diff --git a/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index f9ee64475888f..eabbc549b93b6 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
 
 log4j.logger.kafka=INFO
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=ERROR
 
 log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.clients=WARN