diff --git a/diagnostic_updater/include/diagnostic_updater/publisher.hpp b/diagnostic_updater/include/diagnostic_updater/publisher.hpp
index f2bdcb47..e2127667 100644
--- a/diagnostic_updater/include/diagnostic_updater/publisher.hpp
+++ b/diagnostic_updater/include/diagnostic_updater/publisher.hpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class DiagnosedPublisher : public TopicDiagnostic
    * The timestamp to be used by the TimeStampStatus class will be
    * extracted from message.header.stamp.
    */
-  virtual void publish(typename PublisherT::MessageUniquePtr message)
+  virtual void publish(std::unique_ptr<typename PublisherT::ROSMessageType, typename PublisherT::ROSMessageTypeDeleter> message)
   {
     tick(message->header.stamp);
     publisher_->publish(std::move(message));