diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e07713a..7e44739 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ prost-types = "0.12"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-time = { version = "0.3.7", features = ["serde", "std"] }
+time = { version = "0.3.29", features = ["serde", "std", "formatting"] }
 tokio = "1.26"
 tonic = "0.10"
 tonic-build = "0.10"
diff --git a/crates/shim/src/logger.rs b/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
index 81275e3..0d0becc 100644
--- a/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
+++ b/crates/shim/src/logger.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use log::{Metadata, Record};
+use time::{format_description::well_known::Rfc3339, OffsetDateTime};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -68,7 +69,13 @@ impl log::Log for FifoLogger {
             // a write(2) will cause a SIGPIPE signal to be generated for the calling process.
             // If the calling process is ignoring this signal, then write(2) fails with the error
             // EPIPE.
-            let _ = writeln!(guard.borrow_mut(), "[{}] {}", record.level(), record.args());
+            let _ = writeln!(
+                guard.borrow_mut(),
+                "time=\"{}\" level={} {}\n",
+                rfc3339_formated(),
+                record.level().as_str().to_lowercase(),
+                record.args()
+            );
         }
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +110,12 @@ pub fn init(debug: bool, _namespace: &str, _id: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn rfc3339_formated() -> String {
+    OffsetDateTime::now_utc()
+        .format(&Rfc3339)
+        .unwrap_or(OffsetDateTime::now_utc().to_string())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use log::{Log, Record};
diff --git a/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs b/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
index bc6719e..64b7ea2 100644
--- a/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
+++ b/crates/shim/src/sys/windows/named_pipe_logger.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ use std::{
 use log::{Metadata, Record};
 use mio::{windows::NamedPipe, Events, Interest, Poll, Token};
 
+use crate::logger;
+
 pub struct NamedPipeLogger {
     current_connection: Arc<Mutex<NamedPipe>>,
 }
@@ -82,7 +84,12 @@ impl log::Log for NamedPipeLogger {
 
     fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
         if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
-            let message = format!("[{}] {}\n", record.level(), record.args());
+            let message = format!(
+                "time=\"{}\" level={} {}\n",
+                logger::rfc3339_formated(),
+                record.level().as_str().to_lowercase(),
+                record.args()
+            );
 
             match self
                 .current_connection
@@ -175,8 +182,14 @@ mod tests {
         logger.log(&record);
         logger.flush();
 
-        let buf = read_message(&mut client);
-        assert_eq!("[INFO] hello", std::str::from_utf8(&buf).unwrap());
+        let buf = read_message(&mut client, 53);
+        let message = std::str::from_utf8(&buf).unwrap();
+        assert!(message.starts_with("time=\""), "message was: {:?}", message);
+        assert!(
+            message.ends_with("level=info hello\n"),
+            "message was: {:?}",
+            message
+        );
 
         // test that we can reconnect after a reader disconnects
         // we need to get the raw handle and drop that as well to force full disconnect
@@ -192,16 +205,16 @@ mod tests {
         logger.log(&record);
         logger.flush();
 
-        read_message(&mut client2);
+        read_message(&mut client2, 51);
     }
 
-    fn read_message(client: &mut NamedPipe) -> [u8; 12] {
+    fn read_message(client: &mut NamedPipe, length: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
         let mut poll = Poll::new().unwrap();
         poll.registry()
             .register(client, Token(1), Interest::READABLE)
             .unwrap();
         let mut events = Events::with_capacity(128);
-        let mut buf = [0; 12];
+        let mut buf = vec![0; length];
         loop {
             poll.poll(&mut events, Some(Duration::from_millis(10)))
                 .unwrap();
@@ -221,7 +234,7 @@ mod tests {
                 Err(e) => panic!("Error reading from pipe: {}", e),
             }
         }
-        buf
+        buf.to_vec()
     }
 
     fn create_client(pipe_name: &str) -> mio::windows::NamedPipe {