diff --git a/standalone/lcio2edm4hep.cpp b/standalone/lcio2edm4hep.cpp
index cd2136d7..3c0d5289 100644
--- a/standalone/lcio2edm4hep.cpp
+++ b/standalone/lcio2edm4hep.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 #include <IOIMPL/LCFactory.h>
 #include <UTIL/CheckCollections.h>
 
+#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
+#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
+#else
 #include "podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -156,7 +160,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   std::cout << "Number of events in file: " << lcreader->getNumberOfEvents() << '\n';
   std::cout << "Number of runs in file: " << lcreader->getNumberOfRuns() << '\n';
 
+#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
+  podio::ROOTReader edmreader;
+#else
   podio::ROOTFrameWriter writer(args.outputFile);
+#endif
 
   for (auto j = 0u; j < lcreader->getNumberOfRuns(); ++j) {
     if (j % 1 == 0) {
diff --git a/tests/compare_contents.cpp b/tests/compare_contents.cpp
index abf265f6..0421a889 100644
--- a/tests/compare_contents.cpp
+++ b/tests/compare_contents.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 #include "ObjectMapping.h"
 #include "ComparisonUtils.h"
 
+#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
+#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
+#else
 #include "podio/ROOTFrameReader.h"
+#endif
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
 
 #include <IOIMPL/LCFactory.h>
@@ -22,7 +26,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   auto lcreader = IOIMPL::LCFactory::getInstance()->createLCReader();
   lcreader->open(argv[1]);
 
+#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
+  auto edmreader = podio::ROOTReader();
+#else
   auto edmreader = podio::ROOTFrameReader();
+#endif
   edmreader.openFile(argv[2]);
 
   // loop going over every name of the lcio collection and checking if a