diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a93a5cb..550f19f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type recalculateStockPayload struct {
 }
 
 // This could also be a method on a Handler struct containing dependencies.
-func RecalculateStock(logger zerolog.Logger) nanoq.Handler {
+func RecalculateStock(logger *slog.Logger) nanoq.Handler {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, t nanoq.Task) error {
 		var payload recalculateStockPayload
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(t.Payload, &payload); err != nil {
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ func RecalculateStock(logger zerolog.Logger) nanoq.Handler {
 
 		// Do your thing here.
 
-		logger.Info().
-			Str("task_type", "recalculate-stock").
-			Str("product_id", payload.ProductID).
-			Msg("Task completed")
+		logger.Info("Task completed",
+			slog.String("task_type", "recalculate-stock"),
+			slog.String("product_id", payload.ProductID),
+		)
 
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if err := queueClient.CreateTask(ctx, tx, t); err != nanoq.ErrDuplicateTask {
 
 Finally, initialize the processor:
 ```go
-// logger is assumed to be a zerolog instance.
+// logger is an existing *slog.Logger.
 processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(nanoq.NewClient(db), logger)
 
 // The default retry policy uses an exponential backoff with jitter,
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ processor.RetryPolicy(func (t nanoq.Task) {
 processor.OnError(func(ctx context.Context, t nanoq.Task, err error) {
 	// Log each failed task. 
 	// Idea: Send to Sentry when t.Retries == t.MaxRetries.
-	logger.Error().
-		Str("task_type", t.Type).
-		Str("attempt", fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", t.Retries, t.MaxRetries)).
-		Msg(err.Error())
+	logger.Error(err.Error(),
+		slog.String("task_type", t.Type),
+		slog.String("attempt", fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", t.Retries, t.MaxRetries)),
+	)
 })
 processor.Handle("recalculate-stock", RecalculateStock(logger))
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 14da4a9..bae19dd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,8 @@ module github.com/bojanz/nanoq
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
+	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5
 	github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.0
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4ad3ca8..96f2797 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,30 +1,15 @@
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 h1:OcvFkGmslmlZibjAjaHm3L//6LiuBgolP7OputlJIzU=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2/go.mod h1:88MAG/4G7SMwSE3CeA0ZKzrT5CiOU3OJ+JlNzwDqpNU=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5 h1:vFFPA71p1o5gAeqtEAwLU4dnX2napprKtHr7PYIcN3g=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5/go.mod h1:nRVWtLre0KfCLJvgxzCsLVMogSvQ1zNJtpYr2Ccp0mQ=
 github.com/kisielk/sqlstruct v0.0.0-20201105191214-5f3e10d3ab46/go.mod h1:yyMNCyc/Ib3bDTKd379tNMpB/7/H5TjM2Y9QJ5THLbE=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0 h1:LXpIM/LZ5xGFhOpXAQUIMM1HdyqzVYM13zNdjCEEcA0=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6 h1:dNPt6NO46WmLVt2DLNpwczCmdV5boIZ6g/tlDrlRUbg=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4A/KQRfk6bU=
 github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.0 h1:+9lhoxAP56we25tyYETBBY1YLA2SaoLvUFgrP2miPJU=
 github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:rcEKHmBBKfef9DhnvX7y1HZBYxjXb0cP5ExxNsTT1QQ=
 github.com/pborman/getopt v0.0.0-20170112200414-7148bc3a4c30/go.mod h1:85jBQOZwpVEaDAr341tbn15RS4fCAsIst0qp7i8ex1o=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
-github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0 h1:keLypqrlIjaFsbmJOBdB/qvyF8KEtCWHwobLp5l/mQ0=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/nanoq.go b/nanoq.go
index 24dc22e..b654577 100644
--- a/nanoq.go
+++ b/nanoq.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/crc32"
+	"log/slog"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/oklog/ulid/v2"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func DefaultRetryPolicy(t Task) time.Duration {
 // Processor represents the queue processor.
 type Processor struct {
 	client *Client
-	logger zerolog.Logger
+	logger *slog.Logger
 
 	errorHandler ErrorHandler
 	handlers     map[string]Handler
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ type Processor struct {
 }
 
 // NewProcessor creates a new processor.
-func NewProcessor(client *Client, logger zerolog.Logger) *Processor {
+func NewProcessor(client *Client, logger *slog.Logger) *Processor {
 	return &Processor{
 		client:      client,
 		logger:      logger,
@@ -353,14 +353,14 @@ func (p *Processor) Run(ctx context.Context, concurrency int, shutdownTimeout ti
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 		}
 
-		p.logger.Info().Str("timeout", shutdownTimeout.String()).Msg("Shutting down processor")
+		p.logger.Info("Shutting down processor", slog.String("timeout", shutdownTimeout.String()))
 		p.done.Store(true)
 		time.AfterFunc(shutdownTimeout, func() {
 			cancel(errors.New("shutdown timeout reached"))
 		})
 	}()
 
-	p.logger.Info().Int("concurrency", concurrency).Msg("Starting processor")
+	p.logger.Info("Starting processor", slog.Int("concurrency", concurrency))
 	p.workers = make(chan struct{}, concurrency)
 	for !p.done.Load() {
 		// Acquire a worker before claiming a task, to avoid holding claimed tasks while all workers are busy.
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func (p *Processor) Run(ctx context.Context, concurrency int, shutdownTimeout ti
 		t, err := p.client.ClaimTask(processorCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			if !errors.Is(err, ErrNoTasks) && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-				p.logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not claim task")
+				p.logger.Error("Could not claim task", slog.Any("error", err))
 			}
 			<-p.workers
 			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func (p *Processor) Run(ctx context.Context, concurrency int, shutdownTimeout ti
 
 		go func() {
 			if err = p.processTask(processorCtx, t); err != nil {
-				p.logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not process task")
+				p.logger.Error("Could not process task", slog.Any("error", err))
 			}
 			<-p.workers
 		}()
diff --git a/nanoq_test.go b/nanoq_test.go
index 6c7582e..4c34af7 100644
--- a/nanoq_test.go
+++ b/nanoq_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/oklog/ulid/v2"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 func Test_NewTask(t *testing.T) {
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	retryPolicyCalled := 0
 	processor.RetryPolicy(func(t nanoq.Task) time.Duration {
 		retryPolicyCalled++
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_RetriesExhausted(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		return errors.New("temporary error")
 	})
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_SkipRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("something terrible happened: %w", nanoq.ErrSkipRetry)
 	})
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Panic(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		panic(errors.New("oh no"))
 	})
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_NoHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	errorHandlerCalled := 0
 	processor.OnError(func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task, err error) {
 		if !errors.Is(err, nanoq.ErrSkipRetry) || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no handler found for task type my-type") {
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Middleware(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Use(func(next nanoq.Handler) nanoq.Handler {
 		return func(ctx context.Context, t nanoq.Task) error {
 			middlewareValue := ctx.Value(contextKey("middleware"))
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Cancel(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, zerolog.Nop())
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		for {
 			select {