diff --git a/standalone/src/DelphesMain.h b/standalone/src/DelphesMain.h
index cccd6c6..6cd02ac 100644
--- a/standalone/src/DelphesMain.h
+++ b/standalone/src/DelphesMain.h
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 #include "k4SimDelphes/DelphesEDM4HepOutputConfiguration.h"
 
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
+#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
+#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
+#include "podio/ROOTWriter.h"
+#else
 #include "podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h"
+namespace podio {
+  using ROOTWriter = podio::ROOTFrameWriter;
+}
+#endif
 
 #include "ExRootAnalysis/ExRootConfReader.h"
 #include "ExRootAnalysis/ExRootProgressBar.h"
@@ -16,7 +24,7 @@
 static bool interrupted = false;
 void        SignalHandler(int /*si*/) { interrupted = true; }
 
-template <typename WriterT = podio::ROOTFrameWriter> int doit(int argc, char* argv[], DelphesInputReader& inputReader) {
+template <typename WriterT = podio::ROOTWriter> int doit(int argc, char* argv[], DelphesInputReader& inputReader) {
   using namespace k4SimDelphes;
 
   // We can't make this a unique_ptr because it interferes with whatever ROOT is
diff --git a/tests/src/compare_delphes_converter_outputs.cpp b/tests/src/compare_delphes_converter_outputs.cpp
index d0f6fd7..1fd4e53 100644
--- a/tests/src/compare_delphes_converter_outputs.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/compare_delphes_converter_outputs.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@
 #include "edm4hep/utils/kinematics.h"
 
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
+#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
+#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
+#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
+#else
 #include "podio/ROOTFrameReader.h"
+namespace podio {
+  using ROOTReader = podio::ROOTFrameReader;
+}
+#endif
 
 #include "ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTreeBranch.h"
 #include "ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTreeReader.h"
@@ -329,7 +337,7 @@ void compareMET(const TClonesArray* delphesColl, const edm4hep::ReconstructedPar
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   // do the necessary setup work for podio and delphes first
-  podio::ROOTFrameReader reader{};
+  podio::ROOTReader reader{};
   reader.openFile(argv[1]);
 
   auto chain = std::make_unique<TChain>("Delphes");