diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69bdf4a6..bd6ac824 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ dns names or ip addresses when configuring the CouchDB URI.
 
 ## Logging
 
-The couchdb-exporter uses the [glog](https://godoc.org/github.com/golang/glog) library for logging.
-With the default parameters everything will be logged to `/tmp/`.
-Use `--logtostderr` to enable logging to stderr and `--help` to see all options.
+The couchdb-exporter uses the [slog](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/exp/slog) module for logging.
 
 ## CouchDB 2+ clusters
 
diff --git a/couchdb-exporter.go b/couchdb-exporter.go
index 61fcafea..e0c07dc1 100644
--- a/couchdb-exporter.go
+++ b/couchdb-exporter.go
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter/v30/kitlog"
 	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2/altsrc"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"github.com/gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter/v30/fileutil"
 	"github.com/gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter/v30/lib"
@@ -45,23 +42,12 @@ type exporterConfigType struct {
 	schedulerJobs              bool
 }
 
-type loggingConfigType struct {
-	toStderr        bool   // The -logtostderr flag.
-	alsoToStderr    bool   // The -alsologtostderr flag.
-	verbosity       int    // V logging level, the value of the -v flag/
-	stderrThreshold int    // The -stderrthreshold flag.
-	logDir          string // The -log_dir flag.
-}
-
 var exporterConfig exporterConfigType
 var webConfig webConfigType
 
 var configFileFlagname = "config"
 var webConfigFile = ""
 
-// custom exposed (but hidden) logging config flags
-var loggingConfig loggingConfigType
-
 var appFlags []cli.Flag
 
 // TODO graceful migration to new parameter names
@@ -171,41 +157,6 @@ func init() {
 			Hidden:      false,
 			Destination: &exporterConfig.schedulerJobs,
 		}),
-
-		altsrc.NewBoolFlag(&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:        "logtostderr",
-			Usage:       "log to standard error instead of files",
-			Hidden:      true,
-			Value:       true,
-			Destination: &loggingConfig.toStderr,
-		}),
-		altsrc.NewBoolFlag(&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:        "alsologtostderr",
-			Usage:       "log to standard error as well as files",
-			Hidden:      true,
-			Destination: &loggingConfig.alsoToStderr,
-		}),
-		// TODO `v` clashed with urfave/cli's "version" shortcut `-v`.
-		altsrc.NewIntFlag(&cli.IntFlag{
-			Name:        "verbosity",
-			Usage:       "log level for V logs",
-			Value:       0,
-			Hidden:      true,
-			Destination: &loggingConfig.verbosity,
-		}),
-		altsrc.NewIntFlag(&cli.IntFlag{
-			Name:        "stderrthreshold",
-			Usage:       "logs at or above this threshold go to stderr",
-			Value:       2,
-			Hidden:      true,
-			Destination: &loggingConfig.stderrThreshold,
-		}),
-		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:        "log_dir",
-			Usage:       "If non-empty, write log files in this directory",
-			Hidden:      true,
-			Destination: &loggingConfig.logDir,
-		}),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +168,9 @@ func ofString(i string) *string {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
+	slog.SetDefault(logger)
+
 	var appAction = func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		var databases []string
 		if exporterConfig.databases != "" {
@@ -242,7 +196,7 @@ func main() {
 		http.HandleFunc("/status", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			_, err := fmt.Fprint(w, "OK")
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.Error(err)
+				slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 			}
 		})
 		redirectToMetricsHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -256,7 +210,7 @@ func main() {
 			</body>
 			</html>`))
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.Error(err)
+				slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 			}
 		}
 		landingPageHandler, err := web.NewLandingPage(web.LandingConfig{
@@ -293,15 +247,15 @@ func main() {
 			http.HandleFunc("/", landingPageHandler.ServeHTTP)
 		}
 
-		klog.Infof("Starting exporter version %s at '%s' to read from CouchDB at '%s'", version, webConfig.listenAddress, exporterConfig.couchdbURI)
+		slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Starting exporter version %s at '%s' to read from CouchDB at '%s'", version, webConfig.listenAddress, exporterConfig.couchdbURI))
 		server := &http.Server{Addr: webConfig.listenAddress}
 		flags := web.FlagConfig{
 			WebListenAddresses: &([]string{webConfig.listenAddress}),
 			WebSystemdSocket:   ofBool(false),
 			WebConfigFile:      ofString(webConfigFile),
 		}
-		if err := web.ListenAndServe(server, &flags, kitlog.NewKlogLogger()); err != nil {
-			klog.Error("msg", "Failed to start the server", "err", err)
+		if err := web.ListenAndServe(server, &flags, logger); err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Failed to start the server", "err", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -316,11 +270,11 @@ func main() {
 	app.Before = beforeApp(appFlags)
 	app.Action = appAction
 
-	defer klog.Flush()
+	//defer klog.Flush()
 
 	err := app.Run(os.Args)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatal(err)
+		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -333,27 +287,6 @@ func beforeApp(appFlags []cli.Flag) cli.BeforeFunc {
 		if err := altsrc.InitInputSourceWithContext(appFlags, inputSource)(context); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return initKlogFlags(context, loggingConfig)
-	}
-}
-
-func initKlogFlags(_ *cli.Context, loggingConfig loggingConfigType) error {
-	klogFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("klog", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	klog.InitFlags(klogFlags)
-
-	flags := map[string]string{
-		"logtostderr":     strconv.FormatBool(loggingConfig.toStderr),
-		"alsologtostderr": strconv.FormatBool(loggingConfig.alsoToStderr),
-		"stderrthreshold": strconv.Itoa(loggingConfig.stderrThreshold),
-		"v":               strconv.Itoa(loggingConfig.verbosity),
-		"log_dir":         loggingConfig.logDir,
-	}
-	for k, v := range flags {
-		if err := klogFlags.Set(k, v); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	klog.Infof("adopted logging config: %+v\n", loggingConfig)
-	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4ed4e58..44969979 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@ toolchain go1.22.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/gesellix/couchdb-cluster-config/v17 v17.5.0
-	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
 	github.com/okeuday/erlang_go/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
-	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.11.0
+	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.13.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -24,23 +22,23 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9da128ae..9b284eab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gesellix/couchdb-cluster-config/v17 v17.5.0 h1:ukaf1x2dnOb9Io04y9m/jcZdRSMAUujzylHi9IhNWVs=
 github.com/gesellix/couchdb-cluster-config/v17 v17.5.0/go.mod h1:d7cV9fN1NZkZxLOdNA1dyrDviHJ4oWVQ/W8O8nA/EAQ=
-github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1 h1:MRVx0/zhvdseW+Gza6N9rVzU/IVzaeE1SFI4raAhmBU=
-github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1/go.mod h1:NwTd00d/i8cPZ3xOwwiv2PO5MOcx78fFErGNcVmBjv0=
-github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 h1:wGYYu3uicYdqXVgoYbvnkrPVXkuLM1p1ifugDMEdRi4=
-github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0/go.mod h1:WYhtIu8zTZfxdn5+rREduYbwxfcBr/Vr6KEVveWlfTs=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
@@ -31,6 +25,10 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 h1:eM9y2/jlbs1M615oshPQOHZzj6R6wMT7bX5NPiQvn2U=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1/go.mod h1:cAqeGjoufqdxWkD7DkpyS+wcefOtmu5OQ8KuoJGIReA=
+github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1 h1:pC1mTJTvjo1r9n9fbm7S1j04rCgCzhCOS5DY0zqHlnQ=
+github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1/go.mod h1:NRfCibel++DgeMD8z/hP+PPTjlNJsdPOmxcnENvE+SE=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f h1:KUppIJq7/+SVif2QVs3tOP0zanoHgBEVAwHxUSIzRqU=
@@ -43,10 +41,10 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5 h1:cxppBPuYhUnsO6yo/aoRol4L7q7UFfdm+
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 h1:KEi6DK7lXW/m7Ig5i47x0vRzuBsHuvJdi5ee6Y3G1dc=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0/go.mod h1:2SECS4xJG1kd8XF9IcM1gMX6510RAEL65zxzNImwdc8=
-github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.11.0 h1:yNTsuZ0aNCNFQ3aFTD2uhPOvr4iD7fdBvKPAEGkNf+g=
-github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.11.0/go.mod h1:BVnENhnNecpwoTLiABx7mrPB/OLRIgN74qlQbV+FK1Q=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1 h1:FUas6GcOw66yB/73KC+BOZoFJmbo/1pojoILArPAaSc=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1/go.mod h1:h0LYf1R1deLSKtD4Vdg8gy4RuOvENW2J/h19V5NADQw=
+github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.13.1 h1:Evsh0gWQo2bdOHlnz9+0Nm7/OFfIwhE2Ws4A2jIlR04=
+github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.13.1/go.mod h1:ujdv2YIOxtdFxxqtloLpbqmxd5J0Le6IITUvIRSWjj0=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
@@ -59,18 +57,18 @@ github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5 h1:WoHEJLdsXr6dDWoJgMq/CboDmyY/8HMMH1fTECbih+w=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5/go.mod h1:3Sevf16NykTbInEnD0yKkjDAeZDS0A6bzhBH5hrMvTQ=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 h1:gEOO8jv9F4OT7lGCjxCBTO/36wtF6j2nSip77qHd4x4=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1/go.mod h1:Ohn+xnUBiLI6FVj/9LpzZWtj1/D6lUovWYBkxHVV3aM=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 h1:5ORfpBpCs4HzDYoodCDBbwHzdR5UrLBZ3sOnUJmFoHo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.29.0/go.mod h1:gLkgy8jTGERgjzMic6DS9+SP0ajcu6Xu3Orq/SpETg0=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 h1:PbgcYx2W7i4LvjJWEbf0ngHV6qJYr86PkAV3bXdLEbs=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
@@ -80,5 +78,3 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
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 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
diff --git a/kitlog/klog_logger.go b/kitlog/klog_logger.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a67a102..00000000
--- a/kitlog/klog_logger.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Package kitlog provides a klog adapter to the
-// go-kit log.Logger interface.
-package kitlog
-
-import (
-	kitlog "github.com/go-kit/log"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-)
-
-type klogLogger struct {
-}
-
-// NewKlogLogger returns a go-kit log.Logger that sends log events to a k8s.io/klog logger.
-func NewKlogLogger() kitlog.Logger {
-	return &klogLogger{}
-}
-
-// Log the keyvals to the INFO log.
-func (l klogLogger) Log(keyvals ...interface{}) error {
-	klog.InfoS("-", keyvals...)
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/kitlog/klog_logger_test.go b/kitlog/klog_logger_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bf31e535..00000000
--- a/kitlog/klog_logger_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package kitlog_test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"flag"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter/v30/kitlog"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-)
-
-func TestKlogLogger(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	klogFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("klog", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	klog.InitFlags(klogFlags)
-	klogFlags.Set("skip_headers", strconv.FormatBool(true))
-	klog.LogToStderr(false)
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	klog.SetOutput(buf)
-	logger := kitlog.NewKlogLogger()
-
-	if err := logger.Log("hello", "world"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if want, have := "hello=\"world\"\n", strings.Split(buf.String(), " ")[1]; want != have {
-		t.Errorf("want %#v, have %#v", want, have)
-	}
-
-	buf.Reset()
-	if err := logger.Log("a", 1, "err", errors.New("error")); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if want, have := "a=1 err=\"error\"", strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitAfterN(buf.String(), " ", 2)[1]); want != have {
-		t.Errorf("want %#v, have %#v", want, have)
-	}
-
-	buf.Reset()
-	if err := logger.Log("a", 1, "b"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if want, have := "a=1 b=\"(MISSING)\"", strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitAfterN(buf.String(), " ", 2)[1]); want != have {
-		t.Errorf("want %#v, have %#v", want, have)
-	}
-
-	buf.Reset()
-	if err := logger.Log("my_map", mymap{0: 0}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if want, have := "my_map=\"special_behavior\"", strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(buf.String(), " ")[1]); want != have {
-		t.Errorf("want %#v, have %#v", want, have)
-	}
-}
-
-type mymap map[int]int
-
-func (m mymap) String() string { return "special_behavior" }
diff --git a/lib/collector-v1.go b/lib/collector-v1.go
index 21001816..c6685979 100644
--- a/lib/collector-v1.go
+++ b/lib/collector-v1.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 func (e *Exporter) collectV1(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, collectorConfig CollectorConfig) error {
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collectV1(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, colle
 
 	for name, nodeStats := range stats.StatsByNodeName {
 		//fmt.Printf("%s -> %v\n", name, stats)
-		//klog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("name: %s -> stats: %v\n", name, stats))
+		//slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("name: %s -> stats: %v\n", name, stats))
 		e.nodeUp.WithLabelValues(name).Set(nodeStats.Up)
 		e.nodeInfo.WithLabelValues(name, nodeStats.NodeInfo.Version, nodeStats.NodeInfo.Vendor.Name).Set(1)
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collectV1(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, colle
 				var intSeq int64
 				err := json.Unmarshal(stats.DatabaseStatsByDbName[dbName].UpdateSeq, &intSeq)
 				if err != nil {
-					klog.Warningf("%v", err)
+					slog.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 					continue
 				}
 				dbUpdateSeq := intSeq
diff --git a/lib/collector-v2.go b/lib/collector-v2.go
index 45dc1635..ed0cc16f 100644
--- a/lib/collector-v2.go
+++ b/lib/collector-v2.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 func (e *Exporter) collectV2(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, collectorConfig CollectorConfig) error {
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collectV2(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, colle
 
 	for name, nodeStats := range stats.StatsByNodeName {
 		// fmt.Printf("%s -> %v\n", name, stats)
-		// klog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("name: %s -> stats: %v\n", name, stats))
+		// slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("name: %s -> stats: %v\n", name, stats))
 		e.nodeUp.WithLabelValues(name).Set(nodeStats.Up)
 		e.nodeInfo.WithLabelValues(name, nodeStats.NodeInfo.Version, nodeStats.NodeInfo.Vendor.Name).Set(1)
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collectV2(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, colle
 				var stringSeq string
 				err := json.Unmarshal(stats.DatabaseStatsByDbName[dbName].UpdateSeq, &stringSeq)
 				if err != nil {
-					klog.Warningf("%v", err)
+					slog.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 					continue
 				}
 				dbUpdateSeq, err := DecodeUpdateSeq(stringSeq)
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collectV2(stats Stats, exposedHttpStatusCodes []string, colle
 					for _, dbRangeSeq := range dbUpdateSeq {
 						if viewRangeSeq.Range[0].Cmp(dbRangeSeq.Range[0]) == 0 {
 							age := dbRangeSeq.Seq - viewRangeSeq.Seq
-							// klog.Infof("dbRangeSeq.Seq %d, viewRangeSeq.Seq %d, age %d", dbRangeSeq.Seq, viewRangeSeq.Seq, age)
+							// slog.Infof("dbRangeSeq.Seq %d, viewRangeSeq.Seq %d, age %d", dbRangeSeq.Seq, viewRangeSeq.Seq, age)
 							e.viewStaleness.WithLabelValues(
 								dbName,
 								designDoc,
diff --git a/lib/collector.go b/lib/collector.go
index 30be20f8..37c009a7 100644
--- a/lib/collector.go
+++ b/lib/collector.go
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 const AllDbs = "_all_dbs"
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	e.mutex.RLock() // To protect metrics from concurrent collects.
 	defer e.mutex.RUnlock()
 	if err := e.collect(ch); err != nil {
-		klog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error collecting stats: %s", err))
+		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error collecting stats: %s", err))
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/lib/couchdb-client.go b/lib/couchdb-client.go
index 8bf316c0..d8d824a5 100644
--- a/lib/couchdb-client.go
+++ b/lib/couchdb-client.go
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 type BasicAuth struct {
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) GetNodeNames() ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// for i, name := range membership.ClusterNodes {
-	// 	klog.Infof("node[%d]: %s\n", i, name)
+	// 	slog.Infof("node[%d]: %s\n", i, name)
 	// }
 	return membership.ClusterNodes, nil
 }
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getStatsByNodeName(urisByNodeName map[string]string) (ma
 			}
 
 			stats.Up = 0
-			klog.Error(fmt.Errorf("continuing despite error: %v", err))
+			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("continuing despite error: %v", err))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getSystemByNodeName(urisByNodeName map[string]string) (m
 			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "\"error\":\"nodedown\"") {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			klog.Error(fmt.Errorf("continuing despite error: %v", err))
+			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("continuing despite error: %v", err))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) updateSeqFromInt(message json.RawMessage) string {
 	var updateSeq int64
 	err := json.Unmarshal(message, &updateSeq)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("%v", err)
+		slog.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 	}
 	return strconv.FormatInt(updateSeq, 10)
 }
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) updateSeqFromString(message json.RawMessage) string {
 	var updateSeq string
 	err := json.Unmarshal(message, &updateSeq)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("%v", err)
+		slog.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 	}
 	return updateSeq
 }
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(isCouchdbV1 bool, dbStatsByDbNa
 							continue
 						}
 						go func() {
-							//klog.Infof("/%s/%s/_view/%s\n", dbName, row.Doc.Id, viewName)
+							//slog.Infof("/%s/%s/_view/%s\n", dbName, row.Doc.Id, viewName)
 							err := semaphore.Acquire()
 							if err != nil {
 								// send something to parent coroutine so it doesn't block forever on receive
@@ -454,11 +453,11 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(isCouchdbV1 bool, dbStatsByDbNa
 						res := <-v
 						if res.warn != "" {
 							// TODO consider adding a metric to make warnings more visible
-							//klog.Warning(res.warn)
+							//slog.Warning(res.warn)
 						}
 						if res.err != nil {
 							// TODO consider adding a metric to make errors more visible
-							klog.Error(res.err)
+							slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%v", res.err))
 							continue
 							//r <- dbStatsResult{err: res.err}
 							//return
@@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ type requestCountingRoundTripper struct {
 
 func (rt *requestCountingRoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	atomic.AddInt64(&rt.RequestCount, 1)
-	//klog.Infof("req[%d] %s", atomic.LoadInt64(&rt.RequestCount), req.URL.String())
+	//slog.Infof("req[%d] %s", atomic.LoadInt64(&rt.RequestCount), req.URL.String())
 	return rt.rt.RoundTrip(req)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/exporter.go b/lib/exporter.go
index a3eb348b..bd72a1e6 100644
--- a/lib/exporter.go
+++ b/lib/exporter.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package lib
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ type Exporter struct {
 
 func (e *Exporter) maybeStartScraping() {
 	if e.collectorConfig.ScrapeInterval > 0 {
-		klog.Infof("Asynchronously scraping the CouchDB stats at an interval of %v", e.collectorConfig.ScrapeInterval)
+		slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Asynchronously scraping the CouchDB stats at an interval of %v", e.collectorConfig.ScrapeInterval))
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(e.collectorConfig.ScrapeInterval)
 		quit := make(chan struct{})
 		go func() {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) maybeStartScraping() {
 				case <-ticker.C:
 					err := e.scrape()
 					if err != nil {
-						klog.Error(err)
+						slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 					}
 				case <-quit:
 					ticker.Stop()