diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f461f45179..e75a89befa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -368,10 +368,7 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85cdab6a89accf66733ad5a1693a4dcced6aeff64602b634530dd73c1f3ee9f0"
 dependencies = [
- "is-terminal",
  "log",
- "regex",
- "termcolor",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -458,7 +455,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fuzz"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "libfuzzer-sys",
  "neqo-common",
@@ -814,7 +811,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-bin"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap-verbosity-flag",
@@ -837,7 +834,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-common"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "enum-map",
@@ -853,7 +850,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-crypto"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "log",
@@ -868,7 +865,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-http3"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "enumset",
  "log",
@@ -885,7 +882,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-qpack"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "neqo-common",
@@ -897,7 +894,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-transport"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "enum-map",
@@ -915,7 +912,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neqo-udp"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "log",
@@ -1228,18 +1225,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "test-fixture"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "neqo-common",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 75ee5b634f..3bd4d6c00d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ description = "Neqo, the Mozilla implementation of QUIC in Rust."
 keywords = ["quic", "http3", "neqo", "mozilla", "ietf", "firefox"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "web-programming"]
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 # Keep in sync with `.rustfmt.toml` `edition`.
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/neqo-common/Cargo.toml b/neqo-common/Cargo.toml
index 0d05a4043f..ee11980862 100644
--- a/neqo-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/neqo-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # Checked against https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/Cargo.lock 2024-11-11
 enum-map = { workspace = true }
-env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ["auto-color", "regex"] }
+env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"], optional = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 qlog = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/neqo-common/src/log.rs b/neqo-common/src/log.rs
index 16ec127bc2..ac331ede08 100644
--- a/neqo-common/src/log.rs
+++ b/neqo-common/src/log.rs
@@ -33,18 +33,12 @@ pub fn init(level_filter: Option<log::LevelFilter>) {
         }
         builder.format(|buf, record| {
             let elapsed = since_start();
-            let level_style = buf.default_level_style(record.level());
-            let mut bold = buf.style();
-            bold.set_bold(true);
             writeln!(
                 buf,
-                "{} {} {}",
-                bold.value(format!(
-                    "{}.{:03}",
-                    elapsed.as_secs(),
-                    elapsed.as_millis() % 1000
-                )),
-                level_style.value(record.level()),
+                "{}.{:03} {} {}",
+                elapsed.as_secs(),
+                elapsed.as_millis() % 1000,
+                record.level(),
                 record.args()
             )
         });