diff --git a/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts b/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
index 57b93c14f8..f370abdb5d 100644
--- a/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
+++ b/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ app.use(expressWinston.logger({
   ],
 }));
 
+const logger = winston.createLogger();
+
 // Logger with minimum options (winstonInstance)
 app.use(expressWinston.logger({
-  winstonInstance: winston,
+  winstonInstance: logger,
 }));
 
 // Error Logger with all options
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
 
 // Error Logger with min options (winstonInstance)
 app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
-  winstonInstance: winston,
+  winstonInstance: logger,
 }));
 
 expressWinston.bodyBlacklist.push('potato');
diff --git a/types/express-winston/index.d.ts b/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
index a691000dd8..462f3df1b3 100644
--- a/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for express-winston 2.4
+// Type definitions for express-winston 3.0
 // Project: https://github.com/bithavoc/express-winston#readme
 // Definitions by: Alex Brick <https://github.com/bricka>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface LoggerOptionsWithTransports extends BaseLoggerOptions {
 }
 
 export interface LoggerOptionsWithWinstonInstance extends BaseLoggerOptions {
-  winstonInstance: typeof winston;
+  winstonInstance: winston.Logger;
 }
 
 export type LoggerOptions = LoggerOptionsWithTransports | LoggerOptionsWithWinstonInstance;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export interface ErrorLoggerOptionsWithTransports extends BaseErrorLoggerOptions
 }
 
 export interface ErrorLoggerOptionsWithWinstonInstance extends BaseErrorLoggerOptions {
-  winstonInstance: typeof winston;
+  winstonInstance: winston.Logger;
 }
 
 export type ErrorLoggerOptions = ErrorLoggerOptionsWithTransports | ErrorLoggerOptionsWithWinstonInstance;