diff --git a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/devtools/CDPConnection.js b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/devtools/CDPConnection.js
index 0440c62c155e1..2f56a1998797a 100644
--- a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/devtools/CDPConnection.js
+++ b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/devtools/CDPConnection.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CDPConnection {
         } catch (err) {
           logging
             .getLogger(logging.Type.BROWSER)
-            .error(`Failed parse message: ${err.message}`)
+            .severe(`Failed parse message: ${err.message}`)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js
index 58bcf51bca2e1..5fa41d288bc5f 100644
--- a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js
+++ b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function requireAtom(module, bazelTarget) {
       log_.log(`../../../bazel-bin/${file}`)
       return require(path.resolve(`../../../bazel-bin/${file}`))
     } catch (ex2) {
-      log_.error(ex2)
+      log_.severe(ex2)
       throw Error(
         `Failed to import atoms module ${module}. If running in dev mode, you` +
           ` need to run \`bazel build ${bazelTarget}\` from the project` +
diff --git a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js
index b8d7bca7adff1..0be05ca88ec90 100644
--- a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js
+++ b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ class WebElement {
         keys.join('')
       )
     } catch (ex) {
-      this.log_.error(
+      this.log_.severe(
         'Error trying parse string as a file with file detector; sending keys instead' +
           ex
       )