diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index b347d275e2f..e319af66569 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.crytpo.key.kms.server=ALL
 log4j.logger.com.sun.jersey.server.wadl.generators.WadlGeneratorJAXBGrammarGenerator=OFF
 log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.security=OFF
 log4j.logger.org.apache.directory.server.core=OFF
-log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader=OFF
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+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader=OFF
+# make zookeeper log level an explicit config, and not changing with rootLogger.
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.curator=INFO
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