diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d2024c6..22364c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## v0.27.2 (WIP)
+
+- Updated the excerpt modifier to properly account for multibyte characters ([#6778](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6778)).
+
+
 ## v0.27.1
 
 - Updated example `geoPoint` API preview body data.
diff --git a/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier.go b/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier.go
index c17269aa..a60c842f 100644
--- a/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier.go
+++ b/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier.go
@@ -135,10 +135,14 @@ func (m *excerptModifier) Modify(value any) (any, error) {
 	result := strings.TrimSpace(builder.String())
 
 	if len(result) > m.max {
-		result = strings.TrimSpace(result[:m.max])
-
-		if m.withEllipsis {
-			result += "..."
+		// note: casted to []rune to properly account for multi-byte chars
+		runes := []rune(result)
+		if len(runes) > m.max {
+			result = string(runes[:m.max])
+			result = strings.TrimSpace(result)
+			if m.withEllipsis {
+				result += "..."
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier_test.go b/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier_test.go
index d71927b1..7e5fe70a 100644
--- a/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier_test.go
+++ b/tools/picker/excerpt_modifier_test.go
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ func TestExcerptModifierModify(t *testing.T) {
 			html,
 			plainText,
 		},
+
+		// multibyte chars
+		{
+			"mutibyte chars <= max",
+			[]string{"4", "t"},
+			"аб\nв ",
+			"аб в",
+		},
+		{
+			"mutibyte chars > max",
+			[]string{"3", "t"},
+			"аб\nв ",
+			"аб...",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {