diff --git a/src/cts/src/Clock.cpp b/src/cts/src/Clock.cpp
index 9fd291074d1..41e3e86fa8c 100644
--- a/src/cts/src/Clock.cpp
+++ b/src/cts/src/Clock.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Clock::Clock(const std::string& netName,
   // Hierarchy delimiters in the net name must be escape.  We use
   // the name to construct buffer names later and the delimiters
   // will confuse downstream tools like read_spef.
-  netName_ = sta::escapeChars(netName.c_str(), '/', '\0', '\\');
+  netName_ = sta::escapeChars(netName, '/', '\0', '\0', '\\');
 }
 
 void Clock::report(utl::Logger* logger) const
diff --git a/src/dbSta/src/dbSdcNetwork.cc b/src/dbSta/src/dbSdcNetwork.cc
index 0b1627dbe1e..55122c28561 100644
--- a/src/dbSta/src/dbSdcNetwork.cc
+++ b/src/dbSta/src/dbSdcNetwork.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ InstanceSeq dbSdcNetwork::findInstancesMatching(
     } else {
       // Look for a match with path dividers escaped.
       std::string escaped
-          = escapeChars(pattern->pattern(), divider_, '\0', escape_);
+          = escapeChars(pattern->pattern(), divider_, '\0', '\0', escape_);
       inst = findInstance(escaped.c_str());
       if (inst) {
         insts.push_back(inst);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ NetSeq dbSdcNetwork::findNetsMatching(const Instance*,
     } else {
       // Look for a match with path dividers escaped.
       std::string escaped
-          = escapeChars(pattern->pattern(), divider_, '\0', escape_);
+          = escapeChars(pattern->pattern(), divider_, '\0', '\0', escape_);
       net = findNet(escaped.c_str());
       if (net) {
         nets.push_back(net);
diff --git a/src/sta b/src/sta
index 14751996b19..244797f162b 160000
--- a/src/sta
+++ b/src/sta
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 14751996b19830a77edf744840e66944a00944d6
+Subproject commit 244797f162b465751912b651d55d9854296aa745