diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.3.xml b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.3.xml
index 15038ba02..5d7b3b7e4 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.3.xml
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.3.xml
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@
         <modifyDataType tableName="task_element" columnName="notes" newDataType="TEXT" />
     </changeSet>
 
+    <changeSet id="change-column-notes-in-task_element-to-text-in-mysql"
+        author="jaragunde" dbms="mysql">
+        <comment>Change column notes in task_element to TEXT in MySQL.</comment>
+        <sql>ALTER TABLE task_element MODIFY notes TEXT</sql>
+    </changeSet>
+
 </databaseChangeLog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
index 860945e05..43357189d 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         </id>
         <version name="version" access="property" type="long" />
         <property name="name" />
-        <property name="notes"/>
+        <property name="notes" type="text" />
         <component name="startDate"
             class="org.libreplan.business.workingday.IntraDayDate">
             <property  name="date" column="start_date" not-null="true"