diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/environments/production.sh b/crates/collab/k8s/environments/production.sh
index 5f71d201fbed22c09ca64260c8fd54e8f2c9fd09..bac7fbedf7448b1746770ad0fa2fabebe8bd726a 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/environments/production.sh
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/environments/production.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ZED_ENVIRONMENT=production
+RUST_LOG=info
 TRACE_LEVEL=debug
diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/environments/staging.sh b/crates/collab/k8s/environments/staging.sh
index 0d93902680211741b287ce6c40fc94e337ecc7b9..ed7121715d80d4b4d3ef9f708f90a2728e3edfb0 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/environments/staging.sh
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/environments/staging.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ZED_ENVIRONMENT=staging
+RUST_LOG=info
 TRACE_LEVEL=debug
diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml b/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
index 848d06ec494eae08b3c50f2960797ec728361cd2..d3f398c4736170d29bc5aff6f5ad5949f39b6475 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
             - name: LOG_JSON
               value: "1"
             - name: RUST_LOG
-              value: "trace"
+              value: ${RUST_LOG}
             - name: TRACE_LEVEL
               value: ${TRACE_LEVEL}
             - name: HONEYCOMB_DATASET