diff --git a/client/amqp/amqp.go b/client/amqp/amqp.go
index f08f760f3..0f8d486af 100644
--- a/client/amqp/amqp.go
+++ b/client/amqp/amqp.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/streadway/amqp"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/client/es/elasticsearch.go b/client/es/elasticsearch.go
index 0cf9cba7c..e0ae7364e 100644
--- a/client/es/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/client/es/elasticsearch.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/client/grpc/grpc.go b/client/grpc/grpc.go
index 2c8b6fbbf..4822e4ae0 100644
--- a/client/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/client/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package grpc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/correlation"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
diff --git a/client/http/encoding/json/json.go b/client/http/encoding/json/json.go
index 474e85cdc..0283bc879 100644
--- a/client/http/encoding/json/json.go
+++ b/client/http/encoding/json/json.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/encoding"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/encoding/json"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // NewRequest creates a request, encodes the body, and sets the appropriate headers.
diff --git a/client/mqtt/publisher.go b/client/mqtt/publisher.go
index 38f2a3fa6..4550fe8bc 100644
--- a/client/mqtt/publisher.go
+++ b/client/mqtt/publisher.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const componentType = "mqtt-publisher"
diff --git a/client/sns/publisher.go b/client/sns/publisher.go
index bf3261dd1..fc45a6865 100644
--- a/client/sns/publisher.go
+++ b/client/sns/publisher.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/client/sns/publisher_test.go b/client/sns/publisher_test.go
index b96c52a7a..940dbb576 100644
--- a/client/sns/publisher_test.go
+++ b/client/sns/publisher_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/mocktracer"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func Test_New(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/client/sqs/publisher.go b/client/sqs/publisher.go
index 08c47b033..eacae616a 100644
--- a/client/sqs/publisher.go
+++ b/client/sqs/publisher.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/client/sqs/publisher_test.go b/client/sqs/publisher_test.go
index 848b4cb22..0918ed439 100644
--- a/client/sqs/publisher_test.go
+++ b/client/sqs/publisher_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/mocktracer"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func Test_New(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/component/amqp/component.go b/component/amqp/component.go
index be33a36a5..ea52fd560 100644
--- a/component/amqp/component.go
+++ b/component/amqp/component.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/streadway/amqp"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type messageState string
diff --git a/component/async/amqp/amqp.go b/component/async/amqp/amqp.go
index 0fc928719..a0719f7f1 100644
--- a/component/async/amqp/amqp.go
+++ b/component/async/amqp/amqp.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/streadway/amqp"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/component/async/component.go b/component/async/component.go
index e2a0fc0a4..4d1459cc2 100644
--- a/component/async/component.go
+++ b/component/async/component.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	patronErrors "github.com/beatlabs/patron/errors"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 var consumerErrors *prometheus.CounterVec
diff --git a/component/async/kafka/group/group.go b/component/async/kafka/group/group.go
index bd8ff2fc8..82cf5f5c5 100644
--- a/component/async/kafka/group/group.go
+++ b/component/async/kafka/group/group.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/async/kafka"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/internal/validation"
 	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // Factory definition of a consumer factory.
diff --git a/component/async/kafka/kafka.go b/component/async/kafka/kafka.go
index 19498c22f..99c2a8440 100644
--- a/component/async/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/component/async/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/component/async/kafka/simple/duration_client.go b/component/async/kafka/simple/duration_client.go
index 07cd06fd2..931394e27 100644
--- a/component/async/kafka/simple/duration_client.go
+++ b/component/async/kafka/simple/duration_client.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type durationClient struct {
diff --git a/component/async/kafka/simple/simple.go b/component/async/kafka/simple/simple.go
index 07b18e97d..f77e73468 100644
--- a/component/async/kafka/simple/simple.go
+++ b/component/async/kafka/simple/simple.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/async"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/async/kafka"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/internal/validation"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // unixNanoToTimestampDivider divides unix nano seconds to valid timestamp for kafka messages.
diff --git a/component/grpc/component.go b/component/grpc/component.go
index 397448049..953974ccc 100644
--- a/component/grpc/component.go
+++ b/component/grpc/component.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ package grpc
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/reflection"
 )
diff --git a/component/grpc/observability.go b/component/grpc/observability.go
index f550b163e..976e073f9 100644
--- a/component/grpc/observability.go
+++ b/component/grpc/observability.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package grpc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
diff --git a/component/http/cache/cache.go b/component/http/cache/cache.go
index fd4aecc46..1104e718c 100644
--- a/component/http/cache/cache.go
+++ b/component/http/cache/cache.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/crc32"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/cache"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type validationContext int
diff --git a/component/http/cache/route.go b/component/http/cache/route.go
index ca5b41314..508f098d1 100644
--- a/component/http/cache/route.go
+++ b/component/http/cache/route.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/cache"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // RouteCache is the builder needed to build a cache for the corresponding route.
diff --git a/component/http/check.go b/component/http/check.go
index c8f203f44..5b4080dc1 100644
--- a/component/http/check.go
+++ b/component/http/check.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // AliveStatus type representing the liveness of the service via HTTP component.
diff --git a/component/http/component.go b/component/http/component.go
index 72fc40f09..bcf2a34a5 100644
--- a/component/http/component.go
+++ b/component/http/component.go
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/component/http/middleware/middleware.go b/component/http/middleware/middleware.go
index 9f4f35e14..918b3b69f 100644
--- a/component/http/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/component/http/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	tracinglog "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/log"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
diff --git a/component/http/router/httprouter/router.go b/component/http/router/httprouter/router.go
index 76ac2ba26..b47f3d8a7 100644
--- a/component/http/router/httprouter/router.go
+++ b/component/http/router/httprouter/router.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package httprouter
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 
 	patronhttp "github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/http"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/http/middleware"
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const defaultDeflateLevel = 6
diff --git a/component/kafka/component.go b/component/kafka/component.go
index 9d20c8924..ed9f4bfbc 100644
--- a/component/kafka/component.go
+++ b/component/kafka/component.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/component/kafka/option.go b/component/kafka/option.go
index f845d2975..c6ca898ea 100644
--- a/component/kafka/option.go
+++ b/component/kafka/option.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package kafka
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // OptionFunc definition for configuring the component in a functional way.
diff --git a/component/sqs/component.go b/component/sqs/component.go
index 85d4d1a8e..03daede3e 100644
--- a/component/sqs/component.go
+++ b/component/sqs/component.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/trace"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/examples/service/grpc.go b/examples/service/grpc.go
index f79b26f70..8d7c8bc79 100644
--- a/examples/service/grpc.go
+++ b/examples/service/grpc.go
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/component/grpc"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/examples"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type greeterServer struct {
diff --git a/examples/service/main.go b/examples/service/main.go
index cd7cf4e43..74e053eb1 100644
--- a/examples/service/main.go
+++ b/examples/service/main.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/examples"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/log/log.go b/log/log.go
index 83dbda203..bfb1b4806 100644
--- a/log/log.go
+++ b/log/log.go
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ package log
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
+	"log/slog"
 )
 
 type ctxKey struct{}
diff --git a/log/log_test.go b/log/log_test.go
index 546fb2c3f..d4de83d4d 100644
--- a/log/log_test.go
+++ b/log/log_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package log
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index c86eba818..36f591988 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package patron
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
+	"log/slog"
 )
 
 type OptionFunc func(svc *Service) error
diff --git a/options_test.go b/options_test.go
index 5f740bdc2..9bc31b080 100644
--- a/options_test.go
+++ b/options_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package patron
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func TestLogFields(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/service.go b/service.go
index 4d8864891..afbfd1c27 100644
--- a/service.go
+++ b/service.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strconv"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/log"
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/trace"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func defaultLogAttrs(name, version string) []slog.Attr {
 }
 
 func setupLogging(lc logConfig) {
-	ho := slog.HandlerOptions{
+	ho := &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		AddSource: true,
 		Level:     getLogLevel(),
 	}
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ func setupLogging(lc logConfig) {
 	var hnd slog.Handler
 
 	if lc.json {
-		hnd = ho.NewJSONHandler(os.Stderr)
+		hnd = slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stderr, ho)
 	} else {
-		hnd = ho.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr)
+		hnd = slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, ho)
 	}
 
 	slog.New(hnd.WithAttrs(lc.attrs))
diff --git a/service_test.go b/service_test.go
index 9b74e649e..8ba91e4b0 100644
--- a/service_test.go
+++ b/service_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package patron
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/trace/trace.go b/trace/trace.go
index 54c24ddf3..c6dbcb07d 100644
--- a/trace/trace.go
+++ b/trace/trace.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beatlabs/patron/correlation"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go/rpcmetrics"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/prometheus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (