diff --git a/src/people/dto/create-people.dto.ts b/src/people/dto/create-people.dto.ts
index c1ad2fe73fd23a188451df5c65d33c2a120e4d27..d6c7d0b70cfb7f5203d6d35ad1d1abc42de3db3e 100644
--- a/src/people/dto/create-people.dto.ts
+++ b/src/people/dto/create-people.dto.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { IsBoolean, IsString, IsNotEmpty, IsOptional, IsNumber } from 'class-val
 
 export class CreatePeopleDto {
 
-  @IsNumber()
-  @IsNotEmpty()
-  numetu: number;
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  numetu: string;
 
   @IsString()
   @IsNotEmpty()
diff --git a/src/people/dto/update-people.dto.ts b/src/people/dto/update-people.dto.ts
index b190131ff557368e74caad8f25d27602d5bc8104..94dd476ed4046d320ecf5233a6f4595878e17251 100644
--- a/src/people/dto/update-people.dto.ts
+++ b/src/people/dto/update-people.dto.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { IsOptional, IsString, IsNotEmpty, IsNumber } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class UpdatePeopleDto {
   
-  @IsNumber()
-  @IsNotEmpty()
-  numetu: number;
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  numetu: string;
   
   @IsString()
   @IsOptional()
diff --git a/src/people/entities/people.entity.ts b/src/people/entities/people.entity.ts
index 85df4b942c257d8948c1e860db76be279c59589c..90532d2e3de5701c45ef2989b32f1c2198f4dd7c 100644
--- a/src/people/entities/people.entity.ts
+++ b/src/people/entities/people.entity.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { People } from '../schemas/people.schema';
 
 export class PeopleEntity {
   _id: string;
-  numetu: number;
+  numetu: string;
   firstname: string;
   lastname: string;
   email: string;
diff --git a/src/people/schemas/people.schema.ts b/src/people/schemas/people.schema.ts
index 81859a2054f920add57e5b457ac0ba72813da791..0db7e0ebd521d5cc22e68f00bc96274d1c3b58f1 100644
--- a/src/people/schemas/people.schema.ts
+++ b/src/people/schemas/people.schema.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export class People {
       _id: any;
     
       @Prop({
-        type: Number,
-        required: true,
-    }) numetu: number;
+        type: String,
+        trim: true,
+    }) numetu: string;
 
     @Prop({
         type: String,