diff --git a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.lock b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.lock
index 88ea317f0b..12bfd102df 100644
--- a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.lock
+++ b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.lock
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
 version = "1.8.3"
@@ -262,6 +268,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "password-hash"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -478,6 +493,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
  "hybrid-array",
  "kem",
+ "num-traits",
  "password-hash",
  "rand_core 0.10.0",
  "regex",
diff --git a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.toml b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.toml
index 283d087d0b..0e3ceed443 100644
--- a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ aead = { version = "0.5", optional = true, default-features = false }
 cipher = { version = "0.5", optional = true, default-features = false }
 digest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["block-api"] }
 signature = { version = "2.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
+num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 zeroize = { version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 password-hash = { version = "0.6.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 kem = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
diff --git a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/src/random.rs b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/src/random.rs
index 5fb5429446..a5904daa40 100644
--- a/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/src/random.rs
+++ b/wrapper/rust/wolfssl-wolfcrypt/src/random.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ rng.generate_block(&mut buffer).expect("Failed to generate a block");
 
 use crate::sys;
 use core::mem::{size_of_val, MaybeUninit};
+use num_traits::PrimInt;
 
 /// A cryptographically secure random number generator based on the wolfSSL
 /// library.
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ impl RNG {
     ///
     /// A Result which is Ok(RNG) on success or an Err containing the wolfSSL
     /// library return code on failure.
-    pub fn new_with_nonce<T>(nonce: &mut [T]) -> Result<Self, i32> {
+    pub fn new_with_nonce<T: PrimInt>(nonce: &mut [T]) -> Result<Self, i32> {
         RNG::new_with_nonce_ex(nonce, None, None)
     }
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ impl RNG {
     ///
     /// A Result which is Ok(RNG) on success or an Err containing the wolfSSL
     /// library return code on failure.
-    pub fn new_with_nonce_ex<T>(nonce: &mut [T], heap: Option<*mut core::ffi::c_void>, dev_id: Option<i32>) -> Result<Self, i32> {
+    pub fn new_with_nonce_ex<T: PrimInt>(nonce: &mut [T], heap: Option<*mut core::ffi::c_void>, dev_id: Option<i32>) -> Result<Self, i32> {
         #[cfg(fips)]
         {
             let rc = unsafe {
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ impl RNG {
     ///
     /// A `Result` which is `Ok(())` on success or an `Err` with the wolfssl
     /// library return code on failure.
-    pub fn generate_block<T>(&mut self, buf: &mut [T]) -> Result<(), i32> {
+    pub fn generate_block<T: PrimInt>(&mut self, buf: &mut [T]) -> Result<(), i32> {
         let ptr = buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8;
         let size = crate::buffer_len_to_u32(size_of_val(buf))?;
         let rc = unsafe { sys::wc_RNG_GenerateBlock(&mut self.wc_rng, ptr, size) };