diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_bodies_test.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_bodies_test.go
index 872de8191b8..e0c93d766a4 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_bodies_test.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_bodies_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/config3"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/kv"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/kv/rawdbv3"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/log/v3"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/rawdb"
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ func testingHeaderBody(t *testing.T) (h *types.Header, b *types.RawBody) {
 }
 
 func TestBodiesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
+	defer log.Root().SetHandler(log.Root().GetHandler())
+	log.Root().SetHandler(log.LvlFilterHandler(log.LvlError, log.StderrHandler))
+
 	m := mock.Mock(t)
 	tx, err := m.DB.BeginRw(m.Ctx)
 	require := require.New(t)
diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_bor_heimdall_test.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_bor_heimdall_test.go
index be13bcc8eac..a3fe1b1e33f 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_bor_heimdall_test.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_bor_heimdall_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardPersistsSpans(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SaveStageProgress(ctx, t, stages.Headers, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardFetchesFirstSpanDuringSecondSprintStart(t *testing.T)
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SaveStageProgress(ctx, t, stages.Headers, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardFetchesFirstSpanAfterSecondSprintStart(t *testing.T)
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SaveStageProgress(ctx, t, stages.Headers, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardFetchesNextSpanDuringLastSprintOfCurrentSpan(t *testi
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SaveStageProgress(ctx, t, stages.Headers, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardPersistsStateSyncEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SaveStageProgress(ctx, t, stages.Headers, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardErrHeaderValidatorsLengthMismatch(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 		HeimdallProducersOverride: map[uint64][]valset.Validator{
 			1: {
 				*valset.NewValidator(crypto.PubkeyToAddress(validatorKey1.PublicKey), 1),
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardErrHeaderValidatorsBytesMismatch(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 		HeimdallProducersOverride: map[uint64][]valset.Validator{
 			1: {
 				*valset.NewValidator(crypto.PubkeyToAddress(validatorKey1.PublicKey), 1),
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestBorHeimdallForwardDetectsUnauthorizedSignerError(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            chainConfig,
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 
 	// prepare invalid header and insert it in the db
diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_mining_bor_heimdall_test.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_mining_bor_heimdall_test.go
index ac3489a960e..4c4dc4626c8 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_mining_bor_heimdall_test.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_mining_bor_heimdall_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestMiningBorHeimdallForwardPersistsSpans(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SetMiningBlockEmptyHeader(ctx, t, uint64(numBlocks))
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestMiningBorHeimdallForwardPersistsStateSyncEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	testHarness := stagedsynctest.InitHarness(ctx, t, stagedsynctest.HarnessCfg{
 		ChainConfig:            stagedsynctest.BorDevnetChainConfigWithNoBlockSealDelays(),
 		GenerateChainNumBlocks: numBlocks,
-		LogLvl:                 log.LvlInfo,
+		LogLvl:                 log.LvlError,
 	})
 	// pretend-update previous stage progress
 	testHarness.SetMiningBlockEmptyHeader(ctx, t, uint64(numBlocks))
diff --git a/turbo/stages/mock/mock_sentry.go b/turbo/stages/mock/mock_sentry.go
index 2f87b0234b2..a32181fa988 100644
--- a/turbo/stages/mock/mock_sentry.go
+++ b/turbo/stages/mock/mock_sentry.go
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ func MockWithEverything(tb testing.TB, gspec *types.Genesis, key *ecdsa.PrivateK
 	cfg.DeprecatedTxPool.Disable = !withTxPool
 	cfg.DeprecatedTxPool.StartOnInit = true
 
-	logger := log.New()
+	logger := log.Root()
+	logger.SetHandler(log.LvlFilterHandler(log.LvlError, log.StderrHandler))
 
 	ctx, ctxCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	db, agg := temporaltest.NewTestDB(nil, dirs)