diff --git a/scope_private.go b/scope_private.go
index 85f07e99..5de1e2b7 100644
--- a/scope_private.go
+++ b/scope_private.go
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func (scope *Scope) dropTableIfExists() *Scope {
 }
 
 func (scope *Scope) modifyColumn(column string, typ string) {
-	scope.Raw(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %v MODIFY %v %v", scope.QuotedTableName(), scope.Quote(column), typ)).Exec()
+	scope.Raw(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %v ALTER %v set data type %v", scope.QuotedTableName(), scope.Quote(column), typ)).Exec()
 }
 
 func (scope *Scope) dropColumn(column string) {