diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
index 30549ecdb5..fa465af64c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import logging
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 68f26673a7..fe8c175ea0 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import functools
-import logging as std_logging
 import os
 import tempfile
 
@@ -1199,7 +1198,7 @@ class TempestConfigPrivate(object):
         register_opts()
         self._set_attrs()
         if parse_conf:
-            _CONF.log_opt_values(LOG, std_logging.DEBUG)
+            _CONF.log_opt_values(LOG, logging.DEBUG)
 
 
 class TempestConfigProxy(object):
@@ -1207,14 +1206,14 @@ class TempestConfigProxy(object):
     _path = None
 
     _extra_log_defaults = [
-        ('paramiko.transport', std_logging.INFO),
-        ('requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool', std_logging.WARN),
+        ('paramiko.transport', logging.INFO),
+        ('requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool', logging.WARN),
     ]
 
     def _fix_log_levels(self):
         """Tweak the oslo log defaults."""
         for name, level in self._extra_log_defaults:
-            std_logging.getLogger(name).setLevel(level)
+            logging.getLogger(name).logger.setLevel(level)
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         if not self._config:
diff --git a/tempest/lib/cli/base.py b/tempest/lib/cli/base.py
index 5d7fbe3aab..5468a7bcdf 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/cli/base.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/cli/base.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import logging
 import os
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 import six
 
 from tempest.lib import base
diff --git a/tempest/lib/cli/output_parser.py b/tempest/lib/cli/output_parser.py
index c71c7a74b0..716f374804 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/cli/output_parser.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/cli/output_parser.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 
 """Collection of utilities for parsing CLI clients output."""
 
-import logging
 import re
 
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index 31d2ba51b5..b49f3317fa 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import collections
 import email.utils
-import logging as real_logging
 import re
 import time
 
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ class RestClient(object):
 
         # Also look everything at DEBUG if you want to filter this
         # out, don't run at debug.
-        if self.LOG.isEnabledFor(real_logging.DEBUG):
+        if self.LOG.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
             self._log_request_full(resp, req_headers, req_body,
                                    resp_body, extra)
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
index ec0aaffbb3..445e8bd968 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 import copy
 import importlib
 import inspect
-import logging
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from tempest.lib import auth
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import misc
diff --git a/tempest/test_discover/plugins.py b/tempest/test_discover/plugins.py
index e9f59af854..abe2b73d54 100644
--- a/tempest/test_discover/plugins.py
+++ b/tempest/test_discover/plugins.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import abc
-import logging
 
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 import six
 import stevedore