diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 95134a9a9a3..5e771f8824c 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 /drivers/serial/uart_xlnx_ps.c            @wjliang
 /drivers/serial/uart_xlnx_uartlite.c      @henrikbrixandersen
 /drivers/serial/*xmc4xxx*                 @parthitce
-/drivers/serial/*nuvoton*                 @ssekar15
+/drivers/serial/*numicro*                 @ssekar15
 /drivers/serial/*apbuart*                 @martin-aberg
 /drivers/serial/*rcar*                    @aaillet
 /drivers/serial/Kconfig.test              @str4t0m
diff --git a/boards/arm/nuvoton_pfm_m487/nuvoton_pfm_m487_defconfig b/boards/arm/nuvoton_pfm_m487/nuvoton_pfm_m487_defconfig
index 7efb83ea74d..c88bca11190 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nuvoton_pfm_m487/nuvoton_pfm_m487_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nuvoton_pfm_m487/nuvoton_pfm_m487_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=192000000
 
 # enable uart driver
 CONFIG_SERIAL=y
-CONFIG_UART_NUVOTON=y
+CONFIG_UART_NUMICRO=y
 
 # console
 CONFIG_CONSOLE=y
diff --git a/drivers/serial/CMakeLists.txt b/drivers/serial/CMakeLists.txt
index 180a5d8fe1c..baef5e01cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drivers/serial/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_MSP432P4XX uart_msp432p4xx.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_NS16550 uart_ns16550.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_NRF_UART_PERIPHERAL uart_nrfx_uart.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_NRF_UARTE_PERIPHERAL uart_nrfx_uarte.c)
-zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_NUVOTON uart_nuvoton.c)
+zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_NUMICRO uart_numicro.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_SAM uart_sam.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_USART_SAM usart_sam.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UART_STELLARIS uart_stellaris.c)
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index f6cbe1325d0..5f77f66c3e5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ source "drivers/serial/Kconfig.leuart_gecko"
 
 source "drivers/serial/Kconfig.msp432p4xx"
 
-source "drivers/serial/Kconfig.nuvoton"
+source "drivers/serial/Kconfig.numicro"
 
 source "drivers/serial/Kconfig.sam0"
 
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig.nuvoton b/drivers/serial/Kconfig.numicro
similarity index 95%
rename from drivers/serial/Kconfig.nuvoton
rename to drivers/serial/Kconfig.numicro
index 655695c36ec..a32d3d35c05 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig.nuvoton
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig.numicro
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Linumiz
 # Author: Saravanan Sekar <saravanan@linumiz.com>
 
-config UART_NUVOTON
+config UART_NUMICRO
 	bool "NUVOTON MCU serial driver"
 	select SERIAL_HAS_DRIVER
 	select HAS_NUMICRO_UART
diff --git a/drivers/serial/uart_nuvoton.c b/drivers/serial/uart_numicro.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/serial/uart_nuvoton.c
rename to drivers/serial/uart_numicro.c