diff --git a/include/rmm/logger.hpp b/include/rmm/logger.hpp
index 326385f16..eba3f122b 100644
--- a/include/rmm/logger.hpp
+++ b/include/rmm/logger.hpp
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ struct bytes {
   }
 };
 
+inline spdlog::logger& logger()
+{
+  static detail::logger_wrapper wrapped{};
+  return wrapped.logger_;
+}
 }  // namespace detail
 
 /**
@@ -107,10 +112,12 @@ struct bytes {
  *
  * @return spdlog::logger& The logger.
  */
-RMM_EXPORT inline spdlog::logger& logger()
+[[deprecated(
+  "Support for direct access to spdlog loggers in rmm is planned for "
+  "removal")]] RMM_EXPORT inline spdlog::logger&
+logger()
 {
-  static detail::logger_wrapper wrapped{};
-  return wrapped.logger_;
+  return detail::logger();
 }
 
 //! @cond Doxygen_Suppress
@@ -118,12 +125,12 @@ RMM_EXPORT inline spdlog::logger& logger()
 // The default is INFO, but it should be used sparingly, so that by default a log file is only
 // output if there is important information, warnings, errors, and critical failures
 // Log messages that require computation should only be used at level TRACE and DEBUG
-#define RMM_LOG_TRACE(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_TRACE(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
-#define RMM_LOG_DEBUG(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_DEBUG(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
-#define RMM_LOG_INFO(...)     SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
-#define RMM_LOG_WARN(...)     SPDLOG_LOGGER_WARN(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
-#define RMM_LOG_ERROR(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_ERROR(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
-#define RMM_LOG_CRITICAL(...) SPDLOG_LOGGER_CRITICAL(&rmm::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_TRACE(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_TRACE(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_DEBUG(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_DEBUG(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_INFO(...)     SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_WARN(...)     SPDLOG_LOGGER_WARN(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_ERROR(...)    SPDLOG_LOGGER_ERROR(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define RMM_LOG_CRITICAL(...) SPDLOG_LOGGER_CRITICAL(&rmm::detail::logger(), __VA_ARGS__)
 
 //! @endcond
 
diff --git a/python/rmm/rmm/librmm/_logger.pxd b/python/rmm/rmm/librmm/_logger.pxd
index 241a748c3..fb2126b2f 100644
--- a/python/rmm/rmm/librmm/_logger.pxd
+++ b/python/rmm/rmm/librmm/_logger.pxd
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ cdef extern from "spdlog/spdlog.h" namespace "spdlog" nogil:
         bool should_log(logging_level msg_level)
 
 
-cdef extern from "rmm/logger.hpp" namespace "rmm" nogil:
+cdef extern from "rmm/logger.hpp" namespace "rmm::detail" nogil:
     cdef spdlog_logger& logger() except +
diff --git a/tests/mr/device/tracking_mr_tests.cpp b/tests/mr/device/tracking_mr_tests.cpp
index acd540ae6..3fce55fb8 100644
--- a/tests/mr/device/tracking_mr_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/mr/device/tracking_mr_tests.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ TEST(TrackingTest, LogOutstandingAllocations)
 {
   std::ostringstream oss;
   auto oss_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::ostream_sink_st>(oss);
-  rmm::logger().sinks().push_back(oss_sink);
-  auto old_level = rmm::logger().level();
+  rmm::detail::logger().sinks().push_back(oss_sink);
+  auto old_level = rmm::detail::logger().level();
 
   tracking_adaptor mr{rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource_ref()};
   std::vector<void*> allocations;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ TEST(TrackingTest, LogOutstandingAllocations)
     allocations.push_back(mr.allocate(ten_MiB));
   }
 
-  rmm::logger().set_level(spdlog::level::debug);
+  rmm::detail::logger().set_level(spdlog::level::debug);
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(mr.log_outstanding_allocations());
 
 #if SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL <= SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ TEST(TrackingTest, LogOutstandingAllocations)
     mr.deallocate(allocation, ten_MiB);
   }
 
-  rmm::logger().set_level(old_level);
-  rmm::logger().sinks().pop_back();
+  rmm::detail::logger().set_level(old_level);
+  rmm::detail::logger().sinks().pop_back();
 }
 
 }  // namespace