diff --git a/PytorchWildlife/models/detection/ultralytics_based/yolov5_base.py b/PytorchWildlife/models/detection/ultralytics_based/yolov5_base.py
index 917b6d93c..3502ab013 100644
--- a/PytorchWildlife/models/detection/ultralytics_based/yolov5_base.py
+++ b/PytorchWildlife/models/detection/ultralytics_based/yolov5_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 from torch.hub import load_state_dict_from_url
 
-from yolov5.utils.general import non_max_suppression, scale_boxes
+try:
+    from yolov5.utils.general import non_max_suppression, scale_boxes
+except ImportError:
+    # Older yolov5 releases expose this helper as ``scale_coords``; it was
+    # renamed to ``scale_boxes`` in newer versions (same signature). Import it
+    # under the expected name so both versions keep working (see issue #607).
+    from yolov5.utils.general import non_max_suppression, scale_coords as scale_boxes
 from ..base_detector import BaseDetector
 from ....data import transforms as pw_trans
 from ....data import datasets as pw_data