diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiTelnetToSerial/WiFiTelnetToSerial.ino b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiTelnetToSerial/WiFiTelnetToSerial.ino
index 05bdb94aa9..fec02e4a4c 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiTelnetToSerial/WiFiTelnetToSerial.ino
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiTelnetToSerial/WiFiTelnetToSerial.ino
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 #if SWAP_PINS
 #include <SoftwareSerial.h>
-SoftwareSerial* logger = nullptr;
+SoftwareSerial::UART* logger = nullptr;
 #else
 #define logger (&Serial1)
 #endif
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void setup() {
   Serial.swap();
   // Hardware serial is now on RX:GPIO13 TX:GPIO15
   // use SoftwareSerial on regular RX(3)/TX(1) for logging
-  logger = new SoftwareSerial(3, 1);
+  logger = new SoftwareSerial::UART(3, 1);
   logger->begin(BAUD_LOGGER);
   logger->enableIntTx(false);
   logger->println("\n\nUsing SoftwareSerial for logging");
diff --git a/libraries/SoftwareSerial b/libraries/SoftwareSerial
index 8ef714fdeb..ffcec7dc9c 160000
--- a/libraries/SoftwareSerial
+++ b/libraries/SoftwareSerial
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8ef714fdeb70c3e4f935e299f0d69969d1ec52af
+Subproject commit ffcec7dc9caf9c91de02ded3d683fe30f28185bb
diff --git a/libraries/esp8266/examples/SerialStress/SerialStress.ino b/libraries/esp8266/examples/SerialStress/SerialStress.ino
index 4a8b6e4f45..521b6eda1b 100644
--- a/libraries/esp8266/examples/SerialStress/SerialStress.ino
+++ b/libraries/esp8266/examples/SerialStress/SerialStress.ino
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void setup() {
 
   // using HardwareSerial0 pins,
   // so we can still log to the regular usbserial chips
-  SoftwareSerial* ss = new SoftwareSerial(3, 1);
+  SoftwareSerial::UART* ss = new SoftwareSerial::UART(3, 1);
   ss->begin(SSBAUD);
   ss->enableIntTx(false);
   logger = ss;
diff --git a/libraries/lwIP_PPP/examples/PPPServer/PPPServer.ino b/libraries/lwIP_PPP/examples/PPPServer/PPPServer.ino
index baa499721e..f3ceb458eb 100644
--- a/libraries/lwIP_PPP/examples/PPPServer/PPPServer.ino
+++ b/libraries/lwIP_PPP/examples/PPPServer/PPPServer.ino
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define RX 13  // d1mini D7
 #define TX 15  // d1mini D8
 
-SoftwareSerial ppplink(RX, TX);
+SoftwareSerial::UART ppplink(RX, TX);
 HardwareSerial& logger = Serial;
 PPPServer ppp(&ppplink);