diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
index 21f8b7ea..74e8c4ab 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ impl ActiveEnum {
                 }
 
                 fn db_type() -> sea_orm::ColumnDef {
-                    sea_orm::ColumnType::#db_type.def()
+                    sea_orm::prelude::ColumnTypeTrait::def(sea_orm::ColumnType::#db_type)
                 }
             }