diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor/version.go b/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor/version.go
index 8090dadfaa4a4..40e8d7f51e037 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor/version.go
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor/version.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func printVersionJSON(logger log.Logger, args []string) error {
 
 	// disable logger
 	l := logger.Level(zerolog.Disabled)
-	logger = &l
+	logger = l
 
 	if err := Run(
 		logger,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func printVersionJSON(logger log.Logger, args []string) error {
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		l := logger.Level(zerolog.TraceLevel)
-		logger = &l
+		logger = l
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't print version output, expected valid json from APP, got: %s - %w", buf.String(), err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
index 94ada220b6a3a..d40525e7376f4 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227111826-7c1451d014c9
+	cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227112847-24f67e52fa98
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.0.0-20230227110325-294ef34f396f
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.9.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0
diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum b/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
index 7d5c628d8f052..24294f70099cd 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.3 h1:6evFIgj//Y3w09bqOUOzEpFj5tsxBqdc5CfkO7z
 cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:eRbcdQ7MRpIPEM5YUJh8k97nxHpYbc3sMUnEtt8HPWU=
 cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0-beta.7 h1:gypHW76pTQGVnHKo6QBkb4yFOJjC+sUGRc5Al3Odj1w=
 cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0-beta.7/go.mod h1:mz6FQMJRku4bY7aqS/Gwfcmr/ue91roMEKAmDUDpBfE=
-cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227111826-7c1451d014c9 h1:t88HGynga97+OtK/aXq/Ikcb23lWf0qSs1jHfy9FdqI=
-cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227111826-7c1451d014c9/go.mod h1:FZRNfYm6Jgp+toyDR8Ek1qrmNjdsDddEQnfATMbpGYg=
+cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227112847-24f67e52fa98 h1:Ajdx9YJ7yOJSUZ4kYcpS8q8c/5Lxn0x+blPM5Aqf5jk=
+cosmossdk.io/log v0.0.0-20230227112847-24f67e52fa98/go.mod h1:FZRNfYm6Jgp+toyDR8Ek1qrmNjdsDddEQnfATMbpGYg=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0-beta.6.0.20230216172121-959ce49135e4 h1:/jnzJ9zFsL7qkV8LCQ1JH3dYHh2EsKZ3k8Mr6AqqiOA=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0-beta.6.0.20230216172121-959ce49135e4/go.mod h1:gUVtWwIzfSXqcOT+lBVz2jyjfua8DoBdzRsIyaUAT/8=
 cosmossdk.io/store v0.0.0-20230227103508-bbe7f8a11b44 h1:/pKsj/ApzO4+zMwpgLiPG5iakoHxziGpMiJcz4S+r4w=