diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/auth.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/auth.go
index 164984a073c..64228747979 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/auth.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/auth.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (n nodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, r *htt
 		attrs.Subresource = "spec"
 	}
 
-	klog.V(5).Infof("Node request attributes: user=%#v attrs=%#v", attrs.GetUser(), attrs)
+	klog.V(5).InfoS("Node request attributes", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
 
 	return attrs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
index 2b033e2ca6f..eb5c60a19f7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func ListenAndServeKubeletServer(
 	enableDebuggingHandlers,
 	enableContentionProfiling,
 	enableSystemLogHandler bool) {
-	klog.Infof("Starting to listen on %s:%d", address, port)
+	klog.InfoS("Starting to listen", "address", address, "port", port)
 	handler := NewServer(host, resourceAnalyzer, auth, enableCAdvisorJSONEndpoints, enableDebuggingHandlers, enableContentionProfiling, enableSystemLogHandler)
 	s := &http.Server{
 		Addr:           net.JoinHostPort(address.String(), strconv.FormatUint(uint64(port), 10)),
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func ListenAndServeKubeletServer(
 
 // ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer initializes a server to respond to HTTP network requests on the Kubelet.
 func ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer(host HostInterface, resourceAnalyzer stats.ResourceAnalyzer, address net.IP, port uint, enableCAdvisorJSONEndpoints bool) {
-	klog.V(1).Infof("Starting to listen read-only on %s:%d", address, port)
+	klog.InfoS("Starting to listen read-only", "address", address, "port", port)
 	s := NewServer(host, resourceAnalyzer, nil, enableCAdvisorJSONEndpoints, false, false, false)
 
 	server := &http.Server{
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallAuthFilter() {
 		// Authenticate
 		info, ok, err := s.auth.AuthenticateRequest(req.Request)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Unable to authenticate the request due to an error: %v", err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to authenticate the request due to an error")
 			resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusUnauthorized, "Unauthorized")
 			return
 		}
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ func (s *Server) InstallAuthFilter() {
 		// Authorize
 		decision, _, err := s.auth.Authorize(req.Request.Context(), attrs)
 		if err != nil {
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Authorization error", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Authorization error (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource=%s)", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), attrs.GetVerb(), attrs.GetResource(), attrs.GetSubresource())
-			klog.Errorf(msg, err)
 			resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusInternalServerError, msg)
 			return
 		}
 		if decision != authorizer.DecisionAllow {
+			klog.V(2).InfoS("Forbidden", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Forbidden (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource=%s)", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), attrs.GetVerb(), attrs.GetResource(), attrs.GetSubresource())
-			klog.V(2).Info(msg)
 			resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusForbidden, msg)
 			return
 		}
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ const pprofBasePath = "/debug/pprof/"
 
 // InstallDebuggingHandlers registers the HTTP request patterns that serve logs or run commands/containers
 func (s *Server) InstallDebuggingHandlers() {
-	klog.Infof("Adding debug handlers to kubelet server.")
+	klog.InfoS("Adding debug handlers to kubelet server")
 
 	s.addMetricsBucketMatcher("run")
 	ws := new(restful.WebService)
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ func getPortForwardRequestParams(req *restful.Request) portForwardRequestParams
 type responder struct{}
 
 func (r *responder) Error(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, err error) {
-	klog.Errorf("Error while proxying request: %v", err)
+	klog.ErrorS(err, "Error while proxying request")
 	http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 }
 
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ func writeJSONResponse(response *restful.Response, data []byte) {
 	response.Header().Set(restful.HEADER_ContentType, restful.MIME_JSON)
 	response.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	if _, err := response.Write(data); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Error writing response: %v", err)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error writing response")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/BUILD
index c932cad4b76..6dc1134e54c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/BUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/fs_resource_analyzer.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/fs_resource_analyzer.go
index cf93ece833c..956e67d21b4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/fs_resource_analyzer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/fs_resource_analyzer.go
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ func newFsResourceAnalyzer(statsProvider Provider, calcVolumePeriod time.Duratio
 func (s *fsResourceAnalyzer) Start() {
 	s.startOnce.Do(func() {
 		if s.calcPeriod <= 0 {
-			klog.Info("Volume stats collection disabled.")
+			klog.InfoS("Volume stats collection disabled")
 			return
 		}
-		klog.Info("Starting FS ResourceAnalyzer")
+		klog.InfoS("Starting FS ResourceAnalyzer")
 		go wait.Forever(func() { s.updateCachedPodVolumeStats() }, s.calcPeriod)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
index 3d2260c48b6..c4985d248df 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (h *handler) handleSystemContainer(request *restful.Request, response *rest
 	if err != nil {
 		if _, ok := stats[containerName]; ok {
 			// If the failure is partial, log it and return a best-effort response.
-			klog.Errorf("Partial failure issuing GetRawContainerInfo(%v): %v", query, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Partial failure issuing GetRawContainerInfo", "query", query)
 		} else {
 			handleError(response, fmt.Sprintf("/stats/container %v", query), err)
 			return
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (h *handler) handlePodContainer(request *restful.Request, response *restful
 
 	pod, ok := h.provider.GetPodByName(params["namespace"], params["podName"])
 	if !ok {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Container not found: %v", params)
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Container not found", "pod", klog.KRef(params["namespace"], params["podName"]))
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusNotFound, kubecontainer.ErrContainerNotFound)
 		return
 	}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (h *handler) handlePodContainer(request *restful.Request, response *restful
 
 func writeResponse(response *restful.Response, stats interface{}) {
 	if err := response.WriteAsJson(stats); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Error writing response: %v", err)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error writing response")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func handleError(response *restful.Response, request string, err error) {
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusNotFound, err)
 	default:
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Internal Error: %v", err)
-		klog.Errorf("HTTP InternalServerError serving %s: %s", request, msg)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "HTTP InternalServerError serving", "request", request)
 		response.WriteErrorString(http.StatusInternalServerError, msg)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
index fffa38c7012..0bc1154f782 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewSummaryProvider(statsProvider Provider) SummaryProvider {
 	bootTime, err := util.GetBootTime()
 	if err != nil {
 		// bootTime will be zero if we encounter an error getting the boot time.
-		klog.Warningf("Error getting system boot time.  Node metrics will have an incorrect start time: %v", err)
+		klog.InfoS("Error getting system boot time. Node metrics will have an incorrect start time", "err", err)
 	}
 
 	return &summaryProviderImpl{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_sys_containers.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_sys_containers.go
index 38d6685dd6e..bfbe6484344 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_sys_containers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_sys_containers.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (sp *summaryProviderImpl) GetSystemContainersStats(nodeConfig cm.NodeConfig
 		}
 		s, _, err := sp.provider.GetCgroupStats(cont.name, cont.forceStatsUpdate)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Failed to get system container stats for %q: %v", cont.name, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get system container stats", "containerName", cont.name)
 			continue
 		}
 		// System containers don't have a filesystem associated with them.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (sp *summaryProviderImpl) GetSystemContainersCPUAndMemoryStats(nodeConfig c
 		}
 		s, err := sp.provider.GetCgroupCPUAndMemoryStats(cont.name, cont.forceStatsUpdate)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Failed to get system container stats for %q: %v", cont.name, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get system container stats", "containerName", cont.name)
 			continue
 		}
 		s.Name = sys
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/volume_stat_calculator.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/volume_stat_calculator.go
index 1cc8c2d7af6..09528c7ff9c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/volume_stat_calculator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/volume_stat_calculator.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	stats "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/stats/v1alpha1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ func (s *volumeStatCalculator) calcAndStoreStats() {
 		if err != nil {
 			// Expected for Volumes that don't support Metrics
 			if !volume.IsNotSupported(err) {
-				klog.V(4).Infof("Failed to calculate volume metrics for pod %s volume %s: %+v", format.Pod(s.pod), name, err)
+				klog.V(4).InfoS("Failed to calculate volume metrics", "pod", klog.KObj(s.pod), "podUID", s.pod.UID, "volumeName", name, "err", err)
 			}
 			continue
 		}