diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h b/include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h
index 2c5af34c7..44eb36624 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ inline Emitter& Emitter::WriteStreamable(T value) {
   }
 
   if (!special) {
-    auto value_as_str = FpToString(value, stream.precision());
+    auto value_as_str = FpToString(value, static_cast<size_t>(stream.precision()));
     if (GetShowTrailingZero()) {
         bool isInScientificNotation = (value_as_str.find('e') != std::string::npos);
         bool hasDot                 = (value_as_str.find('.') != std::string::npos);
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h
index 0f04ea6fd..fbec7bb53 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ inner_encode(const T& rhs, std::stringstream& stream){
       stream << ".inf";
     }
   } else {
-    stream << FpToString(rhs, stream.precision());
+    stream << FpToString(rhs, static_cast<size_t>(stream.precision()));
   }
 }