diff --git a/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text.go b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94d965d6295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package migrationscripts
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/context"
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/errors"
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/plugin"
+)
+
+var _ plugin.MigrationScript = (*changeIssueComponentToText)(nil)
+
+type changeIssueComponentToText struct{}
+
+func (*changeIssueComponentToText) Up(basicRes context.BasicRes) errors.Error {
+	// The 20240813 migration targeted the non-existent plural "components" column.
+	return basicRes.GetDal().ModifyColumnType("issues", "component", "text")
+}
+
+func (*changeIssueComponentToText) Version() uint64 {
+	return 20260629120000
+}
+
+func (*changeIssueComponentToText) Name() string {
+	return "change issues.component type to text"
+}
diff --git a/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text_test.go b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..482c42b5001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/20260629_change_issue_component_to_text_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package migrationscripts
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/context"
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/dal"
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/core/errors"
+)
+
+type modifyColumnTypeCall struct {
+	tableName  string
+	columnName string
+	columnType string
+}
+
+type recordingDal struct {
+	dal.Dal
+	call *modifyColumnTypeCall
+}
+
+func (d *recordingDal) ModifyColumnType(tableName string, columnName string, columnType string) errors.Error {
+	d.call = &modifyColumnTypeCall{tableName, columnName, columnType}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type basicResWithDal struct {
+	context.BasicRes
+	database dal.Dal
+}
+
+func (r *basicResWithDal) GetDal() dal.Dal {
+	return r.database
+}
+
+func TestChangeIssueComponentToText(t *testing.T) {
+	database := new(recordingDal)
+	script := new(changeIssueComponentToText)
+
+	if err := script.Up(&basicResWithDal{database: database}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("migration failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	want := &modifyColumnTypeCall{"issues", "component", "text"}
+	if database.call == nil || *database.call != *want {
+		t.Fatalf("ModifyColumnType call = %#v, want %#v", database.call, want)
+	}
+	if script.Version() != 20260629120000 {
+		t.Fatalf("Version() = %d, want 20260629120000", script.Version())
+	}
+	if script.Name() != "change issues.component type to text" {
+		t.Fatalf("Name() = %q, want %q", script.Name(), "change issues.component type to text")
+	}
+
+	found := false
+	for _, registeredScript := range All() {
+		if registeredScript.Version() == script.Version() {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Fatalf("migration version %d is not registered", script.Version())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/register.go b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/register.go
index 76f2e96838b..9292bed13b6 100644
--- a/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/register.go
+++ b/backend/core/models/migrationscripts/register.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func All() []plugin.MigrationScript {
 		new(modifyCicdDeploymentsToText),
 		new(increaseCqIssuesProjectKeyLength),
 		new(addAuthSessions),
+		new(changeIssueComponentToText),
 		new(addCqProjectMetricsHistory),
 	}
 }