diff --git a/erpnext/projects/doctype/task/task.json b/erpnext/projects/doctype/task/task.json
index b7f547dbcaf..e1ef1366c35 100644
--- a/erpnext/projects/doctype/task/task.json
+++ b/erpnext/projects/doctype/task/task.json
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
    "depends_on": "", 
    "fetch_if_empty": 0, 
    "fieldname": "depends_on_tasks", 
-   "fieldtype": "Data", 
+   "fieldtype": "Long Text", 
    "hidden": 1, 
    "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
    "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
@@ -1433,4 +1433,4 @@
  "track_changes": 0, 
  "track_seen": 1, 
  "track_views": 0
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}