diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d79227d..613fe0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -288,16 +288,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colored"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cbf2150cce219b664a8a70df7a1f933836724b503f8a413af9365b4dcc4d90b8"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "content_inspector"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -392,6 +382,27 @@ version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a26ae43d7bcc3b814de94796a5e736d4029efb0ee900c12e2d54c993ad1a1e07"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05e7cf40684ae96ade6232ed84582f40ce0a66efcd43a5117aef610534f8e0b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -456,6 +467,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap-num",
  "clap-verbosity-flag2",
  "criterion",
+ "env_logger",
  "error-stack",
  "expect-test",
  "io-adapters",
@@ -467,7 +479,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_xoshiro",
  "rstest",
  "rustix",
- "simple_logger",
  "supercilex-tests",
  "sysexits",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1129,17 +1140,6 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32fea41aca09ee824cc9724996433064c89f7777e60762749a4170a14abbfa21"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simple_logger"
-version = "4.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e7e46c8c90251d47d08b28b8a419ffb4aede0f87c2eea95e17d1d5bacbf3ef1"
-dependencies = [
- "colored",
- "log",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.13.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90c7e2e..ec8b4f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive", "wrap_help"] }
 clap-num = "1.1.1"
 clap-verbosity-flag = { package = "clap-verbosity-flag2", version = "2.1.1" }
+env_logger = { version = "0.11.1", default-features = false, features = ["auto-color"] }
 error-stack = "0.4.1"
 io-adapters = "0.3.0"
 itoa = "1.0.10"
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ log = { version = "0.4.20", features = ["release_max_level_info"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 rand_distr = "0.4.3"
 rand_xoshiro = "0.6.0"
-simple_logger = { version = "4.3.3", default-features = false, features = ["colors"] }
 sysexits = "0.7.11"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
 thousands = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 87e1541..6a7db96 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -216,12 +216,10 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         let level = args.verbose.log_level().unwrap_or_else(log::Level::max);
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "trace"))]
-        match simple_logger::init_with_level(level) {
-            Ok(()) => {}
-            Err(e) => {
-                drop(writeln!(io::stderr(), "Failed to initialize logger: {e:?}"));
-            }
-        }
+        env_logger::builder()
+            .format_timestamp(None)
+            .filter_level(level.to_level_filter())
+            .init();
         #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
         {
             use tracing_log::AsTrace;
diff --git a/testdata/cmds/examples.md b/testdata/cmds/examples.md
index 892898f..7308c2b 100644
--- a/testdata/cmds/examples.md
+++ b/testdata/cmds/examples.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Info output:
 ```console
 $ ftzz -vv -n 1K verbose
 About 1,000 files will be generated in approximately 1,000 directories distributed across a tree of maximum depth 5 where each directory contains approximately 4 other directories.
-INFO  [ftzz::generator] Starting config: Configuration { root_dir: "verbose", files: 1000, bytes: 0, files_exact: false, bytes_exact: false, fill_byte: None, dirs_per_dir: 3.9810717055349727, bytes_per_file: 0.0, max_depth: 5, seed: 2268264718836998093, human_info: HumanInfo { dirs_per_dir: 4, total_dirs: 1000, bytes_per_files: 0 } }
+[INFO  ftzz::generator] Starting config: Configuration { root_dir: "verbose", files: 1000, bytes: 0, files_exact: false, bytes_exact: false, fill_byte: None, dirs_per_dir: 3.9810717055349727, bytes_per_file: 0.0, max_depth: 5, seed: 2268264718836998093, human_info: HumanInfo { dirs_per_dir: 4, total_dirs: 1000, bytes_per_files: 0 } }
 Created 578 files across 1,033 directories.
 
 ```