diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/data/DmpBlueprintEntity.java b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/data/DmpBlueprintEntity.java
index 1cce3b045..e205dfea8 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/data/DmpBlueprintEntity.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/data/DmpBlueprintEntity.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import eu.eudat.commons.enums.IsActive;
 import eu.eudat.data.converters.enums.DmpBlueprintStatusConverter;
 import eu.eudat.data.converters.enums.IsActiveConverter;
 import eu.eudat.data.tenant.TenantScopedBaseEntity;
+import eu.eudat.data.types.SQLXMLType;
 import jakarta.persistence.*;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ public class DmpBlueprintEntity extends TenantScopedBaseEntity {
     public static final String _label = "label";
     public static final int _labelLength = 250;
 
-    @Column(name = "definition", nullable = true)
+    @Type(value = SQLXMLType.class)
+    @Column(name = "definition", nullable = true, columnDefinition = "xml")
     private String definition;
     public static final String _definition = "definition";