db import migrations
@@ -8,32 +9,19 @@
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
+    atomic = False
+
     dependencies = [
         ('core', '0155_create_rel_path_domains'),
     ]
 
     operations = [
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='contentartifact',
-            name='relative_path',
-            field=pulpcore.app.models.fields.RelativePathField(),
-        ),
         migrations.AlterField(
             model_name='distribution',
             name='base_path',
             field=pulpcore.app.models.fields.RelativePathField(),
         ),
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='publishedartifact',
-            name='relative_path',
-            field=pulpcore.app.models.fields.RelativePathField(),
-        ),
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='publishedmetadata',
-            name='relative_path',
-            field=pulpcore.app.models.fields.RelativePathField(),
-        ),
-        migrations.AddIndex(
+        django.contrib.postgres.operations.AddIndexConcurrently(
             model_name='distribution',
             index=django.contrib.postgres.indexes.SpGistIndex(django.contrib.postgres.indexes.OpClass("base_path", name='text_ops'), include=('pulp_domain',), name='core_distribution_base_path_text'),
         ),
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/migrations/0159_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py b/pulpcore/app/migrations/0159_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c56fc31c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulpcore/app/migrations/0159_alter_contentartifact_relative_path_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.15 on 2026-09-04 15:12
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0158_domain_default_content_guard'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.SeparateDatabaseAndState(
+            database_operations = [
+                migrations.RunSQL(
+                    # These instructions are idempotent and only effective on the timeline with
+                    # the 3.117.0 migrations properly applied.
+                    sql="""
+                    ALTER TABLE "core_contentartifact" ALTER COLUMN "relative_path" TYPE text;
+                    ALTER TABLE "core_publishedartifact" ALTER COLUMN "relative_path" TYPE text;
+                    ALTER TABLE "core_publishedmetadata" ALTER COLUMN "relative_path" TYPE text;
+                    """,
+                    reverse_sql="",
+                ),
+            ],
+            state_operations = [
+                migrations.AlterField(
+                    model_name='contentartifact',
+                    name='relative_path',
+                    field=models.TextField(),
+                ),
+                migrations.AlterField(
+                    model_name='publishedartifact',
+                    name='relative_path',
+                    field=models.TextField(),
+                ),
+                migrations.AlterField(
+                    model_name='publishedmetadata',
+                    name='relative_path',
+                    field=models.TextField(),
+                ),
+            ],
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/models/content.py b/pulpcore/app/models/content.py
index e62c3f85a6e..c2666833fd5 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/models/content.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/models/content.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 from pulpcore.app import pulp_hashlib
 from pulpcore.app.models import BaseModel, MasterModel, fields, storage
-from pulpcore.app.models.fields import RelativePathField
 from pulpcore.app.util import get_domain_pk, gpg_verify
 from pulpcore.constants import ALL_KNOWN_CONTENT_CHECKSUMS
 from pulpcore.exceptions import (
@@ -658,7 +657,7 @@ class ContentArtifact(BaseModel, QueryMixin):
         Artifact, on_delete=models.PROTECT, null=True, related_name="content_memberships"
     )
     content = models.ForeignKey(Content, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    relative_path = RelativePathField()
+    relative_path = models.TextField()
 
     objects = BulkCreateManager()
 
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/models/publication.py b/pulpcore/app/models/publication.py
index 5b62b6014f9..734fbb4c11c 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/models/publication.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/models/publication.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class PublishedArtifact(BaseModel):
         publication (models.ForeignKey): The publication in which the artifact is included.
     """
 
-    relative_path = RelativePathField()
+    relative_path = models.TextField()
 
     content_artifact = models.ForeignKey("ContentArtifact", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     publication = models.ForeignKey(Publication, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class PublishedMetadata(Content):
 
     TYPE = "publishedmetadata"
 
-    relative_path = RelativePathField()
+    relative_path = models.TextField()
 
     publication = models.ForeignKey(Publication, on_delete=models.CASCADE)