diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
index 72315516..4469bb17 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ env:
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-2
   POLLER_INTERVAL_MILLISECONDS: 10000  # Caution, setting this frequency may incur additional charges on some platforms
   LOG_LEVEL: info
+  LOG_MESSAGE_KEY: 'msg'
   # Print logs level as string ("info") rather than integer (30)
   # USE_HUMAN_READABLE_LOG_LEVELS: true
   METRICS_PORT: 3001
diff --git a/config/environment.js b/config/environment.js
index 73798329..bb327484 100644
--- a/config/environment.js
+++ b/config/environment.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const pollerIntervalMilliseconds = process.env.POLLER_INTERVAL_MILLISECONDS
 
 const logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info'
 const useHumanReadableLogLevels = 'USE_HUMAN_READABLE_LOG_LEVELS' in process.env
+const logMessageKey = 'LOG_MESSAGE_KEY' in process.env
 
 const pollingDisabled = 'DISABLE_POLLING' in process.env
 
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@ module.exports = {
   pollingDisabled,
   logLevel,
   customResourceManagerDisabled,
-  useHumanReadableLogLevels
+  useHumanReadableLogLevels,
+  logMessageKey
 }
diff --git a/config/index.js b/config/index.js
index de5f5c1f..f3bbb62f 100644
--- a/config/index.js
+++ b/config/index.js
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ const kubeClient = new kube.Client({ backend: kubeBackend })
 
 const logger = pino({
   serializers: {
-    err: pino.stdSerializers.err
+    err: pino.stdSerializers.err,
+    messageKey: envConfig.logMessageKey || 'msg'
   },
   level: envConfig.logLevel,
-  useLevelLabels: envConfig.useHumanReadableLogLevels
+  formatters: {
+    level (label, number) {
+      return { level: envConfig.useHumanReadableLogLevels ? label : number }
+    }
+  }
 })
 
 const customResourceManager = new CustomResourceManager({
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 79f3c6cb..1506c7e7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6173,9 +6173,9 @@
       }
     },
     "pino": {
-      "version": "6.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pino/-/pino-6.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3RfX2L76o7v230FP1fZ3Fo/WX7Su+P1Ld+pvBm2j+MyUjtA/KqDYxMkzBqzcX3R00zbC7Gf/HqIzyuu3tgvi9Q==",
+      "version": "6.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pino/-/pino-6.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1zDSQworQZw14tvqjuW5aj5GV5oUQpV5Bz5wnpVVltVPBzaOoV1Dv+oKn1xNCz2CCkOyZd+kkdlel9lCLBYl+Q==",
       "requires": {
         "fast-redact": "^2.0.0",
         "fast-safe-stringify": "^2.0.7",
@@ -6780,9 +6780,9 @@
       }
     },
     "sonic-boom": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sonic-boom/-/sonic-boom-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-o9tx+bonVEXSaPtptyXQXpP8l6UV9Bi3im2geZskvWw2a/o/hrbWI7EBbbv+rOx6Hubnzun9GgH4WfbgEA3MFQ==",
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sonic-boom/-/sonic-boom-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sRMmXu7uFDXoniGvtLHuQk5KWovLWoi6WKASn7rw0ro41mPf0fOolkGp4NE6680CbxvNh26zWNyFQYYWXe33EA==",
       "requires": {
         "atomic-sleep": "^1.0.0",
         "flatstr": "^1.0.12"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de60842d..86dc73d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
     "make-promises-safe": "^5.1.0",
     "node-vault": "^0.9.18",
-    "pino": "^6.0.0",
+    "pino": "^6.4.1",
     "prom-client": "^12.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {