diff --git a/codex/testutil.go b/codex/testutil.go
index aed20e4..c02e54f 100644
--- a/codex/testutil.go
+++ b/codex/testutil.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func newCodexNode(t *testing.T, opts ...codexNodeTestOption) *CodexNode {
 		LogFormat:      LogFormatNoColors,
 		MetricsEnabled: false,
 		BlockRetries:   o.blockRetries,
+		LogLevel:       "ERROR",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create Codex node: %v", err)
diff --git a/vendor/nim-codex b/vendor/nim-codex
index 06795c5..aa1bdf2 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-codex
+++ b/vendor/nim-codex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 06795c5de562eedc8e179cc0296027295e9b16b9
+Subproject commit aa1bdf2300934335eecbd0d6a7091675121d4439