diff --git a/bridges/relays/messages/Cargo.toml b/bridges/relays/messages/Cargo.toml
index ea5d46845c5a..b11f00b957a4 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/messages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bridges/relays/messages/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ parking_lot = "0.11.0"
 bp-messages = { path = "../../primitives/messages" }
 bp-runtime = { path = "../../primitives/runtime" }
 relay-utils = { path = "../utils" }
+
+sp-arithmetic = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
diff --git a/bridges/relays/messages/src/message_lane.rs b/bridges/relays/messages/src/message_lane.rs
index 2b2d8029fc74..5c9728ad93ab 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/messages/src/message_lane.rs
+++ b/bridges/relays/messages/src/message_lane.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 use num_traits::{SaturatingAdd, Zero};
 use relay_utils::{BlockNumberBase, HeaderId};
+use sp_arithmetic::traits::AtLeast32BitUnsigned;
 use std::{fmt::Debug, ops::Sub};
 
 /// One-way message lane.
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ pub trait MessageLane: 'static + Clone + Send + Sync {
 	/// 1) pay transaction fees;
 	/// 2) pay message delivery and dispatch fee;
 	/// 3) pay relayer rewards.
-	type SourceChainBalance: Clone
+	type SourceChainBalance: AtLeast32BitUnsigned
+		+ Clone
 		+ Copy
 		+ Debug
 		+ PartialOrd