diff --git a/charts/kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 7d6d1855..518d8d0d 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 name: kafka-exporter
-version: 1.1.1
+version: 1.2.0
 home: https://github.com/abhishekjiitr/kafka-exporter-helm
 maintainers:
   - name: abhishekjiitr
diff --git a/charts/kafka-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kafka-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 93991406..96d69658 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
             - --tls.key-file=/etc/tls-certs/key-file
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.kafkaExporter.log }}
+            - --verbosity={{ .Values.kafkaExporter.log.verbosity }}
             {{- if .Values.kafkaExporter.log.enableSarama }}
             - --log.enable-sarama
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/kafka-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/kafka-exporter/values.yaml
index 71b22e8e..d001b409 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ kafkaExporter:
     keyFile: ""
 
   log:
+    verbosity: 0
     enableSarama: false
 
 prometheus: