diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
index 0740e2ab8c..e8bf9c6de5 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/detail/cusparse_wrappers.h
@@ -154,21 +154,21 @@ inline void cusparsecoosortByRow(  // NOLINT
  * @defgroup cusparse Create CSR operations
  * @{
  */
-template <typename IndexT, typename ValueT>
+template <typename ValueT, typename IndptrType, typename IndicesType>
 cusparseStatus_t cusparsecreatecsr(cusparseSpMatDescr_t* spMatDescr,
                                    int64_t rows,
                                    int64_t cols,
                                    int64_t nnz,
-                                   IndexT* csrRowOffsets,
-                                   IndexT* csrColInd,
+                                   IndptrType* csrRowOffsets,
+                                   IndicesType* csrColInd,
                                    ValueT* csrValues);
 template <>
 inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecreatecsr(cusparseSpMatDescr_t* spMatDescr,
                                           int64_t rows,
                                           int64_t cols,
                                           int64_t nnz,
-                                          int* csrRowOffsets,
-                                          int* csrColInd,
+                                          int32_t* csrRowOffsets,
+                                          int32_t* csrColInd,
                                           float* csrValues)
 {
   return cusparseCreateCsr(spMatDescr,
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecreatecsr(cusparseSpMatDescr_t* spMatDescr,
                                           int64_t rows,
                                           int64_t cols,
                                           int64_t nnz,
-                                          int* csrRowOffsets,
-                                          int* csrColInd,
+                                          int32_t* csrRowOffsets,
+                                          int32_t* csrColInd,
                                           double* csrValues)
 {
   return cusparseCreateCsr(spMatDescr,
@@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecsr2dense_buffersize(cusparseHandle_t handle,
 
   cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA;
   cusparsecreatecsr(&matA,
-                    m,
-                    n,
-                    nnz,
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(m),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(n),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(nnz),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrRowPtrA),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrColIndA),
                     const_cast<float*>(csrValA));
@@ -1107,9 +1107,9 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecsr2dense_buffersize(cusparseHandle_t handle,
   cusparseOrder_t order = row_major ? CUSPARSE_ORDER_ROW : CUSPARSE_ORDER_COL;
   cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA;
   cusparsecreatecsr(&matA,
-                    m,
-                    n,
-                    nnz,
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(m),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(n),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(nnz),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrRowPtrA),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrColIndA),
                     const_cast<double*>(csrValA));
@@ -1173,9 +1173,9 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecsr2dense(cusparseHandle_t handle,
   cusparseOrder_t order = row_major ? CUSPARSE_ORDER_ROW : CUSPARSE_ORDER_COL;
   cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA;
   cusparsecreatecsr(&matA,
-                    m,
-                    n,
-                    nnz,
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(m),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(n),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(nnz),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrRowPtrA),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrColIndA),
                     const_cast<float*>(csrValA));
@@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ inline cusparseStatus_t cusparsecsr2dense(cusparseHandle_t handle,
   cusparseOrder_t order = row_major ? CUSPARSE_ORDER_ROW : CUSPARSE_ORDER_COL;
   cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA;
   cusparsecreatecsr(&matA,
-                    m,
-                    n,
-                    nnz,
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(m),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(n),
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(nnz),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrRowPtrA),
                     const_cast<int*>(csrColIndA),
                     const_cast<double*>(csrValA));
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
index 4ad8623076..d8d73ee83f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/detail/spmm.hpp
@@ -77,23 +77,25 @@ cusparseDnMatDescr_t create_descriptor(
 /**
  * @brief create a cuSparse sparse descriptor
  * @tparam ValueType Data type of sparse_view (float/double)
+ * @tparam IndptrType Data type of csr_matrix_view index pointers
+ * @tparam IndicesType Data type of csr_matrix_view indices
  * @tparam NZType Type of sparse_view
  * @param[in] sparse_view input raft::device_csr_matrix_view of size M rows x K columns
  * @returns sparse matrix descriptor to be used by cuSparse API
  */
-template <typename ValueType, typename NZType>
+template <typename ValueType, typename IndptrType, typename IndicesType, typename NZType>
 cusparseSpMatDescr_t create_descriptor(
-  raft::device_csr_matrix_view<ValueType, int, int, NZType>& sparse_view)
+  raft::device_csr_matrix_view<ValueType, IndptrType, IndicesType, NZType>& sparse_view)
 {
   cusparseSpMatDescr_t descr;
   auto csr_structure = sparse_view.structure_view();
   RAFT_CUSPARSE_TRY(raft::sparse::detail::cusparsecreatecsr(
     &descr,
-    csr_structure.get_n_rows(),
-    csr_structure.get_n_cols(),
-    csr_structure.get_nnz(),
-    const_cast<int*>(csr_structure.get_indptr().data()),
-    const_cast<int*>(csr_structure.get_indices().data()),
+    static_cast<int64_t>(csr_structure.get_n_rows()),
+    static_cast<int64_t>(csr_structure.get_n_cols()),
+    static_cast<int64_t>(csr_structure.get_nnz()),
+    const_cast<IndptrType*>(csr_structure.get_indptr().data()),
+    const_cast<IndicesType*>(csr_structure.get_indices().data()),
     const_cast<std::remove_const_t<ValueType>*>(sparse_view.get_elements().data())));
   return descr;
 }