diff --git a/include/seqan3/range/views/drop.hpp b/include/seqan3/range/views/drop.hpp
index 87b5fb891c..d1680ca948 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/range/views/drop.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/range/views/drop.hpp
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ struct drop_fn
         // std::views::drop
         else
         {
-            return std::forward<urng_t>(urange) | std::views::drop(drop_size);
+            using drop_size_t = std::ranges::range_difference_t<urng_t>;
+            // urange | std::views::drop(drop_size);
+            return std::views::drop(std::forward<urng_t>(urange), static_cast<drop_size_t>(drop_size));
         }
     }
 };