diff --git a/tools/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/tools/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index abeaf1ee09e4c..5291604d49ae5 100644
--- a/tools/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/tools/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
 
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=TRACE
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=INFO
diff --git a/trogdor/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/trogdor/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index abeaf1ee09e4c..5291604d49ae5 100644
--- a/trogdor/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/trogdor/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
 
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=TRACE
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=INFO