diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1ca0eaac2..e8ace083f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * crash when opening submodule ([#2895](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2895))
 * when staging the last file in a directory, the first item after the directory is no longer skipped [[@Tillerino](https://github.com/Tillerino)] ([#2748](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2748))
 * index-out-of-bounds panic when unstaging lines near the end of a diff ([#2953](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2953))
+* build failing on 32-bit targets due to unconditional `AtomicU64` usage ([#3045](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/3045))
 
 ## [0.28.1] - 2026-03-21
 
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/status.rs b/asyncgit/src/status.rs
index 9728c6f33e..82310c502a 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/status.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/status.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
 use std::{
 	hash::Hash,
 	sync::{
-		atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+		atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
 		Arc, Mutex,
 	},
 };
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub struct AsyncStatus {
 	pending: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
 	repo: RepoPath,
 	/// Counter that increments after each completed fetch.
-	generation: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+	generation: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
 }
 
 impl AsyncStatus {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl AsyncStatus {
 			last: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Status::default())),
 			sender,
 			pending: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
-			generation: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+			generation: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
 		}
 	}