diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/CustomQuestion.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/CustomQuestion.java
index d880da5b4a8..2cb6f27c3e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/CustomQuestion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/CustomQuestion.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 import jakarta.persistence.*;
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public void setId(Long id) {
     private String questionType;
     
     @NotBlank(message = "{custom.questiontext}")
-    @Column( nullable = false, columnDefinition = "TEXT")
+    @Column( nullable = false )
     private String questionString;
     private boolean required;