diff --git a/packages/utils/src/logger/interface.ts b/packages/utils/src/logger/interface.ts
index b492c1a3662d..9ea9dd82b9cf 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/logger/interface.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/logger/interface.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export enum LogLevel {
   info = "info",
   verbose = "verbose",
   debug = "debug",
-  silly = "silly",
+  trace = "trace",
 }
 
 export const logLevelNum: {[K in LogLevel]: number} = {
@@ -15,21 +15,13 @@ export const logLevelNum: {[K in LogLevel]: number} = {
   [LogLevel.info]: 2,
   [LogLevel.verbose]: 3,
   [LogLevel.debug]: 4,
-  [LogLevel.silly]: 5,
+  /** Request in https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/issues/4536 by eth-docker */
+  [LogLevel.trace]: 5,
 };
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
 export const LogLevels = Object.values(LogLevel);
 
-export const customColors = {
-  error: "red",
-  warn: "yellow",
-  info: "white",
-  verbose: "green",
-  debug: "pink",
-  silly: "purple",
-};
-
 export const defaultLogLevel = LogLevel.info;
 
 export type LogFormat = "human" | "json";
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/logger/winston.ts b/packages/utils/src/logger/winston.ts
index 0361ded0c462..486da840ed1b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/logger/winston.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/logger/winston.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import winston from "winston";
 import type {Logger} from "winston";
-import {ILogger, ILoggerOptions, LoggerChildOpts, LogLevel} from "./interface.js";
+import {ILogger, ILoggerOptions, LoggerChildOpts, LogLevel, logLevelNum} from "./interface.js";
 import {getFormat} from "./format.js";
 import {LogData} from "./json.js";
 
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class WinstonLogger implements ILogger {
         format: getFormat(options),
         transports,
         exitOnError: false,
+        levels: logLevelNum,
       })
     );
   }
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ export class WinstonLogger implements ILogger {
     this.createLogEntry(LogLevel.debug, message, context, error);
   }
 
-  silly(message: string, context?: LogData, error?: Error): void {
-    this.createLogEntry(LogLevel.silly, message, context, error);
+  trace(message: string, context?: LogData, error?: Error): void {
+    this.createLogEntry(LogLevel.trace, message, context, error);
   }
 
   child(options: LoggerChildOpts): WinstonLogger {