diff --git a/pkg/logging/interface.go b/pkg/logging/interface.go
index ebbabb44f..89f8061fe 100644
--- a/pkg/logging/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/logging/interface.go
@@ -20,3 +20,15 @@ func NewBufferedContext() (logging.Context, *bytes.Buffer) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	return logging.New(buflogr.NewWithBuffer(&buf)), &buf
 }
+
+var liblogcontext = logging.NewWithBase(logging.DefaultContext())
+
+// DefaultContext is the local log context used all over the ocm library.
+func DefaultContext() logging.Context {
+	return liblogcontext
+}
+
+// Logger provides a logger for the logging context of the ocm library.
+func Logger(mctx ...logging.MessageContext) logging.Logger {
+	return liblogcontext.Logger(mctx...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 150280141..e2c802581 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/vfs/pkg/vfs"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	ocmlog "github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/logging"
 )
 
 // PrintPrettyYaml prints the given objects as yaml if enabled.
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ func RandomString(n int) string {
 			value = int(v.Int64())
 		} else {
 			// insecure fallback to provide a valid result
-			logrus.Warnf("failed to generate random number: %s", err)
+			ocmlog.Logger().Error("failed to generate random number", "error", err)
 			value = rand.Intn(len(chars)) //nolint: gosec // only used as fallback
 		}
 		b[i] = chars[value]