diff --git a/hack/lib/etcd.sh b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
index 4df9c3fc442..e799c89aab7 100755
--- a/hack/lib/etcd.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ETCD_PORT=${ETCD_PORT:-2379}
 # This is intentionally not called ETCD_LOG_LEVEL:
 # etcd checks that and compains when it is set in addition
 # to the command line argument, even when both have the same value.
-ETCD_LOGLEVEL=${ETCD_LOGLEVEL:-debug}
+ETCD_LOGLEVEL=${ETCD_LOGLEVEL:-warn}
 export KUBE_INTEGRATION_ETCD_URL="http://${ETCD_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}"
 
 kube::etcd::validate() {