diff --git a/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginService.cpp b/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginService.cpp
index 1c5cf3712be2602b2e61fefe0a84a41ff357841d..f6b4b7c0bd716d82ef7f861ff8c32baf6859c64b 100644
--- a/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginService.cpp
+++ b/GaudiPluginService/src/PluginService.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ namespace Gaudi { namespace PluginService {
       }
     }
 
-    static std::auto_ptr<Logger> s_logger(new Logger);
+    static std::unique_ptr<Logger> s_logger(new Logger);
     Logger& logger() {
       return *s_logger;
     }