diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3494957d83..322df0cf06 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ futures-executor = "0.3.19"
 gotham = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["testing"], default-features = false }
 paste = "1.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.0"
-pretty_env_logger = "0.5"
+simple_logger = "4.3"
 tokio = { version = "1.17", features = ["time"], default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0.2"
 trybuild = "=1.0.89"
diff --git a/tests/async_methods.rs b/tests/async_methods.rs
index c5bc619d6f..4549e64339 100644
--- a/tests/async_methods.rs
+++ b/tests/async_methods.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use gotham_restful::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
 use openapi_type::OpenapiType;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 
 mod util {
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ async fn state_test(state: &mut State) -> Raw<&'static [u8]> {
 
 #[test]
 fn async_methods() {
-	let _ = pretty_env_logger::try_init_timed();
+	_ = SimpleLogger::new().env().with_local_timestamps().init();
 
 	let server = TestServer::new(build_simple_router(|router| {
 		router.resource::<FooResource>("foo");
diff --git a/tests/sync_methods.rs b/tests/sync_methods.rs
index bcdb5d437e..7ca9eb9055 100644
--- a/tests/sync_methods.rs
+++ b/tests/sync_methods.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use gotham_restful::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
 use openapi_type::OpenapiType;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 mod util {
 	include!("util/mod.rs");
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ fn delete(_id: u64) -> Raw<&'static [u8]> {
 
 #[test]
 fn sync_methods() {
-	let _ = pretty_env_logger::try_init_timed();
+	_ = SimpleLogger::new().env().with_local_timestamps().init();
 
 	let server = TestServer::new(build_simple_router(|router| {
 		router.resource::<FooResource>("foo");