diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f2cd982..5e262953 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -138,15 +138,9 @@ checksum = "1e4b40c7323adcfc0a41c4b88143ed58346ff65a288fc144329c5c45e05d70c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "2.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.9.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2261d10cca569e4643e526d8dc2e62e433cc8aba21ab764233731f8d369bf394"
+checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -360,7 +354,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e0e367e4e7da84520dedcac1901e4da967309406d1e51017ae1abfb97adbd38"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "objc2",
 ]
 
@@ -451,7 +445,7 @@ version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ddddbf932745a6be37109b6112d3ee09696106f848449069d3a57bba937ab82e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
@@ -639,7 +633,7 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "416f7e718bdb06000964960ffa43b4335ad4012ae8b99060261aa4a8088d5ccb"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
@@ -774,7 +768,7 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2a180dd8642fa45cdb7dd721cd4c11b1cadd4929ce112ebd8b9f5803cc79d536"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "dispatch2",
  "objc2",
 ]
@@ -791,7 +785,7 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3e0adef53c21f888deb4fa59fc59f7eb17404926ee8a6f59f5df0fd7f9f3272"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "objc2",
 ]
 
@@ -931,22 +925,13 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "raw-cpuid"
-version = "10.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c297679cb867470fa8c9f67dbba74a78d78e3e98d7cf2b08d6d71540f797332"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5407465600fb0548f1442edf71dd20683c6ed326200ace4b1ef0763521bb3b77"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -979,7 +964,7 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd15f8a2c5551a84d56efdc1cd049089e409ac19a3072d5037a17fd70719ff3e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -1194,7 +1179,7 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "715f9a4586706a61c571cb5ee1c3ac2bbb2cf63e15bce772307b95befef5f5ee"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
 ]
@@ -1262,13 +1247,11 @@ checksum = "b6f5e870be6c3b371b77fe0ee0bafb859fa4964b4404c27de1d380043c4dda20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uart_16550"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94d293f51425981fdb1b766beae254dbb711a17e8c4b549dc69b9b7ee0d478d5"
+checksum = "f9c24d1751f909d9e2d192475ca5527964e13dbc3126ce20c288dfa8f3a3e734"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
- "rustversion",
- "x86",
+ "bitflags",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1286,7 +1269,7 @@ version = "0.39.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a58ad7512f7c38b58aa536c3839dbb1d5a122d14a7e2245b06ded49edcb7585a"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
  "log",
  "ptr_meta",
@@ -1314,7 +1297,7 @@ version = "0.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a36f49db0b04a8dfd246a26ddf8d2526a2ffd8cf946ae7fe603fd0c5fbd2786"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "uguid",
 ]
 
@@ -1796,17 +1779,6 @@ version = "0.51.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d7249219f66ced02969388cf2bb044a09756a083d0fab1e566056b04d9fbcaa5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "x86"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2781db97787217ad2a2845c396a5efe286f87467a5810836db6d74926e94a385"
-dependencies = [
- "bit_field",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "raw-cpuid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "x86_64"
 version = "0.15.5"
@@ -1814,7 +1786,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be4ec631e1a81d50e46c35a4a00322bd076c47491b64c2fb10a7ffa89002c697"
 dependencies = [
  "bit_field",
- "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bitflags",
  "const_fn",
  "rustversion",
  "volatile 0.4.6",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b436864f..c9f7cf11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sbi-rt = "0.0.3"
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")'.dependencies]
 linux-boot-params = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 multiboot = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
-uart_16550 = "0.4"
+uart_16550 = "0.8"
 x86_64 = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = ["instructions"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "uefi")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/console.rs b/src/arch/x86_64/console.rs
index 9642c225..dc6e3705 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/console.rs
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/console.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
-use uart_16550::SerialPort;
+use uart_16550::backend::PioBackend;
+use uart_16550::{Config, Uart16550};
 
 pub struct Console {
-	serial_port: SerialPort,
+	uart: Uart16550<PioBackend>,
 }
 
 impl Console {
 	pub fn write_bytes(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) {
-		for byte in bytes.iter().copied() {
-			self.serial_port.send(byte);
-		}
+		self.uart.send_bytes_exact(bytes);
 	}
 }
 
 impl Default for Console {
 	fn default() -> Self {
-		let mut serial_port = unsafe { SerialPort::new(0x3F8) };
-		serial_port.init();
-		Self { serial_port }
+		let base_port = 0x3f8;
+		let mut uart = unsafe { Uart16550::new_port(base_port).unwrap() };
+		uart.init(Config::default()).ok();
+		// Once we have a fallback destination for output,
+		// we should log any error above and run
+		// `test_loopback` and `check_connected` here.
+
+		Self { uart }
 	}
 }