diff --git a/lib/info.js b/lib/info.js
index 970fa331f..3e5c63cdf 100644
--- a/lib/info.js
+++ b/lib/info.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module.exports = exports = info;
 
 exports.usage = 'Lists all published binaries (requires aws-sdk)';
 
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
 
diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 827a2bbd7..a271f515a 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports.usage = 'Attempts to install pre-built binary for module';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const existsAsync = fs.exists || path.exists;
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 function place_binary(uri, targetDir, opts, callback) {
-  log.http('GET', uri);
+  log.log('GET', uri);
 
   // Try getting version info from the currently running npm.
   const envVersionInfo = process.env.npm_config_user_agent ||
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function place_binary(uri, targetDir, opts, callback) {
   if (proxyUrl) {
     const ProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
     agent = new ProxyAgent(proxyUrl);
-    log.http('download', 'proxy agent configured using: "%s"', proxyUrl);
+    log.log('download', `proxy agent configured using: "${proxyUrl}"`);
   }
 
   fetch(sanitized, { agent })
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function place_binary(uri, targetDir, opts, callback) {
         let extractions = 0;
         const countExtractions = (entry) => {
           extractions += 1;
-          log.info('install', 'unpacking %s', entry.path);
+          log.info('install', `unpacking ${entry.path}`);
         };
 
         dataStream.pipe(extract(targetDir, countExtractions))
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function print_fallback_error(err, opts, package_json) {
     full_message += fallback_message;
     log.warn('Tried to download(' + err.statusCode + '): ' + opts.hosted_tarball);
     log.warn(full_message);
-    log.http(err.message);
+    log.error(err.message);
   } else {
     // If we do not have a statusCode that means an unexpected error
     // happened and prevented an http response, so we output the exact error
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index bae32acb7..f46ea3299 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 process.title = 'node-pre-gyp';
 
 const node_pre_gyp = require('../');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 
 /**
  * Process and execute the selected commands.
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ if (prog.opts && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(prog, 'color') && !prog.opts.color)
 
 log.info('it worked if it ends with', 'ok');
 log.verbose('cli', process.argv);
-log.info('using', process.title + '@%s', prog.version);
-log.info('using', 'node@%s | %s | %s', process.versions.node, process.platform, process.arch);
+log.info(`using ${process.title}@${prog.version}`);
+log.info(`using node@${process.versions.node} | ${process.platform} | ${process.arch} `);
 
 
 /**
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (dir) {
     if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
       log.warn('chdir', dir + ' is not a directory');
     } else {
-      log.warn('chdir', 'error during chdir() "%s"', e.message);
+      log.warn('chdir', `error during chdir() "${e.message}"`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/node-pre-gyp.js b/lib/node-pre-gyp.js
index dc18e749e..0c30087b9 100644
--- a/lib/node-pre-gyp.js
+++ b/lib/node-pre-gyp.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ const mocking = exports.mockS3Http('get');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const nopt = require('nopt');
-const log = require('npmlog');
-log.disableProgress();
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 
 const EE = require('events').EventEmitter;
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ const cli_commands = [
 ];
 const aliases = {};
 
-// differentiate node-pre-gyp's logs from npm's
-log.heading = 'node-pre-gyp';
-
 if (mocking) {
   log.warn(`mocking s3 to ${process.env.node_pre_gyp_mock_s3}`);
 }
diff --git a/lib/package.js b/lib/package.js
index f8f072c0f..5a8a759af 100644
--- a/lib/package.js
+++ b/lib/package.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports.usage = 'Packs binary (and enclosing directory) into locally staged tarb
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const existsAsync = fs.exists || path.exists;
diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index 8cb6c84e0..3b2e08cd3 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports.usage = 'Publishes pre-built binary (requires aws-sdk)';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
diff --git a/lib/testbinary.js b/lib/testbinary.js
index 429cb1301..bc4883d71 100644
--- a/lib/testbinary.js
+++ b/lib/testbinary.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = exports = testbinary;
 exports.usage = 'Tests that the binary.node can be required';
 
 const path = require('path');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
diff --git a/lib/testpackage.js b/lib/testpackage.js
index 29a08a2ba..e6be5bbb3 100644
--- a/lib/testpackage.js
+++ b/lib/testpackage.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports.usage = 'Tests that the staged package is valid';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const existsAsync = fs.exists || path.exists;
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
diff --git a/lib/unpublish.js b/lib/unpublish.js
index ad9b7d4e4..b8e1b550d 100644
--- a/lib/unpublish.js
+++ b/lib/unpublish.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module.exports = exports = unpublish;
 
 exports.usage = 'Unpublishes pre-built binary (requires aws-sdk)';
 
-const log = require('npmlog');
+const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
diff --git a/lib/util/log.js b/lib/util/log.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edc7b5e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { createConsola } = require('consola/basic');
+
+// match the default behavior of npm and node-gyp  where stdout is reserved for output that is expected
+// to be used programmatically (usually json)
+const log = createConsola({ stdout: process.stderr });
+
+module.exports = exports = log;
diff --git a/lib/util/napi.js b/lib/util/napi.js
index 447155f5b..bfb384385 100644
--- a/lib/util/napi.js
+++ b/lib/util/napi.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module.exports.expand_commands = function(package_json, opts, commands) {
 };
 
 module.exports.get_napi_build_versions = function(package_json, opts, warnings) { // opts may be undefined
-  const log = require('npmlog');
+  const log = require('./log.js');
   let napi_build_versions = [];
   const supported_napi_version = module.exports.get_napi_version(opts ? opts.target : undefined);
   // remove duplicates, verify each napi version can actually be built
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f2528b8bd..1cb884ab5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
       "version": "1.0.11",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
+        "consola": "^3.2.3",
         "detect-libc": "^2.0.0",
         "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
         "nopt": "^8.0.0",
-        "npmlog": "^7.0.1",
         "semver": "^7.5.3",
         "tar": "^7.4.0"
       },
@@ -1331,12 +1331,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/aproba": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aproba/-/aproba-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lYe4Gx7QT+MKGbDsA+Z+he/Wtef0BiwDOlK/XkBrdfsh9J/jPPXbX0tE9x9cl27Tmu5gg3QUbUrQYa/y+KOHPQ==",
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
     "node_modules/archy": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archy/-/archy-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1344,16 +1338,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/are-we-there-yet": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/are-we-there-yet/-/are-we-there-yet-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ncSWAawFhKMJDTdoAeOV+jyW1VCMj5QIAwULIBV0SSR7B/RLPPEQiknKcg/RIIZlUQrxELpsxMiTUoAQ4sIUyg==",
-      "deprecated": "This package is no longer supported.",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/argparse": {
       "version": "1.0.10",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
@@ -1807,15 +1791,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/color-support": {
-      "version": "1.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-support/-/color-support-1.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qiBjkpbMLO/HL68y+lh4q0/O1MZFj2RX6X/KmMa3+gJD3z+WwI1ZzDHysvqHGS3mP6mznPckpXmw1nI9cJjyRg==",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "bin": {
-        "color-support": "bin.js"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/commondir": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -1830,11 +1805,13 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/console-control-strings": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/console-control-strings/-/console-control-strings-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ty/fTekppD2fIwRvnZAVdeOiGd1c7YXEixbgJTNzqcxJWKQnjJ/V1bNEEE6hygpM3WjwHFUVK6HTjWSzV4a8sQ==",
-      "license": "ISC"
+    "node_modules/consola": {
+      "version": "3.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/consola/-/consola-3.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-I5qxpzLv+sJhTVEoLYNcTW+bThDCPsit0vLNKShZx6rLtpilNpmmeTPaeqJb9ZE9dV3DGaeby6Vuhrw38WjeyQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^14.18.0 || >=16.10.0"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/convert-source-map": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
@@ -2981,26 +2958,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/gauge": {
-      "version": "5.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gauge/-/gauge-5.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-pMaFftXPtiGIHCJHdcUUx9Rby/rFT/Kkt3fIIGCs+9PMDIljSyRiqraTlxNtBReJRDfUefpa263RQ3vnp5G/LQ==",
-      "deprecated": "This package is no longer supported.",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "aproba": "^1.0.3 || ^2.0.0",
-        "color-support": "^1.1.3",
-        "console-control-strings": "^1.1.0",
-        "has-unicode": "^2.0.1",
-        "signal-exit": "^4.0.1",
-        "string-width": "^4.2.3",
-        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
-        "wide-align": "^1.1.5"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/gensync": {
       "version": "1.0.0-beta.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gensync/-/gensync-1.0.0-beta.2.tgz",
@@ -3315,12 +3272,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/has-unicode": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-unicode/-/has-unicode-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8Rf9Y83NBReMnx0gFzA8JImQACstCYWUplepDa9xprwwtmgEZUF0h/i5xSA625zB/I37EtrswSST6OXxwaaIJQ==",
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
     "node_modules/hasha": {
       "version": "5.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hasha/-/hasha-5.2.2.tgz",
@@ -4505,22 +4456,6 @@
         "node": "^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/npmlog": {
-      "version": "7.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npmlog/-/npmlog-7.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uJ0YFk/mCQpLBt+bxN88AKd+gyqZvZDbtiNxk6Waqcj2aPRyfVx8ITawkyQynxUagInjdYT1+qj4NfA5KJJUxg==",
-      "deprecated": "This package is no longer supported.",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "are-we-there-yet": "^4.0.0",
-        "console-control-strings": "^1.1.0",
-        "gauge": "^5.0.0",
-        "set-blocking": "^2.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/nyc": {
       "version": "17.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-17.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5364,6 +5299,7 @@
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-KiKBS8AnWGEyLzofFfmvKwpdPzqiy16LvQfK3yv/fVH7Bj13/wl3JSR1J+rfgRE9q7xUJK4qvgS8raSOeLUehw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/set-function-length": {
@@ -6297,15 +6233,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/wide-align": {
-      "version": "1.1.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wide-align/-/wide-align-1.1.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-eDMORYaPNZ4sQIuuYPDHdQvf4gyCF9rEEV/yPxGfwPkRodwEgiMUUXTx/dex+Me0wxx53S+NgUHaP7y3MGlDmg==",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "string-width": "^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/word-wrap": {
       "version": "1.2.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 222aee4f5..4bcbe8b8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
     "node": ">=18"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "consola": "^3.2.3",
     "detect-libc": "^2.0.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "nopt": "^8.0.0",
-    "npmlog": "^7.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.5.3",
     "tar": "^7.4.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/build.test.js b/test/build.test.js
index d90b7208f..3daf9b189 100644
--- a/test/build.test.js
+++ b/test/build.test.js
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ apps.forEach((app) => {
   test(app.name + ' configures with unparsed options ' + app.args, (t) => {
     run('node-pre-gyp', 'configure', '--loglevel=info -- -Dfoo=bar', app, {}, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
       t.ifError(err);
-      const clean = stdout.replaceAll('\n', '');
-      t.equal(clean, '');
+      t.equal(stderr.trim().slice(-2), 'ok');
       t.ok(stderr.search(/(gyp info spawn args).*(-Dfoo=bar)/) > -1);
       t.end();
     });