diff --git a/Bender.lock b/Bender.lock
index 332645bf..28879c3f 100644
--- a/Bender.lock
+++ b/Bender.lock
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
     - common_cells
   hci:
-    revision: 4ea0f83a0657fa24514b7fc8981cfb4acf2ccb3b
+    revision: afe0220f9a2f132dc8655c48da05aae5121a570b
     version: null
     source:
       Git: https://github.com/pulp-platform/hci.git
@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ packages:
       Git: https://github.com/pulp-platform/scm.git
     dependencies:
     - tech_cells_generic
+  softex:
+    revision: 23faeccaf204817bc9e6649e469072e5726be561
+    version: 1.0.0
+    source:
+      Git: https://github.com/belanoa/softex.git
+    dependencies:
+    - common_cells
+    - fpnew
+    - hci
+    - hwpe-ctrl
+    - hwpe-stream
+    - ibex
   tech_cells_generic:
     revision: a9cae21902e75b1434328ecf36f85327ba5717de
     version: 0.2.11
diff --git a/Bender.yml b/Bender.yml
index 41da2384..2f3bd5ad 100644
--- a/Bender.yml
+++ b/Bender.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ dependencies:
   cv32e40p:               { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/cv32e40p.git", rev: e863f576699815b38cc9d80dbdede8ed5efd5991 } # `michaero/safety-island-clic` branch
   ibex:                   { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/ibex.git", rev: "pulpissimo-v6.1.2" }
   scm:                    { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/scm.git", rev: 74426dee36f28ae1c02f7635cf844a0156145320 } # branch: yt/bump-clkgating
-  hci:                    { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/hci.git", rev: 4ea0f83a0657fa24514b7fc8981cfb4acf2ccb3b } # branch: fix on top of remove-automatic-parameter-prop
-  register_interface:     { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/register_interface.git", version: 0.4.4  } # branch: master
+  hci:                    { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/hci.git", rev: afe0220 } # branch: master
+  register_interface:     { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/register_interface.git", version: 0.4.4  }
   redundancy_cells:       { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/redundancy_cells.git", rev: c37bdb47339bf70e8323de8df14ea8bbeafb6583 } # branch: astral_rebase
   redmule:                { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/redmule.git", rev: 60ba008c339ec70b5ffa7120bec2cbf5a8f53c99 } # branch: fc/hci-v2.1
   neureka:                { git: "https://github.com/pulp-platform/neureka.git", version: 1.0.0 }
+  softex:                 { git: "https://github.com/belanoa/softex.git"       , version: 1.0.0 }
 
 export_include_dirs:
   - include
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 12893585..0764afd2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sim_clean:
 scripts/compile.tcl: | Bender.lock
 	$(call generate_vsim, $@, $(bender_defs) $(bender_targs),..)
 	echo 'vlog "$(realpath $(ROOT_DIR))/tb/dpi/elfloader.cpp" -ccflags "-std=c++11"' >> $@
-	echo 'vopt +permissive -suppress 3053 -suppress 8885 +UVM_NO_RELNOTES $(top_level) -o $(top_level)_optimized'
+	echo 'vopt +permissive -suppress 3053 -suppress 8885 +UVM_NO_RELNOTES $(top_level) -o $(top_level)_optimized' >> $@
 
 $(library):
 	$(QUESTA) vlib $(library)
diff --git a/packages/pulp_cluster_package.sv b/packages/pulp_cluster_package.sv
index d5f39097..2553d549 100644
--- a/packages/pulp_cluster_package.sv
+++ b/packages/pulp_cluster_package.sv
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ package pulp_cluster_package;
   // HWPE type
   typedef enum byte_t {
     REDMULE,
-    NEUREKA
+    NEUREKA,
+    SOFTEX
   } hwpe_type_e;
 
   parameter MAX_NUM_HWPES = 8;
diff --git a/regression-tests b/regression-tests
index 9fe04d0d..979c0b22 160000
--- a/regression-tests
+++ b/regression-tests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9fe04d0d984a01cf0dcccc248483bb2b152912fe
+Subproject commit 979c0b221ea6b65eb6fc67d515f98a593efb3975
diff --git a/rtl/hwpe_subsystem.sv b/rtl/hwpe_subsystem.sv
index aad613d6..6fb56e9a 100644
--- a/rtl/hwpe_subsystem.sv
+++ b/rtl/hwpe_subsystem.sv
@@ -126,6 +126,24 @@ module hwpe_subsystem
         .periph      ( periph[i]   )
       );
 
+    end else if (HWPE_CFG.HwpeList[i] == SOFTEX) begin : gen_softex
+
+      ////////////
+      // SOFTEX //
+      ////////////
+
+      softex_top #(
+        .N_CORES    ( N_CORES           ),
+        .`HCI_SIZE_PARAM(Tcdm) ( HCI_HWPE_SIZE )
+      ) i_softex (                         
+        .clk_i  ( hwpe_clk[i] ),
+        .rst_ni ( rst_n       ),
+        .busy_o ( busy[i]     ),
+        .evt_o  ( evt[i]      ),
+        .tcdm   ( tcdm[i]     ),
+        .periph ( periph[i]   )
+      );
+
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/tb/pulp_cluster_tb.sv b/tb/pulp_cluster_tb.sv
index d73abf77..4b7976c6 100644
--- a/tb/pulp_cluster_tb.sv
+++ b/tb/pulp_cluster_tb.sv
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ module pulp_cluster_tb;
     TcdmSize: 128*1024,
     TcdmNumBank: 16,
     HwpePresent: 1,
-    HwpeCfg: '{NumHwpes: 2, HwpeList: {NEUREKA, REDMULE}},
+    HwpeCfg: '{NumHwpes: 3, HwpeList: {SOFTEX, NEUREKA, REDMULE}},
     HwpeNumPorts: 9,
     iCacheNumBanks: 2,
     iCacheNumLines: 1,