diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a6c276b9..a18102d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4281,6 +4281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "kona-host",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/scripts/witnessgen/Cargo.toml b/scripts/witnessgen/Cargo.toml
index a77f614d..b5dace0c 100644
--- a/scripts/witnessgen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scripts/witnessgen/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ kona-host = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/witnessgen/bin/native_host_runner.rs b/scripts/witnessgen/bin/native_host_runner.rs
index d41d0fb7..9e97da3a 100644
--- a/scripts/witnessgen/bin/native_host_runner.rs
+++ b/scripts/witnessgen/bin/native_host_runner.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
-    println!(
+    tracing::info!(
         "Ran host program with end block: {:?}",
         cfg.claimed_l2_block_number
     );