diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-graphql-api/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls b/commercetools/commercetools-graphql-api/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls
index 1aea6a632f5..1511bcd3a6a 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-graphql-api/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-graphql-api/src/main/resources/graphql/schema.graphqls
@@ -1830,7 +1830,9 @@ type Category implements Versioned & ReferenceExpandable {
   stagedProductCount: Int!
     """Number of direct child categories."""
   childCount: Int!
-    """Direct child categories."""
+    """
+  Direct child categories. The maximum number of child categories that can be fetched is **150**. If the actual number of child categories exceeds this limit, the query will fail.
+  """
   children: [Category!]
     createdAt: DateTime!
     lastModifiedAt: DateTime!
diff --git a/references.txt b/references.txt
index d23114f59ce..a6b9e687a7d 100644
--- a/references.txt
+++ b/references.txt
@@ -543,3 +543,4 @@ d71139f421f6ec0343438bef335b6826feaa86e7
 d881c2aded2a23820808d785f150b153e09abe79
 d6881e9b71486cb67db3ba779f13d2f5142ef525
 cc467725d8196c5812f7d9a98645febdf0e1d073
+790a7e7848cdedc26065d002fa67757cef290e08