diff --git a/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go b/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
index 415b1c56c..534ae9267 100644
--- a/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
+++ b/disk-mapper/cmd/main.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/role"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/disk-mapper/internal/recoveryserver/recoveryserver.go b/disk-mapper/internal/recoveryserver/recoveryserver.go
index d4db3b787..f2267ebbb 100644
--- a/disk-mapper/internal/recoveryserver/recoveryserver.go
+++ b/disk-mapper/internal/recoveryserver/recoveryserver.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/grpc/grpclog"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/kms/kms"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/logger"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ func (s *RecoveryServer) Serve(ctx context.Context, listener net.Listener, diskU
 func (s *RecoveryServer) Recover(ctx context.Context, req *recoverproto.RecoverMessage) (*recoverproto.RecoverResponse, error) {
 	s.mux.Lock()
 	defer s.mux.Unlock()
-	log := s.log.With(zap.String("peer", grpclog.PeerAddrFromContext(ctx)))
+	log := s.log.With(slog.String("peer", grpclog.PeerAddrFromContext(ctx)))
 
 	log.Infof("Received recover call")
 
diff --git a/internal/logger/cmdline.go b/internal/logger/cmdline.go
index 82a6d2ee0..85dfb41ab 100644
--- a/internal/logger/cmdline.go
+++ b/internal/logger/cmdline.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CmdLineVerbosityDescription explains numeric log levels.
-const CmdLineVerbosityDescription = "log verbosity in zap logging levels. Use -1 for debug information, 0 for info, 1 for warn, 2 for error"
+const CmdLineVerbosityDescription = "log verbosity in slog logging levels. Use -1 for debug information, 0 for info, 1 for warn, 2 for error"
 
-// VerbosityFromInt converts a verbosity level from an integer to a zapcore.Level.
+// VerbosityFromInt converts a verbosity level from an integer to a slog.Level.
 func VerbosityFromInt(verbosity int) slog.Level {
 	switch {
 	case verbosity <= -1: