diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bca9b81..7f81601 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@
   "name": "petrknap/binary",
   "require": {
     "php": ">=8.1",
-    "petrknap/optional": "^3.1",
-    "petrknap/shorts": "^3.0"
+    "petrknap/has-requirements": "^1.0",
+    "petrknap/optional": "^3.1"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "ext-igbinary": "*",
     "ext-mbstring": "*",
     "ext-zlib": "*",
     "nunomaduro/phpinsights": "^2.11",
+    "petrknap/shorts": "^3.0",
     "petrknap/xz-utils": "*",
     "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.12",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5",
diff --git a/src/Byter.php b/src/Byter.php
index 7d081fc..a77a8e4 100644
--- a/src/Byter.php
+++ b/src/Byter.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\HasRequirements;
+use PetrKnap\HasRequirements\HasRequirements;
 use RuntimeException;
 
 final class Byter
diff --git a/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotDecodeData.php b/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotDecodeData.php
index 81fce31..70e9c2a 100644
--- a/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotDecodeData.php
+++ b/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotDecodeData.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Coder\Exception;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
+use PetrKnap\Binary\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
 
 /**
  * @extends CouldNotProcessData<string>
diff --git a/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotEncodeData.php b/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotEncodeData.php
index d3bf0f3..dcf19a1 100644
--- a/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotEncodeData.php
+++ b/src/Coder/Exception/CoderCouldNotEncodeData.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Coder\Exception;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
+use PetrKnap\Binary\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
 
 /**
  * @extends CouldNotProcessData<string>
diff --git a/src/Coder/Xz.php b/src/Coder/Xz.php
index 287a903..be2316e 100644
--- a/src/Coder/Xz.php
+++ b/src/Coder/Xz.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Coder;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\HasRequirements;
+use PetrKnap\HasRequirements\HasRequirements;
 use PetrKnap\XzUtils\Xz as Inner;
 
 final class Xz extends Coder
diff --git a/src/Coder/Zlib.php b/src/Coder/Zlib.php
index 8c4cdf4..135186c 100644
--- a/src/Coder/Zlib.php
+++ b/src/Coder/Zlib.php
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Coder;
 
+use PetrKnap\HasRequirements\HasRequirements;
 use PetrKnap\Optional\OptionalString;
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\HasRequirements;
 
 /**
  * @see zlib_encode()
diff --git a/src/Exception/ByterCouldNotBiteData.php b/src/Exception/ByterCouldNotBiteData.php
index e9c7067..17ce5c5 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ByterCouldNotBiteData.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ByterCouldNotBiteData.php
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Exception;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
-
 /**
  * @extends CouldNotProcessData<string>
  */
diff --git a/src/Exception/CouldNotProcessData.php b/src/Exception/CouldNotProcessData.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c4ee0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/CouldNotProcessData.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Exception;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+use Throwable;
+
+/**
+ * @note this is public helper, this class is not supposed to implement {@see Exception}
+ *
+ * @template TData of mixed
+ */
+abstract class CouldNotProcessData extends RuntimeException
+{
+    /**
+     * @param non-empty-string $method
+     * @param TData $data may contain binary data
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        string $method,
+        public readonly mixed $data,
+        public readonly Throwable|null $reason = null,
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct(
+            message: sprintf(
+                '%s could not process %s',
+                $method,
+                is_string($data) ? sprintf('string(%d)', strlen($data)) : (is_object($data) ? get_class($data) : gettype($data)),
+            ),
+            previous: $reason
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotSerializeData.php b/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotSerializeData.php
index 0f32668..5cfd2e1 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotSerializeData.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotSerializeData.php
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Serializer\Exception;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
+use PetrKnap\Binary\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
 
 /**
- * @extends CouldNotProcessData<mixed>
+ * @template TData of mixed
+ *
+ * @extends CouldNotProcessData<TData>
  */
 final class SerializerCouldNotSerializeData extends CouldNotProcessData implements SerializerException
 {
diff --git a/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotUnserializeData.php b/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotUnserializeData.php
index 91475c9..5eb313a 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotUnserializeData.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/Exception/SerializerCouldNotUnserializeData.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Serializer\Exception;
 
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
+use PetrKnap\Binary\Exception\CouldNotProcessData;
 
 /**
  * @extends CouldNotProcessData<string>
diff --git a/src/Serializer/Igbinary.php b/src/Serializer/Igbinary.php
index 0a3c6db..262cba1 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/Igbinary.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/Igbinary.php
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Binary\Serializer;
 
+use PetrKnap\HasRequirements\HasRequirements;
 use PetrKnap\Optional\Optional;
 use PetrKnap\Optional\OptionalString;
-use PetrKnap\Shorts\HasRequirements;
 
 /**
  * @see igbinary_serialize()
diff --git a/src/Serializer/OneWaySelfSerializerInterface.php b/src/Serializer/OneWaySelfSerializerInterface.php
index c361bb7..8ecaf29 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/OneWaySelfSerializerInterface.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/OneWaySelfSerializerInterface.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface OneWaySelfSerializerInterface
     /**
      * @return string binary representation of this instance
      *
-     * @throws Exception\SerializerCouldNotSerializeData
+     * @throws Exception\SerializerCouldNotSerializeData<$this>
      */
     public function toBinary(): string;
 }
diff --git a/src/Serializer/SerializerInterface.php b/src/Serializer/SerializerInterface.php
index 305b79f..6c7b78e 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/SerializerInterface.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/SerializerInterface.php
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 interface SerializerInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @throws Exception\SerializerCouldNotSerializeData
+     * @template TSerializable of mixed
+     *
+     * @param TSerializable $serializable
+     *
+     * @throws Exception\SerializerCouldNotSerializeData<TSerializable>
      */
     public function serialize(mixed $serializable): string;