diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 10e7e23..f814a17 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableHTTP2, "enable-http2", false,
 		"If set, HTTP/2 will be enabled for the metrics and webhook servers")
 	opts := zap.Options{
-		Development: true,
+		Development:     true,
+		StacktraceLevel: zapcore.DPanicLevel,
 	}
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bfd759c..7fdc45a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect