diff --git a/clarifai/rest/grpc/custom_converters/custom_dict_to_message.py b/clarifai/rest/grpc/custom_converters/custom_dict_to_message.py
index e4788d7e3d..8b2fb72fbb 100644
--- a/clarifai/rest/grpc/custom_converters/custom_dict_to_message.py
+++ b/clarifai/rest/grpc/custom_converters/custom_dict_to_message.py
@@ -9,26 +9,22 @@
 except ImportError:
   from inspect import getargspec as get_args
 
+DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 64
+
 
 def dict_to_protobuf(protobuf_class, js_dict, ignore_unknown_fields=False):
   # type: (type(Message), dict, bool) -> Message
   message = protobuf_class()
 
-  # Protobuf versions 3.6.* and 3.7.0 require a different number of parameters in the _Parser's
-  # constructor. In the case of 3.6.*, we pass only the argument ignore_unknown_fields, but in
-  # the case of 3.7.0, we pass in one additional None parameter. To be future proof(ish), pass in
-  # None to any subsequent parameter.
-  num_of_args = len(get_args(_Parser.__init__).args)
-  none_args = [None] * (num_of_args - 2)  # Subtract 2 for self and ignore_unknown_fields.
-  parser = _CustomParser(ignore_unknown_fields, *none_args)
+  parser = _CustomParser(ignore_unknown_fields, None, DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH)
 
-  parser.ConvertMessage(js_dict, message)
+  parser.ConvertMessage(js_dict, message, None)
   return message
 
 
 class _CustomParser(_Parser):
 
-  def _ConvertFieldValuePair(self, js, message):
+  def _ConvertFieldValuePair(self, js, message, path=None):
     """
     Because of fields with custom extensions such as cl_default_float, we need
     to adjust the original's method's JSON object parameter by setting them explicitly to the
@@ -42,4 +38,4 @@ def _ConvertFieldValuePair(self, js, message):
         if f.name not in js:
           js[f.name] = default_float
 
-    super(_CustomParser, self)._ConvertFieldValuePair(js, message)
+    super(_CustomParser, self)._ConvertFieldValuePair(js, message, path)