diff --git a/rosbag2_storage_mcap/src/mcap_storage.cpp b/rosbag2_storage_mcap/src/mcap_storage.cpp
index 3b38e8f7fd..7641df0fba 100644
--- a/rosbag2_storage_mcap/src/mcap_storage.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_storage_mcap/src/mcap_storage.cpp
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ void MCAPStorage::create_topic(const rosbag2_storage::TopicMetadata & topic,
     to_encode.reserve(topic_info.topic_metadata.offered_qos_profiles.size());
     std::transform(topic_info.topic_metadata.offered_qos_profiles.begin(),
                     topic_info.topic_metadata.offered_qos_profiles.end(),
-                    to_encode.begin(),
+                    std::back_inserter(to_encode),
                     [](auto & qos) {
                                    return static_cast<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>(qos);
                                  });
diff --git a/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/src/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/sqlite_storage.cpp b/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/src/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/sqlite_storage.cpp
index 6244ebe48b..219e024d14 100644
--- a/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/src/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/sqlite_storage.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/src/rosbag2_storage_sqlite3/sqlite_storage.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void SqliteStorage::create_topic(
     std::transform(
       topic.offered_qos_profiles.begin(),
       topic.offered_qos_profiles.end(),
-      to_encode.begin(),
+      std::back_inserter(to_encode),
       [](auto & qos) {return static_cast<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>(qos);});
     auto yaml_node = YAML::convert<std::vector<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>>::encode(to_encode);
     auto insert_topic =
diff --git a/rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.cpp b/rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.cpp
index 0294c3d025..52d6657a1c 100644
--- a/rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_transport/src/rosbag2_transport/player.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ rclcpp::QoS publisher_qos_for_topic(
   std::vector<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS> casted;
   casted.reserve(topic.offered_qos_profiles.size());
   std::transform(
-    topic.offered_qos_profiles.begin(), topic.offered_qos_profiles.end(), casted.begin(),
+    topic.offered_qos_profiles.begin(), topic.offered_qos_profiles.end(), std::back_inserter(casted),
     [](auto & qos) {return static_cast<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>(qos);});
   return rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS::adapt_offer_to_recorded_offers(topic.name, casted);
 }
diff --git a/rosbag2_transport/test/rosbag2_transport/test_record.cpp b/rosbag2_transport/test/rosbag2_transport/test_record.cpp
index 391030ff64..f100aaacd8 100644
--- a/rosbag2_transport/test/rosbag2_transport/test_record.cpp
+++ b/rosbag2_transport/test/rosbag2_transport/test_record.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ TEST_F(RecordIntegrationTestFixture, qos_is_stored_in_metadata)
   std::vector<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS> to_encode;
   to_encode.reserve(offered_qos_profiles.size());
   std::transform(
-    offered_qos_profiles.begin(), offered_qos_profiles.end(), to_encode.begin(),
+    offered_qos_profiles.begin(), offered_qos_profiles.end(), std::back_inserter(to_encode),
     [](auto & qos) {return static_cast<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>(qos);});
   std::string serialized_profiles = YAML::convert<std::vector<rosbag2_storage::Rosbag2QoS>>::encode(
     to_encode).as<std::string>();