diff --git a/routers/web/repo/issue.go b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
index 055fcdc231..f8c50af53c 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ import (
 	issue_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/issue"
 	pull_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/pull"
 	repo_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/repository"
+
+	"gitea.com/go-chi/binding"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -2218,10 +2220,20 @@ func UpdateIssueTitle(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusForbidden)
 		return
 	}
-
 	title := ctx.FormTrim("title")
-	if len(title) == 0 {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusNoContent)
+	if util.IsEmptyString(title) {
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "Title cannot be empty or spaces")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Creating a CreateIssueForm with the title so that we can validate the max title length
+	i := forms.CreateIssueForm{
+		Title: title,
+	}
+
+	bindingErr := binding.RawValidate(i)
+	if bindingErr.Has(binding.ERR_MAX_SIZE) {
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "Title cannot be longer than 255 characters")
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/issue_test.go b/tests/integration/issue_test.go
index 846de8f42c..ecdda68196 100644
--- a/tests/integration/issue_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/issue_test.go
@@ -1005,6 +1005,66 @@ func TestUpdateIssueDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "2022-04-06", apiIssue.Deadline.Format("2006-01-02"))
 }
 
+func TestUpdateIssueTitle(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+
+	issueBefore := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &issues_model.Issue{ID: 1})
+	repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{ID: issueBefore.RepoID})
+	owner := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: repo.OwnerID})
+
+	require.NoError(t, issueBefore.LoadAttributes(db.DefaultContext))
+	assert.Equal(t, "issue1", issueBefore.Title)
+
+	issueTitleUpdateTests := []struct {
+		title            string
+		expectedHTTPCode int
+	}{
+		{
+			title:            "normal-title",
+			expectedHTTPCode: http.StatusOK,
+		},
+		{
+			title:            "extra-long-title-with-exactly-255-chars-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+			expectedHTTPCode: http.StatusOK,
+		},
+		{
+			title:            "",
+			expectedHTTPCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		},
+		{
+			title:            " ",
+			expectedHTTPCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		},
+		{
+			title:            "extra-long-title-over-255-chars-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+			expectedHTTPCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		},
+	}
+
+	session := loginUser(t, owner.Name)
+	issueURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/issues/%d", owner.Name, repo.Name, issueBefore.Index)
+	urlStr := issueURL + "/title"
+
+	for _, issueTitleUpdateTest := range issueTitleUpdateTests {
+		req := NewRequestWithValues(t, "POST", urlStr, map[string]string{
+			"title": issueTitleUpdateTest.title,
+			"_csrf": GetCSRF(t, session, issueURL),
+		})
+
+		resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, issueTitleUpdateTest.expectedHTTPCode)
+
+		// JSON data is received only if the request succeeds
+		if issueTitleUpdateTest.expectedHTTPCode == http.StatusOK {
+			issueAfter := struct {
+				Title string `json:"title"`
+			}{}
+
+			DecodeJSON(t, resp, &issueAfter)
+			assert.EqualValues(t, issueTitleUpdateTest.title, issueAfter.Title)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIssueReferenceURL(t *testing.T) {
 	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
 	session := loginUser(t, "user2")