diff --git a/.changelog/17596.txt b/.changelog/17596.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1058df1ea3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/17596.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ debug: change default setting of consul debug command. now default duration is 5ms and default log level is 'TRACE'
+ ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command/debug/debug.go b/command/debug/debug.go
index dd03286d68fc..ab5eab34ccf9 100644
--- a/command/debug/debug.go
+++ b/command/debug/debug.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 
 	// debugDuration is the total duration that debug runs before being
 	// shut down
-	debugDuration = 2 * time.Minute
+	debugDuration = 5 * time.Minute
 
 	// debugDurationGrace is a period of time added to the specified
 	// duration to allow intervals to capture within that time
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func (c *cmd) captureHeap(outputDir string) error {
 }
 
 func (c *cmd) captureLogs(ctx context.Context) error {
-	logCh, err := c.client.Agent().Monitor("DEBUG", ctx.Done(), nil)
+	logCh, err := c.client.Agent().Monitor("TRACE", ctx.Done(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/website/content/commands/debug.mdx b/website/content/commands/debug.mdx
index 3fea57f43e38..bebbe955a294 100644
--- a/website/content/commands/debug.mdx
+++ b/website/content/commands/debug.mdx
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ or otherwise.
 `Usage: consul debug [options]`
 
 By default, the debug command will capture an archive at the current path for
-all targets for 2 minutes.
+all targets for 5 minutes.
 
 #### Command Options
 
 - `-duration` - Optional, the total time to capture data for from the target agent. Must
-  be greater than the interval and longer than 10 seconds. Defaults to 2 minutes.
+  be greater than the interval and longer than 10 seconds. Defaults to 5 minutes.
 
 - `-interval` - Optional, the interval at which to capture dynamic data, such as heap
   and metrics. Must be longer than 5 seconds. Defaults to 30 seconds.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ information when `debug` is running. By default, it captures all information.
 | `host`    | Information about resources on the host running the target agent such as CPU, memory, and disk.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `members` | A list of all the WAN and LAN members in the cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `metrics` | Metrics from the in-memory metrics endpoint in the target, captured at the interval.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| `logs`    | `DEBUG` level logs for the target agent, captured for the duration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `logs`    | `TRACE` level logs for the target agent, captured for the duration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `pprof`   | Golang heap, CPU, goroutine, and trace profiling. CPU and traces are captured for `duration` in a single file while heap and goroutine are separate snapshots for each `interval`. This information is not retrieved unless [`enable_debug`](/consul/docs/agent/config/config-files#enable_debug) is set to `true` on the target agent or ACLs are enable and an ACL token with `operator:read` is provided. |
 
 ## Examples