diff --git a/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc b/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
index bb04cd0..7236b74 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/covariance_impl.cc
@@ -604,8 +604,16 @@
   const int num_cols = jacobian.num_cols;
   const int num_nonzeros = jacobian.values.size();
 
+  // UF_long is deprecated but SuiteSparse_long is only available in
+  // newer versions of SuiteSparse.
+#if (SUITESPARSE_VERSION < 4002)
+  vector<UF_long> transpose_rows(num_cols + 1, 0);
+  vector<UF_long> transpose_cols(num_nonzeros, 0);
+#else
   vector<SuiteSparse_long> transpose_rows(num_cols + 1, 0);
   vector<SuiteSparse_long> transpose_cols(num_nonzeros, 0);
+#endif
+
   vector<double> transpose_values(num_nonzeros, 0);
 
   for (int idx = 0; idx < num_nonzeros; ++idx) {