diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26d91786b8..cbaf2bb364 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - [#7832](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7832) *t3c* Removed perl dependency
 - Updated the CacheGroups Traffic Portal page to use a more performant AG-Grid-based table.
 - Updated Go version to 1.22.0
-- [#7979](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7979) *Traffic Router*, *Traffic Monitor*, *Traffic Server*: Store logs in /var/log
+- [#7979](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7979) *Traffic Router*, *Traffic Monitor*, *Traffic Server*, *Traffic Stats*: Store logs in /var/log
 
 ### Fixed
 - [#7957](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7957) *Traffic Ops* Fix the incorrect display of delivery services assigned to ORG servers.
diff --git a/infrastructure/ansible/roles/traffic_stats/defaults/main.yml b/infrastructure/ansible/roles/traffic_stats/defaults/main.yml
index 7f7eff66b4..79524aca5d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/ansible/roles/traffic_stats/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/infrastructure/ansible/roles/traffic_stats/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ts_group: traffic_stats
 # Traffic Stats Installation information
 ts_install_basedir: /opt/traffic_stats
 ts_install_confdir: "{{ ts_install_basedir }}/conf"
-ts_install_logdir: "{{ ts_install_basedir }}/var/log/traffic_stats"
+ts_install_logdir: "/var/log/traffic_stats"
 
 # Traffic Ops connection data
 ts_toUser:
diff --git a/infrastructure/cdn-in-a-box/traffic_stats/run.sh b/infrastructure/cdn-in-a-box/traffic_stats/run.sh
index 2b68d95744..be99ce94f3 100755
--- a/infrastructure/cdn-in-a-box/traffic_stats/run.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/cdn-in-a-box/traffic_stats/run.sh
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ cat <<-EOF >/opt/traffic_stats/conf/traffic_stats_seelog.xml
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 <seelog minlevel="debug">
     <outputs formatid="std:debug-short">
-        <file path="/opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log" />
+        <file path="/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log" />
     </outputs>
 </seelog>
 EOF
 
-touch /opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log
+touch /var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log
 
 # Wait for influxdb
 until nc $INFLUXDB_HOST $INFLUXDB_PORT </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; do
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ else
   "${traffic_stats_command[@]}" &
 fi;
 
-exec tail -f /opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log
+exec tail -f /var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log
 
diff --git a/traffic_stats/build/traffic_stats.spec b/traffic_stats/build/traffic_stats.spec
index e9ace68aeb..e056ec4567 100644
--- a/traffic_stats/build/traffic_stats.spec
+++ b/traffic_stats/build/traffic_stats.spec
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/opt/traffic_stats/conf
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/opt/traffic_stats/backup
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/opt/traffic_stats/influxdb_tools
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/opt/traffic_stats/var/run
-mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats
+mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/var/log/traffic_stats
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/etc/init.d
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/etc/logrotate.d
 mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"/var/lib/grafana/plugins/trafficcontrol-scenes-app
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ fi
 %dir /opt/traffic_stats/conf
 %dir /opt/traffic_stats/backup
 %dir /opt/traffic_stats/var
-%dir /opt/traffic_stats/var/log
 %dir /opt/traffic_stats/var/run
-%dir /opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats
+%dir /var/log/traffic_stats
 %dir /var/lib/grafana/plugins/trafficcontrol-scenes-app
 %dir /opt/traffic_stats/influxdb_tools
 
diff --git a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.init b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.init
index 3adf06d8cd..67e8b54378 100644
--- a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.init
+++ b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.init
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ start() {
 
         # Start daemons.
         echo -n $"Starting $name: "
-        daemon nohup $prog $options < /dev/null > /opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.out 2>&1 &
+        daemon nohup $prog $options < /dev/null > /var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.out 2>&1 &
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
diff --git a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.logrotate b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.logrotate
index ef1bb9c978..be3bd7a10c 100644
--- a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.logrotate
+++ b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.logrotate
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-/opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log {
+/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log {
         compress
         maxage 30
         missingok
diff --git a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats_seelog.xml b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats_seelog.xml
index 301016a733..7463dc298b 100644
--- a/traffic_stats/traffic_stats_seelog.xml
+++ b/traffic_stats/traffic_stats_seelog.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ under the License.
 
 <seelog minlevel="info">
     <outputs formatid="std:debug-short"> 
-        <file path="/opt/traffic_stats/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log" />
+        <file path="/var/log/traffic_stats/traffic_stats.log" />
     </outputs>
 </seelog>