diff --git a/OctavePlugin/riGetActiveCellInfo.cpp b/OctavePlugin/riGetActiveCellInfo.cpp
index 8b389d0704..3644c96c6c 100644
--- a/OctavePlugin/riGetActiveCellInfo.cpp
+++ b/OctavePlugin/riGetActiveCellInfo.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ void getActiveCellInfo(int32NDArray& activeCellInfo, const QString &hostName, qu
         return;
     }
 
-    qint32* internalMatrixData = (qint32*)activeCellInfo.fortran_vec()->mex_get_data();
+#if OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION > 6
+    auto internalMatrixData = (qint32*)activeCellInfo.fortran_vec();
+#else
+    auto internalMatrixData = (qint32*)activeCellInfo.fortran_vec()->mex_get_data();
+#endif
+
     QStringList errorMessages;
     if (!RiaSocketDataTransfer::readBlockDataFromSocket(&socket, (char*)(internalMatrixData), columnCount * byteCountForOneTimestep, errorMessages))
     {
diff --git a/OctavePlugin/riGetSelectedCells.cpp b/OctavePlugin/riGetSelectedCells.cpp
index 6c5783f3fa..b38e253185 100644
--- a/OctavePlugin/riGetSelectedCells.cpp
+++ b/OctavePlugin/riGetSelectedCells.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ void getSelectedCells(int32NDArray& selectedCellInfo, const QString &hostName, q
         return;
     }
 
-    qint32* internalMatrixData = (qint32*)selectedCellInfo.fortran_vec()->mex_get_data();
+#if OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION > 6
+    auto internalMatrixData = (qint32*)selectedCellInfo.fortran_vec();
+#else
+    auto internalMatrixData = (qint32*)selectedCellInfo.fortran_vec()->mex_get_data();
+#endif
+
     QStringList errorMessages;
     if (!RiaSocketDataTransfer::readBlockDataFromSocket(&socket, (char*)(internalMatrixData), columnCount * byteCountForOneTimestep, errorMessages))
     {
diff --git a/OctavePlugin/riSetActiveCellProperty.cpp b/OctavePlugin/riSetActiveCellProperty.cpp
index 1d52ec2944..a1e9f5eb48 100644
--- a/OctavePlugin/riSetActiveCellProperty.cpp
+++ b/OctavePlugin/riSetActiveCellProperty.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ void setEclipseProperty(const Matrix& propertyFrames, const QString &hostName, q
     socketStream << (qint64)(timeStepCount);
     socketStream << (qint64)timeStepByteCount;
 
-    const double* internalData = propertyFrames.fortran_vec();
+#if OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION > 6
+    auto internalData = propertyFrames.data();
+#else
+    auto internalData = propertyFrames.fortran_vec();
+#endif
 
     QStringList errorMessages;
     if (!RiaSocketDataTransfer::writeBlockDataToSocket(&socket, (const char *)internalData, timeStepByteCount*timeStepCount, errorMessages))
@@ -135,7 +139,6 @@ DEFUN_DLD (riSetActiveCellProperty, args, nargout,
 
     Matrix propertyFrames = args(0).matrix_value();
 
-
     dim_vector mxDims = propertyFrames.dims();
     if (mxDims.length() != 2)
     {
diff --git a/OctavePlugin/riSetGridProperty.cpp b/OctavePlugin/riSetGridProperty.cpp
index 5a4db5c2e4..b7ba632889 100644
--- a/OctavePlugin/riSetGridProperty.cpp
+++ b/OctavePlugin/riSetGridProperty.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ void setEclipseProperty(const NDArray& propertyFrames, const QString &hostName,
     socketStream << (qint64)(timeStepCount);
     socketStream << (qint64)singleTimeStepByteCount;
 
-    const double* internalData = propertyFrames.fortran_vec();
+#if OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION > 6
+    auto internalData = propertyFrames.data();
+#else
+    auto internalData = propertyFrames.fortran_vec();
+#endif
 
     QStringList errorMessages;
     if (!RiaSocketDataTransfer::writeBlockDataToSocket(&socket, (const char *)internalData, timeStepCount*singleTimeStepByteCount, errorMessages))