diff --git a/cluster/cluster.go b/cluster/cluster.go
index a59ebe92..fe821b79 100644
--- a/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/emptypb"
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/actor"
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/extensions"
-	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/log"
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/remote"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) StartMember() {
 	c.Remote.Start()
 
 	address := c.ActorSystem.Address()
-	plog.Info("Starting Proto.Actor cluster member", log.String("id", c.ActorSystem.ID), log.String("address", address))
+	c.ActorSystem.Logger.Info("Starting Proto.Actor cluster member", slog.String("address", address))
 
 	c.IdentityLookup = cfg.IdentityLookup
 	c.IdentityLookup.Setup(c, c.GetClusterKinds(), false)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) StartClient() {
 	c.Remote.Start()
 
 	address := c.ActorSystem.Address()
-	plog.Info("Starting Proto.Actor cluster-client", log.String("address", address))
+	c.ActorSystem.Logger.Info("Starting Proto.Actor cluster-client", slog.String("address", address))
 
 	c.IdentityLookup = cfg.IdentityLookup
 	c.IdentityLookup.Setup(c, c.GetClusterKinds(), true)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Shutdown(graceful bool) {
 	c.Remote.Shutdown(graceful)
 
 	address := c.ActorSystem.Address()
-	plog.Info("Stopped Proto.Actor cluster", log.String("address", address))
+	c.ActorSystem.Logger.Info("Stopped Proto.Actor cluster", slog.String("address", address))
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) Get(identity string, kind string) *actor.PID {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Request(identity string, kind string, message interface{}) (in
 func (c *Cluster) GetClusterKind(kind string) *ActivatedKind {
 	k, ok := c.kinds[kind]
 	if !ok {
-		plog.Error("Invalid kind", log.String("kind", kind))
+		c.ActorSystem.Logger.Error("Invalid kind", slog.String("kind", kind))
 
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Call(name string, kind string, msg interface{}, opts ...GrainC
 		timeout := callConfig.Timeout
 		_resp, err := _context.RequestFuture(pid, msg, timeout).Result()
 		if err != nil {
-			plog.Error("cluster.RequestFuture failed", log.Error(err), log.PID("pid", pid))
+			c.ActorSystem.Logger.Error("cluster.RequestFuture failed", slog.Any("error", err), slog.Any("pid", pid))
 			lastError = err
 
 			switch err {
diff --git a/cluster/default_context.go b/cluster/default_context.go
index 851c0238..2d4f876b 100644
--- a/cluster/default_context.go
+++ b/cluster/default_context.go
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ package cluster
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/actor"
-	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/log"
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/remote"
 )
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (dcc *DefaultContext) Request(identity, kind string, message interface{}, t
 
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	plog.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Requesting %s:%s Message %#v", identity, kind, message))
+	dcc.cluster.ActorSystem.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Requesting %s:%s Message %#v", identity, kind, message))
 
 	// crate a new Timeout Context
 	ttl := cfg.ActorRequestTimeout
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ selectloop:
 		default:
 			pid := dcc.getCachedPid(identity, kind)
 			if pid == nil {
-				plog.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Requesting %s:%s did not get PID from IdentityLookup", identity, kind))
+				dcc.cluster.ActorSystem.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Requesting %s:%s did not get PID from IdentityLookup", identity, kind))
 				counter = cfg.RetryAction(counter)
 
 				continue
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ selectloop:
 
 			resp, err = _context.RequestFuture(pid, message, ttl).Result()
 			if err != nil {
-				plog.Error("cluster.RequestFuture failed", log.Error(err), log.PID("pid", pid))
+				dcc.cluster.ActorSystem.Logger.Error("cluster.RequestFuture failed", slog.Any("error", err), slog.Any("pid", pid))
 				switch err {
 				case actor.ErrTimeout, remote.ErrTimeout, actor.ErrDeadLetter, remote.ErrDeadLetter:
 					counter = cfg.RetryAction(counter)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ selectloop:
 
 	if contextError := ctx.Err(); contextError != nil && cfg.requestLogThrottle() == actor.Open {
 		// context timeout exceeded, report and return
-		plog.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Request retried but failed for %s:%s, elapsed %v", identity, kind, totalTime))
+		dcc.cluster.ActorSystem.Logger.Warn("Request retried but failed", slog.String("identity", identity), slog.String("kind", kind), slog.Duration("duration", totalTime))
 	}
 
 	return resp, err
diff --git a/cluster/gossip_actor.go b/cluster/gossip_actor.go
index 56b1b9a8..c56fe168 100644
--- a/cluster/gossip_actor.go
+++ b/cluster/gossip_actor.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/asynkron/gofun/set"
 	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/actor"
-	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/log"
 )
 
 // convenience customary type to represent an empty value
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ func NewGossipActor(requestTimeout time.Duration, myID string, getBlockedMembers
 		gossipRequestTimeout: requestTimeout,
 		gossip:               informer,
 	}
-	gossipActor.throttler = actor.NewThrottle(3, 60*time.Second, gossipActor.throttledLog)
+	gossipActor.throttler = actor.NewThrottle(3, 60*time.Second, func(counter int32) {
+		plog.Debug("[Gossip] Sending GossipRequest", log.Int("throttled", int(counter)))
+	})
 
 	return &gossipActor
 }
@@ -55,9 +58,9 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) Receive(ctx actor.Context) {
 	case *ClusterTopology:
 		ga.onClusterTopology(r)
 	case *GossipResponse:
-		plog.Error("GossipResponse should not be received by GossipActor") // it should be a response to a request
+		ctx.Logger().Error("GossipResponse should not be received by GossipActor") // it should be a response to a request
 	default:
-		plog.Warn("Gossip received unknown message request", log.Message(r), log.TypeOf("msg_type", r))
+		ctx.Logger().Warn("Gossip received unknown message request", slog.Any("message", r))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -81,12 +84,12 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) onGetGossipStateKey(r *GetGossipStateRequest, ctx actor.C
 
 func (ga *GossipActor) onGossipRequest(r *GossipRequest, ctx actor.Context) {
 	if ga.throttler() == actor.Open {
-		plog.Debug("OnGossipRequest", log.PID("sender", ctx.Sender()))
+		ctx.Logger().Debug("OnGossipRequest", slog.Any("sender", ctx.Sender()))
 	}
 	ga.ReceiveState(r.State, ctx)
 
 	if !GetCluster(ctx.ActorSystem()).MemberList.ContainsMemberID(r.MemberId) {
-		plog.Warn("Got gossip request from unknown member", log.String("MemberId", r.MemberId))
+		ctx.Logger().Warn("Got gossip request from unknown member", slog.String("MemberId", r.MemberId))
 
 		// nothing to send, do not provide sender or state payload
 		// ctx.Respond(&GossipResponse{State: &GossipState{Members: make(map[string]*GossipState_GossipMemberState)}})
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) onGossipRequest(r *GossipRequest, ctx actor.Context) {
 
 	memberState := ga.gossip.GetMemberStateDelta(r.MemberId)
 	if !memberState.HasState {
-		plog.Warn("Got gossip request from member, but no state was found", log.String("MemberId", r.MemberId))
+		ctx.Logger().Warn("Got gossip request from member, but no state was found", slog.String("MemberId", r.MemberId))
 
 		// nothing to send, do not provide sender or state payload
 		ctx.Respond(&GossipResponse{})
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) ReceiveState(remoteState *GossipState, ctx actor.Context)
 func (ga *GossipActor) sendGossipForMember(member *Member, memberStateDelta *MemberStateDelta, ctx actor.Context) {
 	pid := actor.NewPID(member.Address(), DefaultGossipActorName)
 	if ga.throttler() == actor.Open {
-		plog.Debug("Sending GossipRequest", log.String("MemberId", member.Id))
+		ctx.Logger().Debug("Sending GossipRequest", slog.String("MemberId", member.Id))
 	}
 
 	// a short timeout is massively important, we cannot afford hanging around waiting
@@ -178,13 +181,13 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) sendGossipForMember(member *Member, memberStateDelta *Mem
 
 	ctx.ReenterAfter(future, func(res interface{}, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
-			plog.Warn("sendGossipForMember failed", log.String("MemberId", member.Id), log.Error(err))
+			ctx.Logger().Warn("sendGossipForMember failed", slog.String("MemberId", member.Id), slog.Any("error", err))
 			return
 		}
 
 		resp, ok := res.(*GossipResponse)
 		if !ok {
-			plog.Error("sendGossipForMember received unknown response message", log.TypeOf("messageType", res), log.Message(resp))
+			ctx.Logger().Error("sendGossipForMember received unknown response message", slog.Any("message", resp))
 
 			return
 		}
@@ -196,7 +199,3 @@ func (ga *GossipActor) sendGossipForMember(member *Member, memberStateDelta *Mem
 		}
 	})
 }
-
-func (ga *GossipActor) throttledLog(counter int32) {
-	plog.Debug("[Gossip] Sending GossipRequest", log.Int("throttled", int(counter)))
-}
diff --git a/cluster/log.go b/cluster/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a3cd7ad9..00000000
--- a/cluster/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package cluster
-
-import (
-	"github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go/log"
-)
-
-var plog = log.New(log.DefaultLevel, "[CLUSTER]")
-
-// SetLogLevel sets the log level for the logger.
-//
-// SetLogLevel is safe to call concurrently
-func SetLogLevel(level log.Level) {
-	plog.SetLevel(level)
-}