diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b04ea368..aebbf6fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ checksum = "28dea519a9695b9977216879a3ebfddf92f1c08c05d984f8996aecd6ecdc811d"
 [[package]]
 name = "firehose-client"
 version = "0.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/semiotic-ai/firehose-client.git?branch=main#d10f89a3dc2c8a3c76ce2dc3a4a7f81e13eeac24"
+source = "git+https://github.com/semiotic-ai/firehose-client.git?branch=main#977b9178ff7c4cbb1d620c439461486d98c5b86e"
 dependencies = [
  "dotenvy",
  "firehose-rs",
@@ -2322,13 +2322,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethportal-api",
  "firehose-protos",
  "flat-files-decoder",
- "log",
  "primitive-types",
  "rlp",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.3",
+ "tracing",
  "tree_hash",
  "trin-validation",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a03ecbc..e7a064cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ firehose-rs = { git = "https://github.com/semiotic-ai/firehose-rs.git", branch =
 flat-files-decoder = { path = "crates/flat-files-decoder", version = "0.1.0" }
 header-accumulator = { path = "crates/header-accumulator", version = "0.1.0" }
 hex = "0.4.3"
-log = "0.4.20"
 primitive-types = "0.12.2"
 prost = "0.13.1"
 prost-build = "0.13.1"
diff --git a/crates/header-accumulator/Cargo.toml b/crates/header-accumulator/Cargo.toml
index f349012e..f7de5ac5 100644
--- a/crates/header-accumulator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/header-accumulator/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ base64.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 ethportal-api.workspace = true
 firehose-protos.workspace = true
-log.workspace = true
 primitive-types.workspace = true
 rlp.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
 tree_hash.workspace = true
 trin-validation.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/header-accumulator/src/era_validator.rs b/crates/header-accumulator/src/era_validator.rs
index cb7496c5..93b2bd61 100644
--- a/crates/header-accumulator/src/era_validator.rs
+++ b/crates/header-accumulator/src/era_validator.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl EraValidator {
         if root == valid_root {
             Ok(root)
         } else {
-            log::error!(
+            tracing::error!(
                 "the valid hash is: {:?} and the provided hash was: {:?}",
                 valid_root,
                 root