diff --git a/redisvl/utils/log.py b/redisvl/utils/log.py
index 41d5fcb1..a71f33e2 100644
--- a/redisvl/utils/log.py
+++ b/redisvl/utils/log.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import coloredlogs
 
-# constants for logging
 coloredlogs.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "%H:%M:%S"
 coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s   %(message)s"
 
@@ -15,5 +14,16 @@ def get_logger(name, log_level="info", fmt=None):
     name = "RedisVL" if log_level == "debug" else name
 
     logger = logging.getLogger(name)
-    coloredlogs.install(level=log_level, logger=logger, fmt=fmt, stream=sys.stdout)
+
+    # Only configure this specific logger, not the root logger
+    # Check if the logger already has handlers to respect existing configuration
+    if not logger.handlers:
+        coloredlogs.install(
+            level=log_level,
+            logger=logger,  # Pass the specific logger
+            fmt=fmt,
+            stream=sys.stdout,
+            isatty=True,  # Only use colors when supported
+            reconfigure=False,  # Don't reconfigure existing loggers
+        )
     return logger
diff --git a/tests/unit/logger_interference_checker.py b/tests/unit/logger_interference_checker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1c9ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/logger_interference_checker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+import sys
+
+# Set up custom logging
+handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+handler.setFormatter(
+    logging.Formatter(
+        "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(name)s] [%(filename)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s"
+    )
+)
+
+# Configure root logger
+root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+root_logger.handlers = [handler]
+root_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+# Log before import
+app_logger = logging.getLogger("app")
+app_logger.info("PRE_IMPORT_FORMAT")
+
+# Import RedisVL
+from redisvl.query.filter import Text  # noqa: E402, F401
+
+# Log after import
+app_logger.info("POST_IMPORT_FORMAT")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index a6e3dd02..83300d0c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import importlib
+import io
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
 from functools import wraps
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -441,3 +446,59 @@ def old_func():
 
         with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
             old_func()
+
+    def test_logging_configuration_not_overridden(self):
+        """Test that RedisVL imports don't override existing logging configurations."""
+        import os
+        import subprocess
+
+        # Get the path to the helper script relative to this test file
+        current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        helper_script = os.path.join(current_dir, "logger_interference_checker.py")
+
+        # Run the helper script in a separate process
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, helper_script], capture_output=True, text=True
+        )
+
+        # Extract the log lines
+        output_lines = result.stdout.strip().split("\n")
+        pre_import_line = ""
+        post_import_line = ""
+
+        for line in output_lines:
+            if "PRE_IMPORT_FORMAT" in line:
+                pre_import_line = line
+            elif "POST_IMPORT_FORMAT" in line:
+                post_import_line = line
+
+        # Check if we found both lines
+        assert pre_import_line, "No pre-import log message found"
+        assert post_import_line, "No post-import log message found"
+
+        # Print for debugging
+        print(f"Pre-import format: {pre_import_line}")
+        print(f"Post-import format: {post_import_line}")
+
+        # Check format preservation
+        # Look for bracketed logger name format
+        has_bracketed_logger_pre = "[app]" in pre_import_line
+        has_bracketed_logger_post = "[app]" in post_import_line
+        assert has_bracketed_logger_pre == has_bracketed_logger_post, (
+            f"Logger format changed from {'bracketed' if has_bracketed_logger_pre else 'unbracketed'} "
+            f"to {'bracketed' if has_bracketed_logger_post else 'unbracketed'}"
+        )
+
+        # Look for file/line information
+        has_file_line_pre = bool(re.search(r"\[\w+\.py:\d+\]", pre_import_line))
+        has_file_line_post = bool(re.search(r"\[\w+\.py:\d+\]", post_import_line))
+        assert (
+            has_file_line_pre == has_file_line_post
+        ), f"File/line format changed: was present before: {has_file_line_pre}, present after: {has_file_line_post}"
+
+        # Check date format (RedisVL strips the date portion)
+        has_date_pre = bool(re.match(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}", pre_import_line))
+        has_date_post = bool(re.match(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}", post_import_line))
+        assert (
+            has_date_pre == has_date_post
+        ), f"Date format changed: was present before: {has_date_pre}, present after: {has_date_post}"