diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class BitbucketIssue(Issue):
             'label': 'Bitbucket URL',
         },
         FOREIGN_ID: {
-            'type': 'string',
+            'type': 'numeric',
             'label': 'Bitbucket Issue ID',
         }
     }
Make bitbucketid numeric. (#<I>)

This silences all the warnings from taskw that a number is being coerced

into a string.