diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0207_alter_skip_tags_to_textfield.py b/awx/main/migrations/0207_alter_skip_tags_to_textfield.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a6457cc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0207_alter_skip_tags_to_textfield.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2026-07-20 11:07
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0206_jobhostsummary_host_id_idx'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='job',
+            name='skip_tags',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default=''),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='jobtemplate',
+            name='skip_tags',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default=''),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index 9b84488836..0336ab72c8 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ class JobOptions(BaseModel):
         blank=True,
         default=False,
     )
-    skip_tags = models.CharField(
-        max_length=1024,
+    skip_tags = models.TextField(
         blank=True,
         default='',
     )
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_job_runtime_params.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_job_runtime_params.py
index 95b55e15b6..1220a0c8db 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_job_runtime_params.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_job_runtime_params.py
@@ -191,6 +191,21 @@ def test_job_accept_empty_tags(job_template_prompts, post, admin_user, mocker):
     mock_job.signal_start.assert_called_once()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@pytest.mark.job_runtime_vars
+def test_job_accept_long_skip_tags(job_template_prompts, post, admin_user, mocker):
+    job_template = job_template_prompts(True)
+    long_skip_tags = ','.join(f'tag{i}' for i in range(500))
+    assert len(long_skip_tags) > 1024
+
+    mock_job = mocker.MagicMock(spec=Job, id=968)
+
+    mocker.patch.object(JobTemplate, 'create_unified_job', return_value=mock_job)
+    mocker.patch('awx.api.serializers.JobSerializer.to_representation')
+    post(reverse('api:job_template_launch', kwargs={'pk': job_template.pk}), {'skip_tags': long_skip_tags}, admin_user, expect=201)
+    JobTemplate.create_unified_job.assert_called_once_with(skip_tags=long_skip_tags)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 @pytest.mark.job_runtime_vars
 def test_slice_timeout_forks_need_int(job_template_prompts, post, admin_user, mocker):