diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 77377844..f4e64c80 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "BandedMatrices"
 uuid = "aae01518-5342-5314-be14-df237901396f"
-version = "1.7.4"
+version = "1.7.5"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayLayouts = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
diff --git a/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl b/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
index 7cd5247d..865fa180 100644
--- a/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ end
 # vcat
 ###
 
-function LinearAlgebra.vcat(x::AbstractBandedMatrix...)
+function Base.vcat(x::AbstractBandedMatrix...)
     #avoid unnecessary steps for singleton
     if length(x) == 1
         return x[1]
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ function LinearAlgebra.vcat(x::AbstractBandedMatrix...)
 
     #instantiate the returned banded matrix with zeros and required bandwidths/dimensions
     m = size(x[1], 2)
-    l,u = -m, typemin(Int64)
+    l,u = -m, typemin(Int)
     n = 0
     isempty = true