diff --git a/packages/tests/package.json b/packages/tests/package.json
index fba79475f8..8188105c50 100644
--- a/packages/tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/tests/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "pretest": "run-s pretest:*",
     "pretest:1-init-git-submodules": "[ -f '../../nwaku/build/wakunode2' ] || git submodule update --init --recursive",
     "pretest:2-build-nwaku": "[ -f '../../nwaku/build/wakunode2' ] || run-s nwaku:build",
-    "nwaku:build": "(PROC=$(nproc --all 2>/dev/null || echo 2); cd ../../nwaku; make -j$PROC update; NIMFLAGS=\"-d:chronicles_colors=off -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE\" make -j$PROC wakunode2)",
+    "nwaku:build": "(PROC=$(nproc --all 2>/dev/null || echo 2); cd ../../nwaku; make -j$PROC update; NIMFLAGS=\"-d:chronicles_colors=off -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines\" make -j$PROC wakunode2)",
     "nwaku:force-build": "(cd ../../nwaku && rm -rf ./build/ ./vendor) && run-s nwaku:build",
     "check": "run-s check:*",
     "check:prettier": "prettier . --list-different",
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/nwaku.ts b/packages/tests/src/nwaku.ts
index 1a240e6dff..5401fbd587 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/nwaku.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/nwaku.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ export function defaultArgs(): Args {
     rpcAdmin: true,
     websocketSupport: true,
     storeMessageDbUrl: "sqlite://:memory:",
-    logLevel: LogLevel.Debug,
+    logLevel: LogLevel.Trace,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/nwaku.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/nwaku.node.spec.ts
index b1602bb2da..1b279f5de2 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/nwaku.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/nwaku.node.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe("nwaku", () => {
       "--rpc-admin=true",
       "--websocket-support=true",
       "--store-message-db-url=sqlite://:memory:",
-      "--log-level=DEBUG",
+      "--log-level=TRACE",
       "--ports-shift=42",
     ];