diff --git a/knip.json b/knip.json
index 0bbb15ea..54b3bee5 100644
--- a/knip.json
+++ b/knip.json
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/knip@6/schema.json",
   "entry": ["drizzle.config.ts", "src/lib/editor/grammar/patch-generated.mjs"],
   "ignoreDependencies": [
-    // Loaded dynamically by pino via a string transport target, not a static import.
-    "pino-pretty",
     // Invoked as a standalone CLI in docker/Dockerfile, not referenced from source.
     "@cyclonedx/cyclonedx-npm"
   ],
diff --git a/src/lib/server/logging/logger.ts b/src/lib/server/logging/logger.ts
index 28cbdada..e18ff4b8 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/logging/logger.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/logging/logger.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import pino from 'pino';
 import { redactionPaths, redactionCensor } from './redaction.js';
 import type { LoggingConfig } from './types.js';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import type { LoggingConfig } from './types.js';
 // This is safe because the file lives under $lib/server/ which SvelteKit
 // already prevents from being imported client-side.
 const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
 function resolveConfig(): LoggingConfig {
   const level = process.env.LOG_LEVEL ?? (dev ? 'trace' : 'info');
@@ -37,19 +39,29 @@ function createLogger(): pino.Logger {
   const targets: pino.TransportTargetOptions[] = [];
 
   if (config.pretty) {
-    targets.push({ target: 'pino-pretty', level: config.level });
+    // Resolve to an absolute path: since pino 10.4.0 the caller is detected via
+    // util.getCallSites(), which returns an empty script name for modules
+    // evaluated by Vite's SSR module runner, so pino cannot resolve 'pino-pretty'.
+    targets.push({ target: require.resolve('pino-pretty') });
   } else {
-    targets.push({ target: 'pino/file', level: config.level });
+    targets.push({ target: 'pino/file' });
   }
 
   if (config.jsonLogFile) {
     targets.push({
       target: 'pino/file',
-      options: { destination: config.jsonLogFile, mkdir: true },
-      level: config.level
+      options: { destination: config.jsonLogFile, mkdir: true }
     });
   }
 
+  // A per-target `level` routes logs through pino's multistream, which warns about
+  // the custom `formatters.level` above (PINO_TRANSPORT_MULTI_TARGETS_LEVEL_FORMATTER).
+  // A single target needs no level as the logger already filters; multiple targets
+  // do, as multistream defaults targets without one to 'info'.
+  if (targets.length > 1) {
+    for (const target of targets) target.level = config.level;
+  }
+
   return pino(options, pino.transport({ targets }));
 }