diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bc43df2..ed77300 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/crypt v0.20.0
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0
-	github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b86b696..6c93eb4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ github.com/sagikazarmark/crypt v0.20.0 h1:aMLNL5RDUyk+/Bmoql3iYbv6C75/H0qvs6CWHz
 github.com/sagikazarmark/crypt v0.20.0/go.mod h1:ojgvzJOpJkRhzSrycMyk8cgctQgyfZN/d2/dVh4U68c=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0 h1:HApY1R9zGo4DBgr7dqsTH/JJxLTTsOt7u6keLGt6kNQ=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Pe1W6UlPYUk/+wc/6KFhbORCfqzgYEpgQ3O5fPuL3H4=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 h1:diDBnUNK9N/354PgrxMywXnAwEr1QZcOr6gto+ugjYE=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0/go.mod h1:SrcSrq8aKtyuqEI1uvTDTK1arOWRIczQRv+GVI1AkeQ=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529 h1:nn5Wsu0esKSJiIVhscUtVbo7ada43DJhG55ua/hjS5I=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 8938053..2553c31 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package viper
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	slog "github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim"
+	"log/slog"
 )
 
 // Logger is a unified interface for various logging use cases and practices, including:
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 117c6ac..9a6a5a8 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ package viper
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
-	slog "github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
index 8d0bda8..3d7b30f 100644
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 package viper
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	slog "github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index f16f295..05e90c3 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2"
-	slog "github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"