diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hbase-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index cbfb5416efd..6ee91efc3b2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %C{2}(%L):
 
 log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN
 log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=ERROR
-log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hbase=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hbase=DEBUG
 
 #These two settings are workarounds against spurious logs from the minicluster.
 #See HBASE-4709