diff --git a/core/channel.go b/core/channel.go
index 1ac6e879..bb37a033 100644
--- a/core/channel.go
+++ b/core/channel.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package core
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	retry "github.com/avast/retry-go"
 	chantypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/yui-relayer/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // CreateChannel runs the channel creation messages on timeout until they pass
diff --git a/core/connection.go b/core/connection.go
index c6606871..5557f80d 100644
--- a/core/connection.go
+++ b/core/connection.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	retry "github.com/avast/retry-go"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	conntypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/03-connection/types"
 	ibcexported "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/exported"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/yui-relayer/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/core/naive-strategy.go b/core/naive-strategy.go
index 7b68ce0a..3b0e99af 100644
--- a/core/naive-strategy.go
+++ b/core/naive-strategy.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package core
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	retry "github.com/avast/retry-go"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/yui-relayer/metrics"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	api "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e524ef72..18000f41 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
diff --git a/log/slog.go b/log/slog.go
index 765e080c..866ae3c3 100644
--- a/log/slog.go
+++ b/log/slog.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package log
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors/withstack"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type RelayLogger struct {