diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties b/conf/log4j.properties
index 8dd7a34bd7a8e..03c14c0814009 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ log4j.rootLogger=${pulsar.root.logger}
 # Log INFO level and above messages to the console
 #
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=INFO
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=DEBUG
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} - %-5p - [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} - %-5p - [%t:%C{1}@%
 #    Log DEBUG level and above messages to a log file
 log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
 
-log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.Threshold=INFO
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.Threshold=DEBUG
 log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.File=${pulsar.log.dir}/${pulsar.log.file}
 log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} - %-5p - [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
diff --git a/conf/log4j.shell.properties b/conf/log4j.shell.properties
index ee56ec661a903..aa9c8673292c7 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.shell.properties
+++ b/conf/log4j.shell.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ log4j.rootLogger=${bookkeeper.root.logger}
 # Log INFO level and above messages to the console
 #
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=INFO
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=DEBUG
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p %m%n