diff --git a/catalogue/common_catalogue_schema.sql b/catalogue/common_catalogue_schema.sql
index 26468f8986bfa91a51928f06264fabe68e04ce31..786209fda478becc439a2b3460baf9ab1569ec4b 100644
--- a/catalogue/common_catalogue_schema.sql
+++ b/catalogue/common_catalogue_schema.sql
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ CREATE TABLE TAPE_FILE(
   CREATION_TIME            NUMERIC(20, 0) CONSTRAINT TAPE_FILE_CT_NN   NOT NULL,
   ARCHIVE_FILE_ID          NUMERIC(20, 0) CONSTRAINT TAPE_FILE_AFI_NN  NOT NULL,
   SUPERSEDED_BY_VID        VARCHAR(100),
-  SUPERSEDED_BY_FSEQ       INTEGER,
+  SUPERSEDED_BY_FSEQ       NUMERIC(20, 0),
   CONSTRAINT TAPE_FILE_PK PRIMARY KEY(VID, FSEQ),
   CONSTRAINT TAPE_FILE_TAPE_FK FOREIGN KEY(VID)
     REFERENCES TAPE(VID),