diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchQueryCategorizer.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchQueryCategorizer.java
index 9cbe2d2ffcb7d..8fe1be610f9af 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchQueryCategorizer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/SearchQueryCategorizer.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ private void logQueryShape(QueryBuilder topLevelQueryBuilder) {
         }
         QueryShapeVisitor shapeVisitor = new QueryShapeVisitor();
         topLevelQueryBuilder.visit(shapeVisitor);
-        log.debug("Query shape : {}", shapeVisitor.prettyPrintTree("  "));
+        log.trace("Query shape : {}", shapeVisitor.prettyPrintTree("  "));
     }
 
 }