diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/NetworkJob.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/NetworkJob.h
index 529201f97b..cdf66cc04d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/NetworkJob.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/NetworkJob.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
         DetachFromSocket,
         CloseSocket,
     };
-    virtual void start(Core::Socket&) = 0;
+    virtual void start(Core::BufferedSocketBase&) = 0;
     virtual void shutdown(ShutdownMode) = 0;
     virtual void fail(Error error) { did_fail(error); }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.cpp
index 6e8f9b013f..4281fb9d92 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ Job::Job(GeminiRequest const& request, Stream& output_stream)
 {
 }
 
-void Job::start(Core::Socket& socket)
+void Job::start(Core::BufferedSocketBase& socket)
 {
     VERIFY(!m_socket);
-    m_socket = verify_cast<Core::BufferedSocketBase>(&socket);
+    m_socket = &socket;
     on_socket_connected();
 }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.h
index e2f53df2ad..9df185ee38 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGemini/Job.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public:
     explicit Job(GeminiRequest const&, Stream&);
     virtual ~Job() override = default;
 
-    virtual void start(Core::Socket&) override;
+    virtual void start(Core::BufferedSocketBase&) override;
     virtual void shutdown(ShutdownMode) override;
 
     GeminiResponse* response() { return static_cast<GeminiResponse*>(Core::NetworkJob::response()); }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.cpp
index a66fe7a781..e8f9458b0d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.cpp
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ Job::Job(HttpRequest&& request, Stream& output_stream)
 {
 }
 
-void Job::start(Core::Socket& socket)
+void Job::start(Core::BufferedSocketBase& socket)
 {
     VERIFY(!m_socket);
-    m_socket = static_cast<Core::BufferedSocketBase*>(&socket);
+    m_socket = &socket;
     dbgln_if(HTTPJOB_DEBUG, "Reusing previous connection for {}", url());
     deferred_invoke([this] {
         dbgln_if(HTTPJOB_DEBUG, "HttpJob: on_connected callback");
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.h
index 4eff55567d..771f3cee4f 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibHTTP/Job.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public:
     explicit Job(HttpRequest&&, Stream&);
     virtual ~Job() override = default;
 
-    virtual void start(Core::Socket&) override;
+    virtual void start(Core::BufferedSocketBase&) override;
     virtual void shutdown(ShutdownMode) override;
 
     Core::Socket const* socket() const { return m_socket; }
diff --git a/Userland/Services/RequestServer/ConnectionCache.h b/Userland/Services/RequestServer/ConnectionCache.h
index 24bd516bb7..9f270a8c38 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/RequestServer/ConnectionCache.h
+++ b/Userland/Services/RequestServer/ConnectionCache.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct Proxy {
 template<typename Socket, typename SocketStorageType = Socket>
 struct Connection {
     struct JobData {
-        Function<void(Core::Socket&)> start {};
+        Function<void(Core::BufferedSocketBase&)> start {};
         Function<void(Core::NetworkJob::Error)> fail {};
         Function<Vector<TLS::Certificate>()> provide_client_certificates {};