diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c858e68928..5453f9ccea7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - JabRef does not hang anymore when exporting via CLI. [#10380](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10380)
 - We fixed an issue where it was not possible to save a library on a network share under macOS due to an exception when acquiring a file lock [#10452](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10452)
 - We fixed an issue where exporting "XMP annotated pdf" without selecting an existing document would produce an exception. [#10102](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10102)
+- We fixed an issue where the "Enabled" column in the "Protected terms files" tab in the preferences could not be resized [#10285](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10285)
+
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/protectedterms/ProtectedTermsTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/protectedterms/ProtectedTermsTab.fxml
index 29df0104da2..2e9f4383c88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/protectedterms/ProtectedTermsTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/protectedterms/ProtectedTermsTab.fxml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 
     <TableView fx:id="filesTable" editable="true" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
         <columns>
-            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableEnabledColumn" text="%Enabled" minWidth="80" maxWidth="60"/>
+            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableEnabledColumn" text="%Enabled" minWidth="90" prefWidth="70" />
             <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableDescriptionColumn" text="%Description"/>
             <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableFileColumn" text="%File"/>
-            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableEditColumn" maxWidth="25.0" minWidth="25.0" reorderable="false"/>
-            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableDeleteColumn" maxWidth="25.0" minWidth="25.0" reorderable="false"/>
+            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableEditColumn" maxWidth="35.0" minWidth="35.0" reorderable="false"/>
+            <TableColumn fx:id="filesTableDeleteColumn" maxWidth="35.0" minWidth="35.0" reorderable="false"/>
         </columns>
         <columnResizePolicy>
             <TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY"/>