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+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     "live-server": "1.2.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "url-parse": "^1.5.10",
-    "winston": "^2.4.4",
-    "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^3.10.0"
+    "winston": "^3.19.0",
+    "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.4.6",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/cliUtil.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/cliUtil.ts
index 60544390e6..6fcf0ccbaa 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/cliUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/cliUtil.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,25 @@ function tryDeleteFolder(pathName: string) {
   if (!fs.pathExistsSync(pathName)) {
     return;
   }
+  fs.rmdirSync(pathName);
+}
+
+function tryDeleteFile(pathName: string) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(pathName)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  fs.rmSync(pathName);
+}
+
+function tryDelete(pathName: string, isFile: boolean) {
   try {
-    fs.rmdirSync(pathName);
+    if (isFile) {
+      tryDeleteFile(pathName);
+    } else {
+      tryDeleteFolder(pathName);
+    }
   } catch (error) {
+    const targetType = isFile ? 'file' : 'directory';
     if (hasErrorCodeAndMessage(error)) {
       // If directory is not empty, fail silently
       if (error.code !== DIR_NOT_EMPTY_ERROR_CODE) {
@@ -25,11 +41,11 @@ function tryDeleteFolder(pathName: string) {
         // Use `console` instead of logger as we don't want to create a new logger instance
         // that might pollute the working directory again.
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.warn(`WARNING: Failed to delete directory ${pathName}: ${error.message}`);
+        console.warn(`WARNING: Failed to delete ${targetType} ${pathName}: ${error.message}`);
       }
     } else {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.warn(`WARNING: Failed to delete directory ${pathName}: Unknown err ${error}`);
+      console.warn(`WARNING: Failed to delete ${targetType} ${pathName}: Unknown err ${error}`);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -58,7 +74,9 @@ export function findRootFolder(
 export function cleanupFailedMarkbindBuild() {
   const markbindDir = path.join(process.cwd(), '_markbind');
   const logsDir = path.join(markbindDir, 'logs');
+  const auditFilePath = path.join(logsDir, 'audit.json');
 
-  tryDeleteFolder(logsDir);
-  tryDeleteFolder(markbindDir);
+  tryDelete(auditFilePath, true);
+  tryDelete(logsDir, false);
+  tryDelete(markbindDir, false);
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/logger-wrapper.cjs b/packages/cli/src/util/logger-wrapper.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 427838c5c7..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/logger-wrapper.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * CommonJS wrapper for winston v2 compatibility with ES Modules
- * This file allows winston v2 (CommonJS) to be used in ESM projects
- */
-
-const winston = require('winston');
-require('winston-daily-rotate-file');
-
-module.exports = {
-  winston,
-  transports: winston.transports,
-  configure: winston.configure,
-};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/logger.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/logger.ts
index 0e7b3e19cc..0c30d25daf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/logger.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,44 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import figlet from 'figlet';
+import winston from 'winston';
+import DailyRotateFile from 'winston-daily-rotate-file';
 
-import { winston, transports } from './logger-wrapper.cjs';
+const { transports, format } = winston;
+
+const LEVEL_AND_MESSAGE = (info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo) =>
+  `${info.level}: ${info.stack || info.message}`;
+
+const consoleFormat = format.combine(
+  format.colorize(),
+
+  format.printf(LEVEL_AND_MESSAGE),
+);
+
+const fileFormat = format.combine(
+  format.timestamp(),
+  format.printf(info => `${info.timestamp} - ${LEVEL_AND_MESSAGE(info)}`),
+);
 
 // @markbind/core's consoleTransport but with level: info
 const consoleTransport = new transports.Console({
-  colorize: true,
+  format: consoleFormat,
   handleExceptions: true,
-  humanReadableUnhandledException: true,
   level: 'info',
-  showLevel: true,
 });
 
 function useDebugConsole(): void {
   consoleTransport.level = 'debug';
 }
 
-const dailyRotateFileTransport = new transports.DailyRotateFile({
+const dailyRotateFileTransport = new DailyRotateFile({
+  format: fileFormat,
   datePattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
   dirname: '_markbind/logs',
   filename: 'markbind-%DATE%.log',
   handleExceptions: true,
   level: 'debug',
   maxFiles: 5,
+  auditFile: '_markbind/logs/audit.json',
 });
 
 // Reconfigure the default instance logger winston provides with DailyRotateFile for markbind-cli
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 9f845e5c66..24b51c3a3b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.1",
     "vue": "3.3.11",
     "walk-sync": "^2.0.2",
-    "winston": "^2.4.4"
+    "winston": "^3.19.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jest/globals": "^29.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
index 24db451cc0..29ac2f5578 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import winston from 'winston';
 import type { ProgressBar } from '../lib/progress';
 
+const { format } = winston;
+
 let progressBar: ProgressBar | null = null;
 
 const setProgressBar = (bar: ProgressBar) => {
@@ -10,12 +12,15 @@ const removeProgressBar = () => {
   progressBar = null;
 };
 
+const consoleFormat = format.combine(
+  format.colorize(),
+  format.printf(info => `${info.level}: ${info.message}`),
+);
+
 const consoleTransport = new winston.transports.Console({
-  colorize: true,
+  format: consoleFormat,
   handleExceptions: true,
-  humanReadableUnhandledException: true,
   level: 'debug',
-  showLevel: true,
 });
 
 winston.configure({