diff --git a/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/DuplicatableMessage.java b/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/DuplicatableMessage.java
index 5a52c25f4..ec791776e 100644
--- a/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/DuplicatableMessage.java
+++ b/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/DuplicatableMessage.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * A message that can duplicate itself.
  * @param <T> a class that extends {@link org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.objects.v2x.V2xMessage}
  */
-public interface DuplicatableMessage<T extends DuplicatableMessage<T>> {
+public interface DuplicatableMessage<T extends V2xMessage> {
 
     /**
      * Creates a copy of the V2xMessage.
diff --git a/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/GenericV2xMessage.java b/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/GenericV2xMessage.java
index dc5fd9a7e..c7b6c22d1 100644
--- a/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/GenericV2xMessage.java
+++ b/lib/mosaic-objects/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/objects/v2x/GenericV2xMessage.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * This {@link V2xMessage} implementation can be used for simple message exchange between entities.
  */
-public final class GenericV2xMessage extends V2xMessage implements DuplicatableMessage {
+public final class GenericV2xMessage extends V2xMessage implements DuplicatableMessage<GenericV2xMessage> {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;