diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
index 43534f3100..09ee864240 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  *
  * @api
  */
-final readonly class ContentRepository
+final class ContentRepository
 {
     /**
      * @internal use the {@see ContentRepositoryFactory::getOrBuild()} to instantiate
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/ContentRepositoryRegistry.php b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/ContentRepositoryRegistry.php
index fc75a43629..5ffe1c220b 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/ContentRepositoryRegistry.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Classes/ContentRepositoryRegistry.php
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ final class ContentRepositoryRegistry
      */
     private array $factoryInstances = [];
 
+    #[Flow\Inject(name: 'Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry:Logger', lazy: false)]
+    protected LoggerInterface $logger;
+
     /**
      * @param array<string, mixed> $settings
      */
@@ -64,7 +67,6 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly array $settings,
         private readonly ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager,
         private readonly SubgraphCachePool $subgraphCachePool,
-        private readonly LoggerInterface $logger,
     ) {
     }
 
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Objects.yaml b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Objects.yaml
index df582d41eb..f41e1e795a 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Objects.yaml
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Objects.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ Neos\ContentGraph\DoctrineDbalAdapter\DoctrineDbalContentGraphProjectionFactory:
       value: 'Neos\ContentGraph\DoctrineDbalAdapter\DoctrineDbalContentGraphProjectionFactory'
     2:
       object: 'Doctrine\DBAL\Connection'
+
+'Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry:Logger':
+  className: Psr\Log\LoggerInterface
+  scope: singleton
+  factoryObjectName: Neos\Flow\Log\PsrLoggerFactoryInterface
+  factoryMethodName: get
+  arguments:
+    1:
+      value: contentRepositoryLogger
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Settings.yaml b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Settings.yaml
index d8b2371572..d78307056a 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Settings.yaml
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepositoryRegistry/Configuration/Settings.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ Neos:
         ignoredClasses:
           Neos\\ContentRepository\\SharedModel\\NodeType\\NodeTypeManager: true
 
+    log:
+      psr3:
+        'Neos\Flow\Log\PsrLoggerFactory':
+          contentRepositoryLogger:
+            default:
+              class: Neos\Flow\Log\Backend\FileBackend
+              options:
+                # todo context aware? FLOW_APPLICATION_CONTEXT .. but that contains /
+                logFileURL: '%FLOW_PATH_DATA%Logs/ContentRepository.log'
+                createParentDirectories: true
+                severityThreshold: '%LOG_INFO%'
+                maximumLogFileSize: 10485760
+                logFilesToKeep: 1
+                logMessageOrigin: false
+
   ContentRepositoryRegistry:
     contentRepositories:
       default: