diff --git a/src/repository/migrations/0044_alter_repositoryfield_help_text.py b/src/repository/migrations/0044_alter_repositoryfield_help_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dabd63c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/repository/migrations/0044_alter_repositoryfield_help_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2 on 2024-06-26 10:12
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.template.defaultfilters import striptags
+
+
+def strip_html_tags_from_repo_field_help_text(apps, schema_editor):
+    RepositoryField = apps.get_model('repository', 'RepositoryField')
+
+    for field in RepositoryField.objects.all():
+        field.help_text = striptags(field.help_text)
+        field.save()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('repository', '0043_auto_20240402_1256'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='repositoryfield',
+            name='help_text',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(
+            strip_html_tags_from_repo_field_help_text,
+            reverse_code=migrations.RunPython.noop,
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/src/repository/models.py b/src/repository/models.py
index 0cff19546..c596c47f0 100755
--- a/src/repository/models.py
+++ b/src/repository/models.py
@@ -343,7 +343,10 @@ class RepositoryField(models.Model):
     )
     required = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     order = models.IntegerField()
-    help_text = model_utils.JanewayBleachField(blank=True, null=True)
+    help_text = models.TextField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+    )
     display = models.BooleanField(
         default=False,
         help_text='Whether or not display this field in the article page',