diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/models/forms/tag.xml b/administrator/components/com_tags/models/forms/tag.xml
index 687a56edc2056..546c5df1fbc5c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/models/forms/tag.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/models/forms/tag.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 	<field
 		name="parent_id"
-		type="tag"
+		type="tagnested"
 		label="COM_TAGS_FIELD_PARENT_LABEL"
 		description="COM_TAGS_FIELD_PARENT_DESC"
 		validate="notequals"