diff --git a/data_types/src/job.rs b/data_types/src/job.rs
index 856b877201..dd2e031362 100644
--- a/data_types/src/job.rs
+++ b/data_types/src/job.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl Job {
     }
 
     /// Returns a human readable description associated with this job, if any
-    pub fn description(&self) -> &str {
+    pub fn description(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             Self::Dummy { .. } => "Dummy Job, for testing",
             Self::CompactChunk { .. } => "Compacting chunk to ReadBuffer",