diff --git a/river/preprocessing/scale.py b/river/preprocessing/scale.py
index 69c6bca0e8..8283c2d190 100644
--- a/river/preprocessing/scale.py
+++ b/river/preprocessing/scale.py
@@ -230,9 +230,15 @@ def transform_many(self, X: pd.DataFrame):
 
         """
 
+        # Determine dtype of input
         dtypes = X.dtypes.unique()
         dtype = dtypes[0] if len(dtypes) == 1 else np.float64
 
+        # Check if the dtype is integer type and convert to corresponding float type
+        if np.issubdtype(dtype, np.integer):
+            bytes_size = dtype.itemsize
+            dtype = np.dtype(f"float{bytes_size * 8}")
+
         means = np.array([self.means[c] for c in X.columns], dtype=dtype)
         Xt = X.values - means