diff --git a/vortex-array/src/builders/dict/bytes.rs b/vortex-array/src/builders/dict/bytes.rs
index 361735536ed..88d45dc2601 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/builders/dict/bytes.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/builders/dict/bytes.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl<Code: UnsignedPType> BytesDictBuilder<Code> {
             values_nulls: BitBufferMut::empty(),
             hasher: DefaultHashBuilder::default(),
             dtype,
-            max_dict_bytes: constraints.max_bytes,
+            max_dict_bytes: constraints.max_bytes.min(u32::MAX as usize),
             max_dict_len: constraints.max_len,
         }
     }
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ mod test {
     use vortex_error::VortexResult;
     use vortex_session::VortexSession;
 
+    use super::BytesDictBuilder;
     use crate::IntoArray;
     use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
     use crate::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
@@ -430,4 +431,13 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(codes.as_slice::<u8>(), &[0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1]);
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn max_dict_bytes_cannot_exceed_the_view_offset_range() {
+        let builder = BytesDictBuilder::<u32>::new(
+            DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
+            &super::super::UNCONSTRAINED,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(builder.max_dict_bytes, u32::MAX as usize);
+    }
 }