diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 8d88cce2..1c63817a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine as build
+FROM golang:1.22-alpine as build
 
 LABEL maintainer="MinIO Inc <dev@min.io>"
 
diff --git a/cmd/kes/migrate.go b/cmd/kes/migrate.go
index 09b08be7..e52f95b9 100644
--- a/cmd/kes/migrate.go
+++ b/cmd/kes/migrate.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func migrate(args []string) {
 	srcConf, err := kesconf.ReadFile(fromPath)
 	cli.Assert(err == nil, err)
 
-	src, err := srcConf.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	src, err := srcConf.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	cli.Assert(err == nil, err)
 
 	iter := &kes.ListIter[string]{
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func migrate(args []string) {
 		dstConf, err := kesconf.ReadFile(toPath)
 		cli.Assert(err == nil, err)
 
-		dst, err := dstConf.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+		dst, err := dstConf.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 		cli.Assert(err == nil, err)
 
 		var (
diff --git a/cmd/kes/server.go b/cmd/kes/server.go
index 6a4da861..765742a6 100644
--- a/cmd/kes/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kes/server.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func serverCmd(args []string) {
 	cmd.StringVar(&tlsCertFlag, "cert", "", "Path to the TLS certificate")
 	cmd.StringVar(&mtlsAuthFlag, "auth", "", "Controls how the server handles mTLS authentication")
 	cmd.BoolVar(&devFlag, "dev", false, "Start the KES server in development mode")
-	cmd.BoolVar(&verboseFlag, "verbose", false, "Log verbose output (Vault only)")
+	cmd.BoolVar(&verboseFlag, "verbose", false, "Log verbose output")
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args[1:]); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) {
 			os.Exit(2)
@@ -176,18 +176,26 @@ func startServer(addrFlag, configFlag string, verbose bool) error {
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	conf, err := rawConfig.Config(ctx, verbose)
+	srv := &kes.Server{}
+	logLevel := slog.LevelInfo
+	if rawConfig.Log != nil {
+		srv.ErrLevel.Set(rawConfig.Log.ErrLevel)
+		srv.AuditLevel.Set(rawConfig.Log.AuditLevel)
+		logLevel = rawConfig.Log.LogLevel
+	}
+	if verbose {
+		logLevel = slog.LevelDebug
+	}
+	slog.SetLogLoggerLevel(logLevel)
+
+	conf, err := rawConfig.Config(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer conf.Keys.Close()
 
-	srv := &kes.Server{}
 	conf.Cache = configureCache(conf.Cache)
-	if rawConfig.Log != nil {
-		srv.ErrLevel.Set(rawConfig.Log.ErrLevel)
-		srv.AuditLevel.Set(rawConfig.Log.AuditLevel)
-	}
+
 	sighup := make(chan os.Signal, 10)
 	signal.Notify(sighup, syscall.SIGHUP)
 	defer signal.Stop(sighup)
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ func startServer(addrFlag, configFlag string, verbose bool) error {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to reload server config: %v\n", err)
 					continue
 				}
-				config, err := file.Config(ctx, verbose)
+				config, err := file.Config(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to reload server config: %v\n", err)
 					continue
diff --git a/internal/http/log.go b/internal/keystore/vault/log.go
similarity index 58%
rename from internal/http/log.go
rename to internal/keystore/vault/log.go
index 7eac16a6..7417fe7d 100644
--- a/internal/http/log.go
+++ b/internal/keystore/vault/log.go
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
-package http
+package vault
 
 import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
-	"slices"
 	"time"
 )
 
-// LoggingTransport is an http.RoundTripper that logs the request and response.
-type LoggingTransport struct {
+type loggingTransport struct {
 	http.RoundTripper
-	skipPaths []string
 }
 
-// NewLoggingTransport creates an http.RoundTripper that logs the request and response.
-func NewLoggingTransport(rt http.RoundTripper, skipPaths ...string) *LoggingTransport {
-	return &LoggingTransport{
-		RoundTripper: rt,
-		skipPaths:    skipPaths,
-	}
-}
-
-// RoundTrip implements the RoundTripper interface.
-func (lt *LoggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+func (lt *loggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	rt := lt.RoundTripper
 	if rt == nil {
 		rt = http.DefaultTransport
@@ -32,24 +20,27 @@ func (lt *LoggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 	resp, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
 
 	// don't log health checks
-	if !slices.Contains(lt.skipPaths, req.URL.Path) {
+	if req.URL.Path != "/v1/sys/health" {
 		switch {
 		case err != nil:
-			slog.Info("HTTP error",
+			slog.Debug("HTTP error",
 				slog.String("method", req.Method),
 				slog.String("url", req.URL.String()),
+				slog.String("auth", obfuscateToken(req.Header.Get("X-Vault-Token"))),
 				slog.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)),
 				slog.String("error", err.Error()))
 		case resp.StatusCode >= 300:
-			slog.Info("HTTP error response",
+			slog.Debug("HTTP error response",
 				slog.String("method", req.Method),
 				slog.String("url", req.URL.String()),
+				slog.String("auth", obfuscateToken(req.Header.Get("X-Vault-Token"))),
 				slog.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)),
 				slog.String("status", resp.Status))
 		default:
 			slog.Debug("HTTP success response",
 				slog.String("method", req.Method),
 				slog.String("url", req.URL.String()),
+				slog.String("auth", obfuscateToken(req.Header.Get("X-Vault-Token"))),
 				slog.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)),
 				slog.String("status", resp.Status))
 		}
@@ -57,3 +48,14 @@ func (lt *LoggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 
 	return resp, err
 }
+
+func obfuscateToken(token string) string {
+	switch {
+	case len(token) == 0:
+		return ""
+	case len(token) > 8:
+		return "***" + token[len(token)-4:]
+	default:
+		return "***"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/keystore/vault/vault.go b/internal/keystore/vault/vault.go
index e367f4fd..4e9f7958 100644
--- a/internal/keystore/vault/vault.go
+++ b/internal/keystore/vault/vault.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"aead.dev/mem"
 	vaultapi "github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
 	"github.com/minio/kes"
-	xhttp "github.com/minio/kes/internal/http"
 	"github.com/minio/kes/internal/keystore"
 	kesdk "github.com/minio/kms-go/kes"
 )
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ type Store struct {
 
 // Connect connects to a Hashicorp Vault server with
 // the given configuration.
-func Connect(ctx context.Context, c *Config, verbose bool) (*Store, error) {
+func Connect(ctx context.Context, c *Config) (*Store, error) {
 	c = c.Clone()
 
 	if c.Engine == "" {
@@ -114,8 +113,8 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, c *Config, verbose bool) (*Store, error) {
 		tr.DisableKeepAlives = true
 		tr.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = -1
 	}
-	if verbose {
-		config.HttpClient.Transport = xhttp.NewLoggingTransport(config.HttpClient.Transport, "/v1/sys/health")
+	if slog.Default().Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		config.HttpClient.Transport = &loggingTransport{config.HttpClient.Transport}
 	}
 	vaultClient, err := vaultapi.NewClient(config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -150,14 +149,8 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, c *Config, verbose bool) (*Store, error) {
 				lastAuthSuccess = false
 			}
 		} else {
-			if verbose {
-				obfuscatedToken := secret.Auth.ClientToken
-				if len(obfuscatedToken) > 10 {
-					obfuscatedToken = obfuscatedToken[:2] + "***" + obfuscatedToken[len(obfuscatedToken)-4:]
-				} else {
-					obfuscatedToken = "***"
-				}
-				slog.Info("Authentication successful", slog.String("token", obfuscatedToken))
+			if slog.Default().Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+				slog.Debug("Authentication successful", slog.String("token", obfuscateToken(secret.Auth.ClientToken)))
 			}
 			lastAuthSuccess = true
 		}
diff --git a/internal/sys/build.go b/internal/sys/build.go
index a9e6a502..5390e406 100644
--- a/internal/sys/build.go
+++ b/internal/sys/build.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 type BinaryInfo struct {
 	Version  string // The version of this binary
 	CommitID string // The git commit hash
-	Runtime  string // The Go runtime version, e.g. go1.21.0
+	Runtime  string // The Go runtime version, e.g. go1.22.0
 	Compiler string // The Go compiler used to build this binary
 }
 
diff --git a/kesconf/aws_test.go b/kesconf/aws_test.go
index 3ca722f0..07c20ba7 100644
--- a/kesconf/aws_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/aws_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestAWS(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/azure_test.go b/kesconf/azure_test.go
index 55cd021a..06d7e8cf 100644
--- a/kesconf/azure_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/azure_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestAzure(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/config.go b/kesconf/config.go
index 67860da2..fdc76d9e 100644
--- a/kesconf/config.go
+++ b/kesconf/config.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type ymlFile struct {
 	Log struct {
 		Error env[string] `yaml:"error"`
 		Audit env[string] `yaml:"audit"`
+		Level env[string] `yaml:"level"`
 	} `yaml:"log"`
 
 	Keys []struct {
@@ -299,6 +300,10 @@ func ymlToServerConfig(y *ymlFile) (*File, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	logLevel, err := parseLogLevel(y.Log.Level.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	for path, api := range y.API.Paths {
 		if api.Timeout.Value < 0 {
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ func ymlToServerConfig(y *ymlFile) (*File, error) {
 		Log: &LogConfig{
 			ErrLevel:   errLevel,
 			AuditLevel: auditLevel,
+			LogLevel:   logLevel,
 		},
 		KeyStore: keystore,
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/file.go b/kesconf/file.go
index 2cbd52b6..5bd73dda 100644
--- a/kesconf/file.go
+++ b/kesconf/file.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (f *File) TLSConfig() (*tls.Config, error) {
 // Config returns a new KES configuration as specified by
 // the File. It connects to the KeyStore using the given
 // context.
-func (f *File) Config(ctx context.Context, verbose bool) (*kes.Config, error) {
+func (f *File) Config(ctx context.Context) (*kes.Config, error) {
 	conf := &kes.Config{
 		Admin: f.Admin,
 	}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (f *File) Config(ctx context.Context, verbose bool) (*kes.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	if f.KeyStore != nil {
-		keystore, err := f.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, verbose)
+		keystore, err := f.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ type LogConfig struct {
 	// Audit determines whether the KES server logs audit events to STDOUT.
 	// It does not en/disable audit logging in general.
 	AuditLevel slog.Level
+
+	// Log level for which to report KES diagnostic messages.
+	LogLevel slog.Level
 }
 
 // APIConfig is a structure that holds the API configuration
@@ -365,7 +368,7 @@ type Key struct {
 type KeyStore interface {
 	// Connect establishes and returns a new connection
 	// to the keystore.
-	Connect(ctx context.Context, verbose bool) (kes.KeyStore, error)
+	Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error)
 }
 
 // FSKeyStore is a structure containing the configuration
@@ -382,7 +385,7 @@ type FSKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs in a path on the filesystem.
-func (s *FSKeyStore) Connect(context.Context, bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *FSKeyStore) Connect(context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	return fs.NewStore(s.Path)
 }
 
@@ -528,7 +531,7 @@ type VaultTransit struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on a Hashicorp Vault server.
-func (s *VaultKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, verbose bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *VaultKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	if s.AppRole == nil && s.Kubernetes == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("edge: failed to connect to hashicorp vault: no authentication method specified")
 	}
@@ -568,7 +571,7 @@ func (s *VaultKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, verbose bool) (kes.KeyStore
 			KeyName: s.Transit.KeyName,
 		}
 	}
-	return vault.Connect(ctx, c, verbose)
+	return vault.Connect(ctx, c)
 }
 
 // FortanixKeyStore is a structure containing the
@@ -594,7 +597,7 @@ type FortanixKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on a Fortanix SDKMS server.
-func (s *FortanixKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *FortanixKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	return fortanix.Connect(ctx, &fortanix.Config{
 		Endpoint: s.Endpoint,
 		GroupID:  s.GroupID,
@@ -629,7 +632,7 @@ type KeySecureKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on a Gemalto KeySecure instance.
-func (s *KeySecureKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *KeySecureKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	return gemalto.Connect(ctx, &gemalto.Config{
 		Endpoint: s.Endpoint,
 		CAPath:   s.CAPath,
@@ -678,7 +681,7 @@ type GCPSecretManagerKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on GCP SecretManager.
-func (s *GCPSecretManagerKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *GCPSecretManagerKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	return gcp.Connect(ctx, &gcp.Config{
 		Endpoint:  s.Endpoint,
 		ProjectID: s.ProjectID,
@@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ type AWSSecretsManagerKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on AWS SecretsManager.
-func (s *AWSSecretsManagerKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *AWSSecretsManagerKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	return aws.Connect(ctx, &aws.Config{
 		Addr:     s.Endpoint,
 		Region:   s.Region,
@@ -758,7 +761,7 @@ type AzureKeyVaultKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on Azure KeyVault.
-func (s *AzureKeyVaultKeyStore) Connect(_ context.Context, verbose bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *AzureKeyVaultKeyStore) Connect(_ context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	if (s.TenantID != "" || s.ClientID != "" || s.ClientSecret != "") && s.ManagedIdentityClientID != "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("edge: failed to connect to Azure KeyVault: more than one authentication method specified")
 	}
@@ -808,7 +811,7 @@ type EntrustKeyControlKeyStore struct {
 }
 
 // Connect returns a kv.Store that stores key-value pairs on Entrust KeyControl.
-func (s *EntrustKeyControlKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
+func (s *EntrustKeyControlKeyStore) Connect(ctx context.Context) (kes.KeyStore, error) {
 	var rootCAs *x509.CertPool
 	if s.CAPath != "" {
 		ca, err := https.CertPoolFromFile(s.CAPath)
diff --git a/kesconf/fortanix_test.go b/kesconf/fortanix_test.go
index 396c3479..3e8ebe85 100644
--- a/kesconf/fortanix_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/fortanix_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestFortanix(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/fs_test.go b/kesconf/fs_test.go
index 623b01d4..2336b873 100644
--- a/kesconf/fs_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/fs_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestFS(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/gcp_test.go b/kesconf/gcp_test.go
index 5966b79f..f3e6d131 100644
--- a/kesconf/gcp_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/gcp_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestGCP(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/gemalto_test.go b/kesconf/gemalto_test.go
index 01909ede..41785706 100644
--- a/kesconf/gemalto_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/gemalto_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestGemalto(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/keycontrol_test.go b/kesconf/keycontrol_test.go
index 0d2e1190..e5d10a8d 100644
--- a/kesconf/keycontrol_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/keycontrol_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestKeyControl(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/kesconf/vault_test.go b/kesconf/vault_test.go
index 68998965..00f15d8c 100644
--- a/kesconf/vault_test.go
+++ b/kesconf/vault_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestVault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := testingContext(t)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx, false)
+	store, err := config.KeyStore.Connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}