diff --git a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_prompt_tuning.py b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_prompt_tuning.py
index c1b4ca53..a40c3aca 100644
--- a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_prompt_tuning.py
+++ b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_prompt_tuning.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 )
 from transformers.models.auto.tokenization_auto import AutoTokenizer
 from transformers.optimization import get_linear_schedule_with_warmup
+import numpy as np
 import torch
 
 # First Party
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ def run(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ def run_stream_out(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 0.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 0.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 0.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
diff --git a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_tgis_remote.py b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_tgis_remote.py
index a62a1c7c..6b712104 100644
--- a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_tgis_remote.py
+++ b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/peft_tgis_remote.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 import os
 
+# Third Party
+import numpy as np
+
 # First Party
 from caikit.core import ModuleBase, ModuleConfig, ModuleSaver, modules
 from caikit.core.module_backends import BackendBase, backend_types
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ def run(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ def run_stream_out(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
diff --git a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/text_generation_tgis.py b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/text_generation_tgis.py
index 43be59c4..e2130ed7 100644
--- a/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/text_generation_tgis.py
+++ b/caikit_nlp/modules/text_generation/text_generation_tgis.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 import os
 
+# Third Party
+import numpy as np
+
 # First Party
 from caikit.core.module_backends import BackendBase, backend_types
 from caikit.core.modules import ModuleBase, ModuleConfig, ModuleSaver, module
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ def run(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@ def run_stream_out(
         top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
         repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
         max_time: Optional[float] = None,
         exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
diff --git a/caikit_nlp/toolkit/text_generation/model_run_utils.py b/caikit_nlp/toolkit/text_generation/model_run_utils.py
index 43b3b195..45699166 100644
--- a/caikit_nlp/toolkit/text_generation/model_run_utils.py
+++ b/caikit_nlp/toolkit/text_generation/model_run_utils.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 # Third Party
 from transformers import StoppingCriteria, TextStreamer
+import numpy as np
 import torch
 
 # First Party
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
         The value used to modulate the next token probabilities.
         Only applicable when decoding_method is SAMPLING.
         Default: 1.0 - means disabled - equivalent to 1.0
-    seed: int
+    seed: numpy.uint64
         Random seed to control sampling. Only applicable when decoding_method
         is SAMPLING. Default: None
     repetition_penalty: float
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ def generate_text_func(
     top_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
     typical_p: Optional[float] = 1.0,
     temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-    seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
     repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 1.0,
     max_time: Optional[float] = None,
     exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def generate_text_func_stream(
     top_p: Optional[float] = 0.0,
     typical_p: Optional[float] = 0.0,
     temperature: Optional[float] = 1.0,
-    seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    seed: Optional[np.uint64] = None,
     repetition_penalty: Optional[float] = 0.0,
     max_time: Optional[float] = None,
     exponential_decay_length_penalty: Optional[