diff --git a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
index 312e789dfe7..d6ca722ecd4 100644
--- a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
+++ b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
                         <field name="name" string = "Task Title" placeholder="e.g. Send Invitations"/>
                         <field name="project_id" widget="project_private_task" invisible="context.get('default_project_id', False)" placeholder="Private" class="o_project_task_project_field"/>
                         <field name="user_ids" options="{'no_open': True, 'no_quick_create': True}" domain="[('share', '=', False), ('active', '=', True)]"
-                            widget="many2many_tags"/>
+                            widget="many2many_avatar_user"/>
                         <field name="company_id" invisible="1"/>
                         <field name="parent_id" invisible="1" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
                     </group>