diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c1c66383..a37595aba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NOTE: all releases may include dependency updates, not specifically mentioned
 
 - feat: integrate try-as library [#912](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/912)
 - fix: sentry source context [#940](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/940)
+- fix: connect kubernetes logger [#945](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/945)
 
 ## 2025-07-09 - Runtime v0.18.4
 
diff --git a/runtime/go.mod b/runtime/go.mod
index a21379c95..0d7babb78 100644
--- a/runtime/go.mod
+++ b/runtime/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.34.1
+	github.com/go-logr/zerologr v1.2.3
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.9.3
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5
diff --git a/runtime/go.sum b/runtime/go.sum
index d36360017..f55171b68 100644
--- a/runtime/go.sum
+++ b/runtime/go.sum
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ 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/zapr v1.3.0 h1:XGdV8XW8zdwFiwOA2Dryh1gj2KRQyOOoNmBy4EplIcQ=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0/go.mod h1:YKepepNBd1u/oyhd/yQmtjVXmm9uML4IXUgMOwR8/Gg=
+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 v0.21.1 h1:whnzv/pNXtK2FbX/W9yJfRmE2gsmkfahjMKB0fZvcic=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.1/go.mod h1:50I1STOfbY1ycR8jGz8DaMeLCdXiI6aDteEdRNNzpdk=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 h1:Rs+Y7hSXT83Jacb7kFyjn4ijOuVGSvOdF2+tg1TRrwQ=
diff --git a/runtime/secrets/kubernetes.go b/runtime/secrets/kubernetes.go
index ac3b18cfd..5d826c3da 100644
--- a/runtime/secrets/kubernetes.go
+++ b/runtime/secrets/kubernetes.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/go-logr/zerologr"
 	"github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/lib/manifest"
 	"github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/runtime/app"
 	"github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/runtime/logger"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func (sp *kubernetesSecretsProvider) initialize(ctx context.Context) {
 	sp.secretNamespace = parts[0]
 	sp.secretName = parts[1]
 
-	cli, cache, err := newK8sClientForSecret(sp.secretNamespace, sp.secretName)
+	cli, cache, err := newK8sClientForSecret(ctx, sp.secretNamespace, sp.secretName)
 	if err != nil {
 		const msg = "Failed to initialize Kubernetes client."
 		sentryutils.CaptureError(ctx, err, msg,
@@ -157,12 +158,14 @@ func (sp *kubernetesSecretsProvider) hasSecret(ctx context.Context, name string)
 
 // newK8sClientForSecret creates a new Kubernetes client that watches
 // only a single secret `name` in namespace `ns`.
-func newK8sClientForSecret(ns, name string) (client.Client, pkgcache.Cache, error) {
+func newK8sClientForSecret(ctx context.Context, ns, name string) (client.Client, pkgcache.Cache, error) {
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	if err := clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	ctrl.SetLogger(zerologr.New(logger.Get(ctx)))
+
 	cl, err := cluster.New(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), func(clusterOptions *cluster.Options) {
 		clusterOptions.Scheme = scheme
 		clusterOptions.Cache.DefaultNamespaces = make(map[string]pkgcache.Config)