diff --git a/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_newton.py b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_newton.py
index 70e388bc31..3293b91cef 100644
--- a/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_newton.py
+++ b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_newton.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def upgrade(migrate_engine):
         sqlalchemy.Column('owner_id', sqlalchemy.String(36)),
         sqlalchemy.Column('action', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
         sqlalchemy.Column('status', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
-        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', types.LongText),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', sqlalchemy.Text),
         sqlalchemy.Column('timeout', sqlalchemy.Integer),
         sqlalchemy.Column('tenant', sqlalchemy.String(256)),
         sqlalchemy.Column('disable_rollback', sqlalchemy.Boolean,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def upgrade(migrate_engine):
         sqlalchemy.Column('updated_at', sqlalchemy.DateTime),
         sqlalchemy.Column('action', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
         sqlalchemy.Column('status', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
-        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', types.LongText),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', sqlalchemy.Text),
         sqlalchemy.Column('stack_id', sqlalchemy.String(36),
                           sqlalchemy.ForeignKey('stack.id'), nullable=False),
         sqlalchemy.Column('rsrc_metadata', types.LongText),
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def upgrade(migrate_engine):
         sqlalchemy.Column('output_values', types.Json),
         sqlalchemy.Column('action', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
         sqlalchemy.Column('status', sqlalchemy.String(255)),
-        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', types.LongText),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('status_reason', sqlalchemy.Text),
         sqlalchemy.Column('tenant', sqlalchemy.String(64),
                           nullable=False,
                           index=True),