diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index ca7492c..b8ec149 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ import (
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/healthz"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
+	ctrlzap "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/filters"
 	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook"
@@ -85,14 +86,15 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&certificateIssuerName, "certificate-issuer-name", "nova-hypervisor-agents-ca-issuer",
 		"Name of the certificate issuer.")
 
-	opts := zap.Options{
+	opts := ctrlzap.Options{
 		Development: true,
 		TimeEncoder: zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder,
+		ZapOpts:     []zap.Option{zap.WrapCore(logger.WrapCore)},
 	}
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	ctrl.SetLogger(logger.WrapLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts))))
+	ctrl.SetLogger(ctrlzap.New(ctrlzap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
 
 	// if the enable-http2 flag is false (the default), http/2 should be disabled
 	// due to its vulnerabilities. More specifically, disabling http/2 will
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8233755..f3615e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index 23a905c..c8a8c19 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -18,50 +18,41 @@ limitations under the License.
 package logger
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
-type wrapper struct {
-	orig logr.LogSink
+type wrapCore struct {
+	core zapcore.Core
 }
 
-// Enabled implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) Enabled(level int) bool {
-	return w.orig.Enabled(level)
+func WrapCore(core zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
+	return wrapCore{core}
 }
 
-// Error implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) Error(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
-	if msg == "Reconciler error" {
-		w.orig.Info(2, msg, append(keysAndValues, "error", err.Error())...)
-	} else {
-		w.orig.Error(err, msg, keysAndValues...)
+// Check implements zapcore.Core.
+func (w wrapCore) Check(entry zapcore.Entry, checkedEntry *zapcore.CheckedEntry) *zapcore.CheckedEntry {
+	if entry.Message == "Reconciler error" {
+		entry.Level = -2
 	}
+	return w.core.Check(entry, checkedEntry)
 }
 
-// Info implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) Info(level int, msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
-	w.orig.Info(level, msg, keysAndValues...)
+// Enabled implements zapcore.Core.
+func (w wrapCore) Enabled(level zapcore.Level) bool {
+	return w.core.Enabled(level)
 }
 
-// Init implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) Init(info logr.RuntimeInfo) {
-	w.orig.Init(info)
+// Sync implements zapcore.Core.
+func (w wrapCore) Sync() error {
+	return w.core.Sync()
 }
 
-// WithName implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) WithName(name string) logr.LogSink {
-	w.orig.WithName(name)
-	return w
+// With implements zapcore.Core.
+func (w wrapCore) With(fields []zapcore.Field) zapcore.Core {
+	return wrapCore{w.core.With(fields)}
 }
 
-// WithValues implements logr.LogSink.
-func (w wrapper) WithValues(keysAndValues ...any) logr.LogSink {
-	w.orig.WithValues(keysAndValues...)
-	return w
-}
-
-func WrapLogger(logger logr.Logger) logr.Logger {
-	orig := logger.GetSink()
-	return logger.WithSink(wrapper{orig})
+// Write implements zapcore.Core.
+func (w wrapCore) Write(entry zapcore.Entry, fields []zapcore.Field) error {
+	return w.core.Write(entry, fields)
 }