diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h
index 5b15302c..fc5a770d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class daily_file_sink final : public base_sink<Mutex>
 {
 public:
     // create daily file sink which rotates on given time
-    daily_file_sink(filename_t base_filename, int rotation_hour, int rotation_minute, bool truncate = false, ushort max_files = 0)
+    daily_file_sink(filename_t base_filename, int rotation_hour, int rotation_minute, bool truncate = false, uint16_t max_files = 0)
         : base_filename_(std::move(base_filename))
         , rotation_h_(rotation_hour)
         , rotation_m_(rotation_minute)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private:
     log_clock::time_point rotation_tp_;
     details::file_helper file_helper_;
     bool truncate_;
-    ushort max_files_;
+    uint16_t max_files_;
     details::circular_q<filename_t> filenames_q_;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/test_daily_logger.cpp b/tests/test_daily_logger.cpp
index afa1c02f..c936e998 100644
--- a/tests/test_daily_logger.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_daily_logger.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static spdlog::details::log_msg create_msg(std::chrono::seconds offset)
     return msg;
 }
 
-static void test_rotate(int days_to_run, ushort max_days, ushort expected_n_files)
+static void test_rotate(int days_to_run, uint16_t max_days, uint16_t expected_n_files)
 {
     using spdlog::log_clock;
     using spdlog::details::log_msg;