diff --git a/internal/monocular/client.go b/internal/monocular/client.go
index f4ef5d647..c964ad62c 100644
--- a/internal/monocular/client.go
+++ b/internal/monocular/client.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package monocular
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/url"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli/logger.go b/pkg/cli/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..243284d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cli/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func NewLogger(debug bool) *slog.Logger {
+	level := slog.LevelInfo
+	if debug {
+		level = slog.LevelDebug
+	}
+
+	// Create a handler that removes timestamps
+	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+		Level: level,
+		ReplaceAttr: func(groups []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
+			// Remove the time attribute
+			if a.Key == slog.TimeKey {
+				return slog.Attr{}
+			}
+			return a
+		},
+	})
+
+	return slog.New(handler)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/helpers_test.go b/pkg/cmd/helpers_test.go
index 96bf6434b..a67267fc9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/helpers_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client_test.go b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
index f246fbd66..8b509a3f9 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
diff --git a/pkg/kube/ready_test.go b/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
index db0d02cbe..e89e74a57 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/ready_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package kube // import "helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/kube"
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/kube/statuswait_test.go b/pkg/kube/statuswait_test.go
index 4b06da896..ed13e1b33 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/statuswait_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/statuswait_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package kube // import "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube"
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 2b319371e..30980fafe 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ func (hw *legacyWaiter) WaitForDelete(deleted ResourceList, timeout time.Duratio
 
 	elapsed := time.Since(startTime).Round(time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Debug("wait for resources failed", "elapsed", elapsed, slog.Any("error", err))
+		hw.log.Debug("wait for resources failed", "elapsed", elapsed, "error", err)
 	} else {
-		slog.Debug("wait for resources succeeded", "elapsed", elapsed)
+		hw.log.Debug("wait for resources succeeded", "elapsed", elapsed)
 	}
 
 	return err
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func (hw *legacyWaiter) watchUntilReady(timeout time.Duration, info *resource.In
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	hw.log("Watching for changes to %s %s with timeout of %v", kind, info.Name, timeout)
+	hw.log.Debug("watching for resource changes", "kind", kind, "resource", info.Name, "timeout", timeout)
 
 	// Use a selector on the name of the resource. This should be unique for the
 	// given version and kind
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ func (hw *legacyWaiter) watchUntilReady(timeout time.Duration, info *resource.In
 			// we get. We care mostly about jobs, where what we want to see is
 			// the status go into a good state. For other types, like ReplicaSet
 			// we don't really do anything to support these as hooks.
-			hw.log("Add/Modify event for %s: %v", info.Name, e.Type)
+			hw.log.Debug("add/modify event received", "resource", info.Name, "eventType", e.Type)
+
 			switch kind {
 			case "Job":
 				return hw.waitForJob(obj, info.Name)
@@ -434,11 +435,11 @@ func (hw *legacyWaiter) watchUntilReady(timeout time.Duration, info *resource.In
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		case watch.Deleted:
-			hw.log("Deleted event for %s", info.Name)
+			hw.log.Debug("deleted event received", "resource", info.Name)
 			return true, nil
 		case watch.Error:
 			// Handle error and return with an error.
-			hw.log("Error event for %s", info.Name)
+			hw.log.Error("error event received", "resource", info.Name)
 			return true, errors.Errorf("failed to deploy %s", info.Name)
 		default:
 			return false, nil
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ func (hw *HelmWaiter) waitForJob(obj runtime.Object, name string) (bool, error)
 		}
 	}
 
-	hw.log("%s: Jobs active: %d, jobs failed: %d, jobs succeeded: %d", name, o.Status.Active, o.Status.Failed, o.Status.Succeeded)
+	hw.log.Debug("job status update", "job", name, "active", o.Status.Active, "failed", o.Status.Failed, "succeeded", o.Status.Succeeded)
 	return false, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go b/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
index 7dba5fea2..6f8e651e5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package driver // import "helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/storage/driver"
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
 
 	sqlmock "github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"