diff --git a/fake-tcp/Cargo.toml b/fake-tcp/Cargo.toml
index 43c4196..3c8e651 100644
--- a/fake-tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fake-tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ packet oriented tunneling with minimum overhead.
 benchmark = []
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1"
-pnet = "0.33"
-tokio = { version = "1.14", features = ["full"] }
-rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
-log = "0.4"
-internet-checksum = "0.2"
+bytes = "1.4.0"
+pnet = "0.33.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.28.0", features = ["full"] }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
+log = "0.4.17"
+internet-checksum = "0.2.1"
 tokio-tun = "0.7"
-flume = "0.10"
+flume = "0.10.14"
diff --git a/phantun/Cargo.toml b/phantun/Cargo.toml
index 94ea726..0b5e487 100644
--- a/phantun/Cargo.toml
+++ b/phantun/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ Transforms UDP stream into (fake) TCP streams that can go through
 Layer 3 & Layer 4 (NAPT) firewalls/NATs.
 """
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo"] }
-socket2 = { version = "0.5", features = ["all"] }
+clap = { version = "4.2.5", features = ["cargo"] }
+socket2 = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["all"] }
 fake-tcp = { path = "../fake-tcp", version = "0.5" }
-tokio = { version = "1.14", features = ["full"] }
-tokio-util = "0.7"
-log = "0.4"
-pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
+tokio = { version = "1.28.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-util = "0.7.8"
+log = "0.4.17"
+env_logger = "0.10.0"
+chrono = "0.4.24"
 tokio-tun = "0.7"
-num_cpus = "1.13"
-neli = "0.6"
-nix = "0.26"
+num_cpus = "1.15.0"
+neli = "0.6.4"
+nix = "0.26.2"
diff --git a/phantun/src/bin/client.rs b/phantun/src/bin/client.rs
index 360101e..33e8394 100644
--- a/phantun/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/phantun/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use fake_tcp::packet::MAX_PACKET_LEN;
 use fake_tcp::{Socket, Stack};
 use log::{debug, error, info};
+use chrono::Local;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+use std::io::Write;
+use env_logger::fmt::Color;
+use Color::{Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow};
+use log::Level;
 use phantun::utils::{assign_ipv6_address, new_udp_reuseport};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
@@ -17,7 +23,27 @@ use phantun::UDP_TTL;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
-    pretty_env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::new()
+        .format(|buf, record| {
+            let mut level_style = buf.style();
+            match record.level() {
+                Level::Trace => level_style.set_color(Cyan),
+                Level::Debug => level_style.set_color(Blue),
+                Level::Info => level_style.set_color(Green),
+                Level::Warn => level_style.set_color(Yellow),
+                Level::Error => level_style.set_color(Red).set_bold(true),
+            };
+            writeln!(buf,
+                "[{} {}  {}] {}",
+                Local::now().format("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"),
+                level_style.value(record.level()),
+                //record.level(),
+                record.target(),
+                record.args()
+            )
+        })
+        .filter(None, LevelFilter::Info)
+        .init();
 
     let matches = Command::new("Phantun Client")
         .version(crate_version!())
diff --git a/phantun/src/bin/server.rs b/phantun/src/bin/server.rs
index c5dfeea..5eac967 100644
--- a/phantun/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/phantun/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use fake_tcp::packet::MAX_PACKET_LEN;
 use fake_tcp::Stack;
 use log::{debug, error, info};
+use chrono::Local;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+use std::io::Write;
+use env_logger::fmt::Color;
+use Color::{Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow};
+use log::Level;
 use phantun::utils::{assign_ipv6_address, new_udp_reuseport};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io;
@@ -17,7 +23,27 @@ use phantun::UDP_TTL;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
-    pretty_env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::new()
+        .format(|buf, record| {
+            let mut level_style = buf.style();
+            match record.level() {
+                Level::Trace => level_style.set_color(Cyan),
+                Level::Debug => level_style.set_color(Blue),
+                Level::Info => level_style.set_color(Green),
+                Level::Warn => level_style.set_color(Yellow),
+                Level::Error => level_style.set_color(Red).set_bold(true),
+            };
+            writeln!(buf,
+                "[{} {}  {}] {}",
+                Local::now().format("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"),
+                level_style.value(record.level()),
+                //record.level(),
+                record.target(),
+                record.args()
+            )
+        })
+        .filter(None, LevelFilter::Info)
+        .init();
 
     let matches = Command::new("Phantun Server")
         .version(crate_version!())