diff --git a/canopen_core/include/canopen_core/node_interfaces/node_canopen_driver.hpp b/canopen_core/include/canopen_core/node_interfaces/node_canopen_driver.hpp
index e1f4c73e7..cf61a0761 100644
--- a/canopen_core/include/canopen_core/node_interfaces/node_canopen_driver.hpp
+++ b/canopen_core/include/canopen_core/node_interfaces/node_canopen_driver.hpp
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ class NodeCanopenDriver : public NodeCanopenDriverInterface
     node_->get_parameter("config", config);
     this->config_ = YAML::Load(config);
     this->non_transmit_timeout_ = std::chrono::milliseconds(non_transmit_timeout);
-    auto path = this->config_["dcf_path"].as<std::string>();
-    auto dcf = this->config_["dcf"].as<std::string>();
+    auto path = this->config_["dcf_path"].template as<std::string>();
+    auto dcf = this->config_["dcf"].template as<std::string>();
     auto name = this->node_->get_name();
     eds_ = path + "/" + dcf;
     bin_ = path + "/" + name + ".bin";