diff --git a/src/viam/sdk/services/private/mlmodel.cpp b/src/viam/sdk/services/private/mlmodel.cpp
index 7adec82fa..00ac6d03a 100644
--- a/src/viam/sdk/services/private/mlmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/viam/sdk/services/private/mlmodel.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,14 @@ class copy_sdk_tensor_to_api_tensor_visitor : public boost::static_visitor<void>
         const int num32s =
             static_cast<int>((t.size() + 1) * sizeof(std::int16_t) / sizeof(std::uint32_t));
         target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->Clear();
+
+#if defined(GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION) && GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION >= 7035000
+        target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->resize(num32s, 0);
+#else
+
         target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->Resize(num32s, 0);
+#endif
+
         std::memcpy(target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->mutable_data(),
                     t.begin(),
                     t.size() * sizeof(std::int16_t));
@@ -78,7 +85,14 @@ class copy_sdk_tensor_to_api_tensor_visitor : public boost::static_visitor<void>
         const int num32s =
             static_cast<int>((t.size() + 1) * sizeof(std::uint16_t) / sizeof(std::uint32_t));
         target_->mutable_uint16_tensor()->mutable_data()->Clear();
-        target_->mutable_uint16_tensor()->mutable_data()->Resize(num32s, 0);
+
+#if defined(GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION) && GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION >= 7035000
+        target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->resize(num32s, 0);
+#else
+
+        target_->mutable_int16_tensor()->mutable_data()->Resize(num32s, 0);
+#endif
+
         std::memcpy(target_->mutable_uint16_tensor()->mutable_data()->mutable_data(),
                     t.begin(),
                     t.size() * sizeof(std::uint16_t));