diff --git a/router/cmd/plan_generator.go b/router/cmd/plan_generator.go
index 04c5c78ba0..cf5e34446f 100644
--- a/router/cmd/plan_generator.go
+++ b/router/cmd/plan_generator.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/router/pkg/plan_generator"
 	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
 func PlanGenerator(args []string) {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func PlanGenerator(args []string) {
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.OutputReport, "print-report", false, "write a report.json file, with all the query plans and errors sorted by file name")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.FailOnPlanError, "fail-on-error", false, "if at least one plan fails, the command exit code will be 1")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.FailFast, "fail-fast", false, "stop as soon as possible if a plan fails")
-	f.StringVar(&cfg.LogLevel, "log-level", "warning", "log level to use (debug, info, warning, error, panic, fatal)")
+	f.StringVar(&cfg.LogLevel, "log-level", "warning", "log level to use (debug, info, warn, error, panic, fatal)")
 	f.UintVar(&cfg.MaxDataSourceCollectorsConcurrency, "max-collectors", 0, "max number of concurrent data source collectors, if unset or 0, no limit will be enforced")
 
 	if err := f.Parse(args[1:]); err != nil {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func PlanGenerator(args []string) {
 	)
 	defer stop()
 
-	logLevel, err := logging.ZapLogLevelFromString(cfg.LogLevel)
+	logLevel, err := zapcore.ParseLevel(cfg.LogLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Could not parse log level: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/router/pkg/config/config.schema.json b/router/pkg/config/config.schema.json
index d66730574e..f8b66502fc 100644
--- a/router/pkg/config/config.schema.json
+++ b/router/pkg/config/config.schema.json
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
     },
     "log_level": {
       "type": "string",
-      "enum": ["debug", "info", "warning", "error", "fatal", "panic"],
+      "enum": ["debug", "info", "warn", "error", "panic", "fatal"],
       "description": "The log level. The log level is used to control the verbosity of the logs. The default value is 'info'.",
       "default": "info"
     },
diff --git a/router/pkg/config/config_test.go b/router/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 0102cb7755..8ff2f5da01 100644
--- a/router/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/router/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+
 	"github.com/caarlos0/env/v11"
 	"github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6"
 	"github.com/sebdah/goldie/v2"
@@ -201,6 +204,61 @@ telemetry:
 	require.Equal(t, RegExArray{regexp.MustCompile("^instance")}, cfg.Config.Telemetry.Metrics.Prometheus.ExcludeMetricLabels)
 }
 
+func TestLogLevels(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		logLevel string
+		expected zapcore.Level
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "debug level",
+			logLevel: "debug",
+			expected: zapcore.DebugLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "info level",
+			logLevel: "info",
+			expected: zapcore.InfoLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "warn level",
+			logLevel: "warn",
+			expected: zapcore.WarnLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "error level",
+			logLevel: "error",
+			expected: zapcore.ErrorLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "panic level",
+			logLevel: "panic",
+			expected: zapcore.PanicLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "fatal level",
+			logLevel: "fatal",
+			expected: zapcore.FatalLevel,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run("parses "+tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			f := createTempFileFromFixture(t, fmt.Sprintf(`
+version: "1"
+log_level: %s
+`, tt.logLevel))
+
+			cfg, err := LoadConfig([]string{f})
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, cfg.Config.LogLevel)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCustomGoDurationExtension(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/router/pkg/logging/logging.go b/router/pkg/logging/logging.go
index fc2ee79429..9f2fc92e66 100644
--- a/router/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ b/router/pkg/logging/logging.go
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -161,25 +159,6 @@ func NewLogFile(path string) (*os.File, error) {
 	return os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 }
 
-func ZapLogLevelFromString(logLevel string) (zapcore.Level, error) {
-	switch strings.ToUpper(logLevel) {
-	case "DEBUG":
-		return zap.DebugLevel, nil
-	case "INFO":
-		return zap.InfoLevel, nil
-	case "WARNING":
-		return zap.WarnLevel, nil
-	case "ERROR":
-		return zap.ErrorLevel, nil
-	case "FATAL":
-		return zap.FatalLevel, nil
-	case "PANIC":
-		return zap.PanicLevel, nil
-	default:
-		return -1, fmt.Errorf("unknown log level: %s", logLevel)
-	}
-}
-
 func WithRequestID(reqID string) zap.Field {
 	return zap.String(requestIDField, reqID)
 }