diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0163_convert_job_tags_to_textfield.py b/awx/main/migrations/0163_convert_job_tags_to_textfield.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..219a80b149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0163_convert_job_tags_to_textfield.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.13 on 2022-06-02 18:15
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0162_alter_unifiedjob_dependent_jobs'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='job',
+            name='job_tags',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default=''),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='jobtemplate',
+            name='job_tags',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default=''),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index 28717192cf..c879f08e93 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ class JobOptions(BaseModel):
             )
         )
     )
-    job_tags = models.CharField(
-        max_length=1024,
+    job_tags = models.TextField(
         blank=True,
         default='',
     )