diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 4582cdb58..caaac14ae 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.IntVar(&maxConcurrentReconciles, "max-concurrent-reconciles", 100, "Maximum number of concurrent reconciles")
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
+		TimeEncoder: zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder,
 	}
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f18749b3c..d4fd3f447 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v1.22.2
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.48.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.24.4
@@ -207,7 +208,6 @@ require (
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220408190544-5352b0902921 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220425223048-2871e0cb64e4 // indirect