diff --git a/aper_test.go b/aper_test.go
index ecec84e..794e02f 100644
--- a/aper_test.go
+++ b/aper_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var perTestTraceLevel = 2
 
 func perTestTrace(level int, s string) {
 	if level <= perTestTraceLevel {
-		logger.AperLog.Traceln(s)
+		logger.AperLog.Debugln(s)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f9dd9d5..9058db8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ module github.com/omec-project/aper
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter v1.3.1
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.mod.license b/go.mod.license
index 4521a03..cdc43df 100644
--- a/go.mod.license
+++ b/go.mod.license
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Communication Service/Software Laboratory, National Chiao Tung University (free5gc.org)
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation <info@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Intel Corporation
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 278f380..d99d513 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter v1.3.1 h1:NFJIr+pzwv5QLHTPyKz9UMEoHck02Q9L0FP13b/xSbQ=
-github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6WTfyWFkBc9+zyBaKIqRrg/KwMqBbodBjgbHjDz7zjA=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 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/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 h1:dJKuHgqk1NNQlqoA6BTlM1Wf9DOH3NBjQyu0h9+AZZE=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2 h1:bSDNvY7ZPG5RlJ8otE/7V6gMiyenm9RtJ7IUVIAoJ1w=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 h1:YyJpGZS1sBuBCzLAR1VEpK193GlqGZbnPFnPV/5Rsb4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 h1:S0h4aNzvfcFsC3dRF1jLoaov7oRaKqRGC/pUEJ2yvPQ=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index f3a447c..695fed9 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -1,48 +1,55 @@
 // Copyright 2019 Communication Service/Software Laboratory, National Chiao Tung University (free5gc.org)
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Intel Corporation
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package logger
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
-	formatter "github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
-var log *logrus.Logger
-
-// AperLog : Log entry of aper
-var AperLog *logrus.Entry
+var (
+	log         *zap.Logger
+	AperLog     *zap.SugaredLogger
+	atomicLevel zap.AtomicLevel
+)
 
 func init() {
-	log = logrus.New()
-	log.SetReportCaller(false)
-
-	log.Formatter = &formatter.Formatter{
-		TimestampFormat: time.RFC3339,
-		TrimMessages:    true,
-		NoFieldsSpace:   true,
-		HideKeys:        true,
-		FieldsOrder:     []string{"component", "category"},
+	atomicLevel = zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.InfoLevel)
+	config := zap.Config{
+		Level:            atomicLevel,
+		Development:      false,
+		Encoding:         "console",
+		EncoderConfig:    zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig(),
+		OutputPaths:      []string{"stdout"},
+		ErrorOutputPaths: []string{"stderr"},
 	}
 
-	AperLog = log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"component": "LIB", "category": "Aper"})
-}
+	config.EncoderConfig.TimeKey = "timestamp"
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+	config.EncoderConfig.LevelKey = "level"
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeLevel = zapcore.CapitalLevelEncoder
+	config.EncoderConfig.CallerKey = "caller"
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeCaller = zapcore.ShortCallerEncoder
+	config.EncoderConfig.MessageKey = "message"
+
+	var err error
+	log, err = config.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 
-func GetLogger() *logrus.Logger {
-	return log
+	AperLog = log.Sugar().With("component", "LIB", "category", "Aper")
 }
 
-// SetLogLevel : set the log level (panic|fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace)
-func SetLogLevel(level logrus.Level) {
-	AperLog.Infoln("set log level :", level)
-	log.SetLevel(level)
+func GetLogger() *zap.Logger {
+	return log
 }
 
-// SetReportCaller : Set whether shows the filePath and functionName on loggers
-func SetReportCaller(enable bool) {
-	AperLog.Infoln("set report call :", enable)
-	log.SetReportCaller(enable)
+// SetLogLevel: set the log level (panic|fatal|error|warn|info|debug)
+func SetLogLevel(level zapcore.Level) {
+	AperLog.Infoln("set log level:", level)
+	atomicLevel.SetLevel(level)
 }