diff --git a/contracts/v0.2/src/SubmissionProxy.sol b/contracts/v0.2/src/SubmissionProxy.sol
index 47b2de9db..8d2d2ba79 100644
--- a/contracts/v0.2/src/SubmissionProxy.sol
+++ b/contracts/v0.2/src/SubmissionProxy.sol
@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ contract SubmissionProxy is Ownable {
      * @param _threshold The threshold
      * @return The quorum
      */
-    function quorum(uint8 _threshold) internal view returns (uint8) {
+    function quorum(uint8 _threshold) internal view returns (uint256) {
         uint256 nominator = oracles.length * _threshold;
-        return uint8((nominator / 100) + (nominator % 100 == 0 ? 0 : 1));
+        return (nominator / 100) + (nominator % 100 == 0 ? 0 : 1);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -514,14 +514,14 @@ contract SubmissionProxy is Ownable {
             return false;
         }
 
-        uint8 verifiedSignatures_ = 0;
+        uint256 verifiedSignatures_ = 0;
         uint256 lastIndex_ = 0;
 
         uint8 threshold_ = thresholds[_feedHash];
         if (threshold_ == 0) {
             threshold_ = defaultThreshold;
         }
-        uint8 requiredSignatures_ = quorum(threshold_);
+        uint256 requiredSignatures_ = quorum(threshold_);
 
         uint256 proofsLength_ = _proofs.length;
         for (uint256 j = 0; j < proofsLength_; j++) {
diff --git a/contracts/v0.2/test/SubmissionProxyMock.t.sol b/contracts/v0.2/test/SubmissionProxyMock.t.sol
index 2f36ea2ec..69793c726 100644
--- a/contracts/v0.2/test/SubmissionProxyMock.t.sol
+++ b/contracts/v0.2/test/SubmissionProxyMock.t.sol
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {Feed} from "../src/Feed.sol";
 import {IFeed} from "../src/interfaces/IFeed.sol";
 
 contract SubmissionProxyMock is SubmissionProxy {
-    function callQuorum(uint8 _threshold) external view returns (uint8) {
+    function callQuorum(uint8 _threshold) external view returns (uint256) {
         return quorum(_threshold);
     }
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ contract SubmissionProxyMockTest is Test {
     function test_QuorumWithOneOracle() public {
         submissionProxy.addOracle(makeAddr("zero"));
 
-        uint8 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
+        uint256 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
         assertEq(quorum_, 1);
 
         quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(100);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ contract SubmissionProxyMockTest is Test {
         submissionProxy.addOracle(makeAddr("zero"));
         submissionProxy.addOracle(makeAddr("one"));
 
-        uint8 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
+        uint256 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
         assertEq(quorum_, 1);
 
         quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(50);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ contract SubmissionProxyMockTest is Test {
         submissionProxy.addOracle(makeAddr("one"));
         submissionProxy.addOracle(makeAddr("two"));
 
-        uint8 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
+        uint256 quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(1);
         assertEq(quorum_, 1);
 
         quorum_ = submissionProxy.callQuorum(33);