diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ac2daa0..8c54813e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v1.8.1]
+- change webhooks package to not use `logging` functions [#469](https://github.com/xmidt-org/webpa-common/pull/469)
+
 ## [v1.8.0]
 - upgrade wrp-go version to v3.0.1 for subpackages convey and device [#460](https://github.com/xmidt-org/webpa-common/pull/460)
 - Increase reliability of travis unit tests by refactoring racy testLogger [#462](https://github.com/xmidt-org/webpa-common/pull/462)
diff --git a/webhook/aws/sns.go b/webhook/aws/sns.go
index bf84eee9..557b5dfa 100644
--- a/webhook/aws/sns.go
+++ b/webhook/aws/sns.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -168,8 +169,8 @@ func (ss *SNSServer) Initialize(rtr *mux.Router, selfUrl *url.URL, soaProvider s
 		logger = logging.DefaultLogger()
 	}
 
-	ss.errorLog = logging.Error(logger)
-	ss.debugLog = logging.Debug(logger)
+	ss.errorLog = log.WithPrefix(logger, level.Key(), level.ErrorValue())
+	ss.debugLog = log.WithPrefix(logger, level.Key(), level.DebugValue())
 
 	ss.metrics = ApplyMetricsData(registry)
 	ss.snsNotificationReceivedChan = ss.SNSNotificationReceivedInit()