diff --git a/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml b/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
index 2700fe26ac8..11be992f93d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         kind load docker-image --name kind gatekeeper-e2e:latest gatekeeper-crds:latest
         kubectl create ns gatekeeper-system
         make e2e-publisher-deploy
-        make e2e-helm-deploy HELM_REPO=gatekeeper-e2e HELM_CRD_REPO=gatekeeper-crds HELM_RELEASE=latest ENABLE_PUBSUB=true
+        make e2e-helm-deploy HELM_REPO=gatekeeper-e2e HELM_CRD_REPO=gatekeeper-crds HELM_RELEASE=latest ENABLE_PUBSUB=true LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
         make test-e2e ENABLE_PUBSUB_TESTS=1
 
     - name: Save logs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml b/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
index b192c132d31..d3730fd0173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy Helm release
         run: |
-          make e2e-helm-upgrade-init HELM_VERSION=${{ matrix.HELM_VERSION }} BASE_RELEASE=${{ env.BASE_RELEASE }}
+          make e2e-helm-upgrade-init HELM_VERSION=${{ matrix.HELM_VERSION }} BASE_RELEASE=${{ env.BASE_RELEASE }} LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
 
       - name: Run e2e after install
         run: |
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ jobs:
             HELM_VERSION=${{ matrix.HELM_VERSION }} \
             HELM_REPO=gatekeeper-e2e \
             HELM_CRD_REPO=gatekeeper-crds \
-            HELM_RELEASE=latest
+            HELM_RELEASE=latest \
+            LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
 
       - name: Run e2e after upgrade
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
index 90e178c73fc..9bfdd545a92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ jobs:
             HELM_CRD_REPO=gatekeeper-crds \
             HELM_RELEASE=latest \
             HELM_VERSION=${{ matrix.HELM_VERSION }} \
-            GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE=${{ matrix.GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE }}
+            GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE=${{ matrix.GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE }} \
+            LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
 
           make test-e2e \
             GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE=${{ matrix.GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f2006a8ab3..48b7b246022 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ENABLE_GENERATOR_EXPANSION ?= false
 ENABLE_PUBSUB ?= false
 AUDIT_CONNECTION ?= "audit"
 AUDIT_CHANNEL ?= "audit"
+LOG_LEVEL ?= "INFO"
 
 VERSION := v3.16.0-beta.0
 
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_PUBSUB),true)
 		--set-string auditPodAnnotations.dapr\\.io/enabled=true \
 		--set-string auditPodAnnotations.dapr\\.io/app-id=audit \
 		--set-string auditPodAnnotations.dapr\\.io/metrics-port=9999 \
+		--set logLevel=${LOG_LEVEL} \
 		--set mutationAnnotations=true;
 else
 	./.staging/helm/linux-amd64/helm install manifest_staging/charts/gatekeeper --name-template=gatekeeper \
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ else
 		--set auditEventsInvolvedNamespace=true \
 		--set disabledBuiltins={http.send} \
 		--set logMutations=true \
+		--set logLevel=${LOG_LEVEL} \
 		--set mutationAnnotations=true
 endif
 
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ e2e-helm-upgrade-init: e2e-helm-install
 		--set disabledBuiltins={http.send} \
 		--set enableExternalData=true \
 		--set logMutations=true \
+		--set logLevel=${LOG_LEVEL} \
 		--set mutationAnnotations=true;\
 
 e2e-helm-upgrade:
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ e2e-helm-upgrade:
 		--set auditEventsInvolvedNamespace=true \
 		--set disabledBuiltins={http.send} \
 		--set logMutations=true \
+		--set logLevel=${LOG_LEVEL} \
 		--set mutationAnnotations=true;\
 
 e2e-subscriber-build-load-image: