diff --git a/core/log/context.go b/core/log/context.go
index 569109fdba..5b844f99d2 100644
--- a/core/log/context.go
+++ b/core/log/context.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func GetLoggerFromContextOrDiscard(ctx context.Context) *log.Entry {
 	if !ok {
 		logger = log.NewEntry(&log.Logger{
 			Out:   io.Discard,
-			Level: 0,
+			Level: log.PanicLevel,
 		}).WithContext(ctx)
 	}
 	return logger
diff --git a/plugins/sdk-go/plugin/logger.go b/plugins/sdk-go/plugin/logger.go
index 87c05ba0c6..ff6b6db375 100644
--- a/plugins/sdk-go/plugin/logger.go
+++ b/plugins/sdk-go/plugin/logger.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var logger *slog.Logger
 func init() {
 	var logLevel slog.Level
 	if err := logLevel.UnmarshalText([]byte(getLogLevel())); err != nil {
-		logLevel = slog.LevelInfo
+		logLevel = slog.LevelError
 	}
 
 	logger = slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{