diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb55afc8e..a0ce30814 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -621,14 +621,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.3"
+version = "0.11.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
+checksum = "13c863f0904021b108aa8b2f55046443e6b1ebde8fd4a15c399893aae4fa069f"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "env_filter",
- "humantime",
+ "jiff",
  "log",
 ]
 
@@ -900,12 +900,6 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hypervisor"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1030,6 +1024,30 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be1f93b8b1eb69c77f24bbb0afdf66f54b632ee39af40ca21c4365a1d7347e49"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-static",
+ "log",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-static"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03343451ff899767262ec32146f6d559dd759fdadf42ff0e227c7c48f72594b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -1626,6 +1644,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f84267b20a16ea918e43c6a88433c2d54fa145c92a811b5b047ccbe153674483"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic-util"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8a2f0d8d040d7848a709caf78912debcc3f33ee4b3cac47d73d1e1069e83507"
+dependencies = [
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.20"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0cc8e53a9..5f21b99a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ igvm_defs = { git = "https://github.com/microsoft/igvm", branch = "main" }
 serde_json = "1.0.120"
 
 # other crates
+env_logger = "0.11.8"
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 uuid = { version = "1.17.0" }
 zerocopy = { version = "0.8.26", default-features = false }
diff --git a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index fed24b686..60f53c7d4 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ optional = true
 version = "1.21.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-env_logger = "0.11.3"
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
index 4c63cfa4d..d9aa7e105 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [dependencies]
 block = { path = "../block" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["cargo", "wrap_help"] }
-env_logger = "0.11.3"
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
 epoll = "4.3.3"
 libc = "0.2.167"
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
index d36763b79..515287e2c 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["cargo", "wrap_help"] }
-env_logger = "0.11.3"
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
 epoll = "4.3.3"
 libc = "0.2.167"
 log = "0.4.22"