diff --git a/core/controller.sv b/core/controller.sv
index 95ead80d9..89c4d1c50 100644
--- a/core/controller.sv
+++ b/core/controller.sv
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module controller import ariane_pkg::*; (
             flush_ex_o             = 1'b1;
 // this is not needed in the case since we
 // have a write-through cache in this case
-            if (DCACHE_TYPE == cva6_config_pkg::WB) begin
+            if (DCACHE_TYPE == int'(cva6_config_pkg::WB)) begin
               flush_dcache           = 1'b1;
               fence_active_d         = 1'b1;
             end
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module controller import ariane_pkg::*; (
             flush_icache_o         = 1'b1;
 // this is not needed in the case since we
 // have a write-through cache in this case
-            if (DCACHE_TYPE == cva6_config_pkg::WB) begin
+            if (DCACHE_TYPE == int'(cva6_config_pkg::WB)) begin
               flush_dcache           = 1'b1;
               fence_active_d         = 1'b1;
             end
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module controller import ariane_pkg::*; (
 
 // this is not needed in the case since we
 // have a write-through cache in this case
-      if (DCACHE_TYPE == cva6_config_pkg::WB) begin
+      if (DCACHE_TYPE == int'(cva6_config_pkg::WB)) begin
         // wait for the acknowledge here
         if (flush_dcache_ack_i && fence_active_q) begin
             fence_active_d = 1'b0;
diff --git a/core/cva6.sv b/core/cva6.sv
index 622e6e44b..e7ea42daf 100644
--- a/core/cva6.sv
+++ b/core/cva6.sv
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ module cva6 import ariane_pkg::*; #(
   // Cache Subsystem
   // -------------------
 
-  if (DCACHE_TYPE == cva6_config_pkg::WT) begin
+  if (DCACHE_TYPE == int'(cva6_config_pkg::WT)) begin
   // this is a cache subsystem that is compatible with OpenPiton
   wt_cache_subsystem #(
     .ArianeCfg            ( ArianeCfg ),
diff --git a/core/include/ariane_pkg.sv b/core/include/ariane_pkg.sv
index 7be4370cf..b195d30cf 100644
--- a/core/include/ariane_pkg.sv
+++ b/core/include/ariane_pkg.sv
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ package ariane_pkg;
     // depth of store-buffers, this needs to be a power of two
     localparam int unsigned DEPTH_SPEC   = 4;
 
-    localparam int unsigned DCACHE_TYPE = cva6_config_pkg::CVA6ConfigDcacheType;
+    localparam int unsigned DCACHE_TYPE = int'(cva6_config_pkg::CVA6ConfigDcacheType);
     // if DCACHE_TYPE = cva6_config_pkg::WT
     // we can use a small commit queue since we have a write buffer in the dcache
     // we could in principle do without the commit queue in this case, but the timing degrades if we do that due
     // to longer paths into the commit stage
     // if DCACHE_TYPE = cva6_config_pkg::WB
     // allocate more space for the commit buffer to be on the save side, this needs to be a power of two
-    localparam int unsigned DEPTH_COMMIT = (DCACHE_TYPE == cva6_config_pkg::WT) ? 4 : 8;
+    localparam int unsigned DEPTH_COMMIT = (DCACHE_TYPE == int'(cva6_config_pkg::WT)) ? 4 : 8;
 
     localparam bit FPGA_EN = cva6_config_pkg::CVA6ConfigFPGAEn; // Is FPGA optimization of CV32A6