diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
index 11db57c1ed..47379b027c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
@@ -16,24 +16,28 @@
 
 import * as winston from 'winston';
 
-let rootLogger: winston.Logger = winston.createLogger({
-  level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
-  format:
-    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
-      ? winston.format.json()
-      : winston.format.combine(
-          winston.format.colorize(),
-          winston.format.timestamp(),
-          winston.format.simple(),
-        ),
-  defaultMeta: { service: 'backstage' },
-  transports: [
-    new winston.transports.Console({
-      silent:
-        process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID !== undefined && !process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
-    }),
-  ],
-});
+export function createNewRootLogger(): winston.Logger {
+  return winston.createLogger({
+    level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
+    format:
+      process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+        ? winston.format.json()
+        : winston.format.combine(
+            winston.format.colorize(),
+            winston.format.timestamp(),
+            winston.format.simple(),
+          ),
+    defaultMeta: { service: 'backstage' },
+    transports: [
+      new winston.transports.Console({
+        silent:
+          process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID !== undefined && !process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
+      }),
+    ],
+  });
+}
+
+let rootLogger: winston.Logger = createNewRootLogger();
 
 export function getRootLogger(): winston.Logger {
   return rootLogger;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c9128c5350..ba53ee7513 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -18918,6 +18918,11 @@ uuid@^8.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.1.0.tgz#6f1536eb43249f473abc6bd58ff983da1ca30d8d"
   integrity sha512-CI18flHDznR0lq54xBycOVmphdCYnQLKn8abKn7PXUiKUGdEd+/l9LWNJmugXel4hXq7S+RMNl34ecyC9TntWg==
 
+uuid@^8.2.0:
+  version "8.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.2.0.tgz#cb10dd6b118e2dada7d0cd9730ba7417c93d920e"
+  integrity sha512-CYpGiFTUrmI6OBMkAdjSDM0k5h8SkkiTP4WAjQgDgNB1S3Ou9VBEvr6q0Kv2H1mMk7IWfxYGpMH5sd5AvcIV2Q==
+
 v8-compile-cache@^2.0.3:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.1.0.tgz#e14de37b31a6d194f5690d67efc4e7f6fc6ab30e"