diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
index 4f595bb90..0bedd8511 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (w *render) render() (io.Reader, error) {
 {{- if (.CheckModules) }}
 cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking {{ .DefaultRuntimeExecutablePath }} directly"
+	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking {{ .DefaultRuntimeExecutablePath }} directly" >&2
 	exec {{ .DefaultRuntimeExecutablePath }} "$@"
 fi
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
index 28a5e0c09..7c8b0d83c 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestWrapperRender(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: `#! /bin/sh
 cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
+	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly" >&2
 	exec runc "$@"
 fi
 	/dest-dir/some-runtime \
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
index 313f348fc..d308fb3c3 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func TestToolkitInstaller(t *testing.T) {
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
+	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly" >&2
 	exec runc "$@"
 fi
 NVIDIA_CTK_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/foo/bar/baz/.config/nvidia-container-runtime/config.toml \
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz:$PATH \
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
+	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly" >&2
 	exec runc "$@"
 fi
 NVIDIA_CTK_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/foo/bar/baz/.config/nvidia-container-runtime/config.toml \
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz:$PATH \
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
-	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
+	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly" >&2
 	exec runc "$@"
 fi
 NVIDIA_CTK_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/foo/bar/baz/.config/nvidia-container-runtime/config.toml \