diff --git a/cmd/node-termination-handler.go b/cmd/node-termination-handler.go
index 78163e40..2d8df172 100644
--- a/cmd/node-termination-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/node-termination-handler.go
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/autoscaling"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
+	"github.com/go-logr/zerologr"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ func main() {
 		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
 	}
 
+	klog.SetLogger(zerologr.New(&log.Logger))
+
 	log.Info().Msgf("Using log format version %d", nthConfig.LogFormatVersion)
 	if err = logging.SetFormatVersion(nthConfig.LogFormatVersion); err != nil {
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Send()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3ce83f87..2a01b7b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.2
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.4
+	github.com/go-logr/zerologr v1.2.3
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.47.0
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.4
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.4
 )
 
@@ -98,7 +100,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.30.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31cf81fb..8618bbed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
+github.com/go-logr/zerologr v1.2.3 h1:up5N9vcH9Xck3jJkXzgyOxozT14R47IyDODz8LM1KSs=
+github.com/go-logr/zerologr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:BxwGo7y5zgSHYR1BjbnHPyF/5ZjVKfKxAZANVu6E8Ho=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 h1:eCs3fxoIi3Wh6vtgmLTOjdhSpiqphQ+DaPn38N2ZdrE=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6/go.mod h1:osyAmYz/mB/C3I+WsTTSgw1ONzaLJoLCyoi6/zppojs=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 h1:3sVjiK66+uXK/6oQ8xgcRKcFgQ5KXa2KvnJRumpMGbE=