diff --git a/src/entt/entity/entity.hpp b/src/entt/entity/entity.hpp
index ab7414d08..03b2a9808 100644
--- a/src/entt/entity/entity.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/entity/entity.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct entt_traits<std::uint32_t> {
     /*! @brief Underlying version type. */
     using version_type = std::uint16_t;
     /*! @brief Difference type. */
-    using difference_type = std::int32_t;
+    using difference_type = std::int64_t;
 
     /*! @brief Mask to use to get the entity number out of an identifier. */
     static constexpr entity_type entity_mask = 0xFFFFF;