diff --git a/ipamd/ipamd.go b/ipamd/ipamd.go
index 29fe496df26..df8821e510a 100644
--- a/ipamd/ipamd.go
+++ b/ipamd/ipamd.go
@@ -824,9 +824,9 @@ func (c *IPAMContext) nodeIPPoolTooLow() bool {
 	available := total - used
 	poolTooLow := available < c.maxIPsPerENI*c.warmENITarget || (c.warmENITarget == 0 && available == 0)
 	if poolTooLow {
-		log.Debugf("IP pool is too low: available (%d) < ENI target (%d) * addrsPerENI (%d)", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
+		log.Tracef("IP pool is too low: available (%d) < ENI target (%d) * addrsPerENI (%d)", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
 	} else {
-		log.Debugf("IP pool is NOT too low: available (%d) >= ENI target (%d) * addrsPerENI (%d)", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
+		log.Tracef("IP pool is NOT too low: available (%d) >= ENI target (%d) * addrsPerENI (%d)", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
 	}
 	return poolTooLow
 }
@@ -857,9 +857,9 @@ func (c *IPAMContext) shouldRemoveExtraENIs() bool {
 	// We need the +1 to make sure we are not going below the WARM_ENI_TARGET.
 	shouldRemoveExtra := available >= (c.warmENITarget+1)*c.maxIPsPerENI
 	if shouldRemoveExtra {
-		log.Debugf("It might be possible to remove extra ENIs because available (%d) >= (ENI target (%d) + 1) * addrsPerENI (%d): ", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
+		log.Tracef("It might be possible to remove extra ENIs because available (%d) >= (ENI target (%d) + 1) * addrsPerENI (%d): ", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
 	} else {
-		log.Debugf("Its NOT possible to remove extra ENIs because available (%d) < (ENI target (%d) + 1) * addrsPerENI (%d): ", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
+		log.Tracef("Its NOT possible to remove extra ENIs because available (%d) < (ENI target (%d) + 1) * addrsPerENI (%d): ", available, c.warmENITarget, c.maxIPsPerENI)
 	}
 	return shouldRemoveExtra
 }
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ func (c *IPAMContext) ipTargetState() (short int, over int, enabled bool) {
 	// over is the number of available IPs we have beyond the warm IP target
 	over = max(available-c.warmIPTarget, 0)
 
-	log.Debugf("Current warm IP stats: target: %d, total: %d, assigned: %d, available: %d, short: %d, over %d", c.warmIPTarget, total, assigned, available, short, over)
+	log.Tracef("Current warm IP stats: target: %d, total: %d, assigned: %d, available: %d, short: %d, over %d", c.warmIPTarget, total, assigned, available, short, over)
 	return short, over, true
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/logger/logger.go b/pkg/utils/logger/logger.go
index 2bedc73365e..a1b4029a835 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/logger/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/logger/logger.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
   %s
  </outputs>
  <formats>
-  <format id="main" format="%%UTCDate(2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00) [%%LEVEL]%%t%%Msg%%n" />
+  <format id="main" format="%%UTCDate(2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00) [%%LEVEL] %%t%%Msg%%n" />
  </formats>
 </seelog>
 `