diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/ddl_queries.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/ddl_queries.go
index 98c0164a6a..50e11ef5fc 100755
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/ddl_queries.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/ddl_queries.go
@@ -644,4 +644,30 @@ var BrokenDDLScripts = []queries.ScriptTest{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name:         "alter string column to truncate data",
+		SetUpScript:  []string{
+			"create table t1 (a int primary key, b varchar(3))",
+			"insert into t1 values (1, 'hi'), (2, 'bye')",
+		},
+		Assertions: []queries.ScriptTestAssertion{
+			{
+				Query:       "alter table t1 modify b varchar(2)",
+				ExpectedErr: sql.ErrInvalidValue, // not sure of the type of error, but it should give one
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		Name:         "alter datetime column with invalid values",
+		SetUpScript:  []string{
+			"CREATE TABLE t3(pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, v1 DATETIME, INDEX(v1))",
+			"INSERT INTO t3 VALUES (0,'1999-11-02 17:39:38'),(1,'3021-01-08 02:59:27');",
+		},
+		Assertions: []queries.ScriptTestAssertion{
+			{
+				Query:       "alter table t3 modify v1 timestamp",
+				ExpectedErr: sql.ErrInvalidValue, // not sure of the type of error, but it should give one
+			},
+		},
+	},
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats b/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
index a5381ef3cf..2d4e3efd19 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
@@ -1026,18 +1026,10 @@ SQL
     skip_nbf_dolt_1
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE t1(pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, v1 INT, INDEX(v1));
-CREATE TABLE t2(pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, v1 VARCHAR(20), INDEX(v1));
-CREATE TABLE t3(pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, v1 DATETIME, INDEX(v1));
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (0,-1),(1,1);
-INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (0,'hi'),(1,'bye');
-INSERT INTO t3 VALUES (0,'1999-11-02 17:39:38'),(1,'3021-01-08 02:59:27');
 SQL
     run dolt sql -q "ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN v1 INT UNSIGNED"
     [ "$status" -eq "1" ]
-    run dolt sql -q "ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY COLUMN v1 VARCHAR(2)"
-    [ "$status" -eq "1" ]
-    run dolt sql -q "ALTER TABLE t3 MODIFY COLUMN v1 TIMESTAMP"
-    [ "$status" -eq "1" ]
 }
 
 @test "sql: alter table modify column type no data change" {