diff --git a/.excavator.yml b/.excavator.yml
index 670c9d8ec..a947e38d5 100644
--- a/.excavator.yml
+++ b/.excavator.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ auto-label:
   tags:
     roomba: [ "merge when ready" ]
     automerge: [ "merge when ready" ]
+    autorelease: [ "autorelease" ]
diff --git a/crypto-core/build.gradle b/crypto-core/build.gradle
index 4a3d36fc5..28cc2a07c 100644
--- a/crypto-core/build.gradle
+++ b/crypto-core/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core"
     testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core"
     testCompile 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core'
+    implementation 'com.palantir.safe-logging:logger'
 }
 
 project.task(type: JavaExec, 'benchmarks') {
diff --git a/crypto-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/crypto2/io/CryptoStreamFactory.java b/crypto-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/crypto2/io/CryptoStreamFactory.java
index 07402e4e8..d92e06a81 100644
--- a/crypto-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/crypto2/io/CryptoStreamFactory.java
+++ b/crypto-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/crypto2/io/CryptoStreamFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import com.palantir.crypto2.cipher.SeekableCipher;
 import com.palantir.crypto2.cipher.SeekableCipherFactory;
 import com.palantir.crypto2.keys.KeyMaterial;
+import com.palantir.logsafe.logger.SafeLogger;
+import com.palantir.logsafe.logger.SafeLoggerFactory;
 import com.palantir.seekio.SeekableInput;
 import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -33,12 +35,10 @@
 import javax.crypto.CipherOutputStream;
 import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
 import org.apache.commons.crypto.stream.CtrCryptoOutputStream;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public final class CryptoStreamFactory {
 
-    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CryptoStreamFactory.class);
+    private static final SafeLogger log = SafeLoggerFactory.get(CryptoStreamFactory.class);
     private static final Properties PROPS = ApacheCiphers.forceOpenSsl(new Properties());
     private static final String AES_ALGORITHM = "AES/CTR/NoPadding";