diff --git a/internal/mcp/connection.go b/internal/mcp/connection.go
index 567573cc..6ecd706b 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/connection.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/connection.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -158,11 +159,18 @@ type Connection struct {
 }
 
 // newMCPClient creates a new MCP SDK client with standard implementation details
-func newMCPClient() *sdk.Client {
+// Pass nil for logger parameter to disable SDK logging (for tests)
+func newMCPClient(log *logger.Logger) *sdk.Client {
+	var slogLogger *slog.Logger
+	if log != nil {
+		slogLogger = logger.NewSlogLoggerWithHandler(log)
+	}
 	return sdk.NewClient(&sdk.Implementation{
 		Name:    "awmg",
 		Version: version.Get(),
-	}, &sdk.ClientOptions{})
+	}, &sdk.ClientOptions{
+		Logger: slogLogger,
+	})
 }
 
 // newHTTPConnection creates a new HTTP Connection struct with common fields
@@ -300,8 +308,8 @@ func NewConnection(ctx context.Context, serverID, command string, args []string,
 	logConn.Printf("Creating new MCP connection: command=%s, args=%v", command, sanitize.SanitizeArgs(args))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
-	// Create MCP client
-	client := newMCPClient()
+	// Create MCP client with logger
+	client := newMCPClient(logConn)
 
 	// Expand Docker -e flags that reference environment variables
 	// Docker's `-e VAR_NAME` expects VAR_NAME to be in the environment
@@ -506,8 +514,8 @@ func trySDKTransport(
 	transportName string,
 	createTransport transportConnector,
 ) (*Connection, error) {
-	// Create MCP client
-	client := newMCPClient()
+	// Create MCP client with logger
+	client := newMCPClient(logConn)
 
 	// Create transport using the provided connector
 	transport := createTransport(url, httpClient)
diff --git a/internal/mcp/connection_test.go b/internal/mcp/connection_test.go
index 41944d49..5d18bca9 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/connection_test.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/connection_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/github/gh-aw-mcpg/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -568,10 +569,17 @@ data: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":` + idStr + `,"result":{"tools":[]}}
 
 // TestNewMCPClient tests the newMCPClient helper function
 func TestNewMCPClient(t *testing.T) {
-	client := newMCPClient()
+	client := newMCPClient(nil)
 	require.NotNil(t, client, "newMCPClient should return a non-nil client")
 }
 
+// TestNewMCPClientWithLogger tests that newMCPClient accepts a logger
+func TestNewMCPClientWithLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	log := logger.New("test:client")
+	client := newMCPClient(log)
+	require.NotNil(t, client, "newMCPClient should return a non-nil client with logger")
+}
+
 // TestCreateJSONRPCRequest tests the createJSONRPCRequest helper function
 func TestCreateJSONRPCRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -687,7 +695,7 @@ func TestNewHTTPConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	client := newMCPClient()
+	client := newMCPClient(nil)
 	url := "http://example.com/mcp"
 	headers := map[string]string{"Authorization": "test"}
 	httpClient := &http.Client{}
diff --git a/internal/server/routed.go b/internal/server/routed.go
index 8ae94602..0ed2d069 100644
--- a/internal/server/routed.go
+++ b/internal/server/routed.go
@@ -183,11 +183,13 @@ func CreateHTTPServerForRoutedMode(addr string, unifiedServer *UnifiedServer, ap
 func createFilteredServer(unifiedServer *UnifiedServer, backendID string) *sdk.Server {
 	logRouted.Printf("Creating filtered server: backend=%s", backendID)
 
-	// Create a new SDK server for this route
+	// Create a new SDK server for this route with logger
 	server := sdk.NewServer(&sdk.Implementation{
 		Name:    fmt.Sprintf("awmg-%s", backendID),
 		Version: "1.0.0",
-	}, nil)
+	}, &sdk.ServerOptions{
+		Logger: logger.NewSlogLoggerWithHandler(logRouted),
+	})
 
 	// Get tools for this backend from the unified server
 	tools := unifiedServer.GetToolsForBackend(backendID)
diff --git a/internal/server/unified.go b/internal/server/unified.go
index dba7f19c..4a1f94c0 100644
--- a/internal/server/unified.go
+++ b/internal/server/unified.go
@@ -132,11 +132,13 @@ func NewUnified(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) (*UnifiedServer, error)
 		enableDIFC:    cfg.EnableDIFC,
 	}
 
-	// Create MCP server
+	// Create MCP server with logger
 	server := sdk.NewServer(&sdk.Implementation{
 		Name:    "awmg-unified",
 		Version: "1.0.0",
-	}, nil)
+	}, &sdk.ServerOptions{
+		Logger: logger.NewSlogLoggerWithHandler(logUnified),
+	})
 
 	us.server = server