diff --git a/src/Directory.Packages.props b/src/Directory.Packages.props
index b9aaf2b441..78ac9645bd 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft-WindowsAPICodePack-Shell" Version="1.1.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Mindscape.Raygun4Net.NetCore" Version="11.2.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="5.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="6.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NServiceBus" Version="10.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NServiceBus.AcceptanceTesting" Version="10.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NServiceBus.AmazonSQS" Version="9.0.0" />
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Program.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Program.cs
index 763329c2f6..8cf01d435c 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Program.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Program.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     }
     else
     {
-        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.${shortdate}.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
+        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
         NLog.LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Fatal(ex, "Unrecoverable error");
     }
     throw;
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
index f86f776bac..53ad40b12e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static void ConfigureLogging(LoggingSettings loggingSettings)
             }
 
             var logLevel = loggingSettings.LogLevel.ToNLogLevel();
-            var loggingTo = ConfigureNLog("logfile.${shortdate}.txt", loggingSettings.LogPath, loggingSettings.LogLevel.ToNLogLevel());
+            var loggingTo = ConfigureNLog("logfile.txt", loggingSettings.LogPath, loggingSettings.LogLevel.ToNLogLevel());
 
             //using LogManager here rather than LoggerUtil.CreateStaticLogger since this is exclusive to NLog
             var logger = LogManager.GetLogger("LoggingConfiguration");
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public static string ConfigureNLog(string logFileName, string logPath, LogLevel
                 Name = "file",
                 ArchiveEvery = FileArchivePeriod.Day,
                 FileName = Path.Combine(logPath, logFileName),
-                ArchiveFileName = Path.Combine(logPath, "logfile.{#}.txt"),
-                ArchiveNumbering = ArchiveNumberingMode.DateAndSequence,
+                ArchiveSuffixFormat = ".{1:yyyy-MM-dd}.{0:00}",
                 Layout = simpleLayout,
                 MaxArchiveFiles = 14,
                 ArchiveAboveSize = 30 * megaByte
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Program.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Program.cs
index 81393c0c61..8635862a91 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Program.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Program.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     }
     else
     {
-        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.${shortdate}.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
+        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
         NLog.LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Fatal(ex, "Unrecoverable error");
     }
     throw;
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl/Program.cs b/src/ServiceControl/Program.cs
index 857ed0a782..7234479cd3 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl/Program.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl/Program.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     }
     else
     {
-        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.${shortdate}.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
+        LoggingConfigurator.ConfigureNLog("bootstrap.txt", "./", NLog.LogLevel.Fatal);
         NLog.LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Fatal(ex, "Unrecoverable error");
     }
     throw;