diff --git a/nexus/nexus-client-core-testsuite/src/test/filtered-resources/logback-test.xml b/nexus/nexus-client-core-testsuite/src/test/filtered-resources/logback-test.xml
index dfb1977a2f..ac4495db14 100644
--- a/nexus/nexus-client-core-testsuite/src/test/filtered-resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/nexus/nexus-client-core-testsuite/src/test/filtered-resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
   <logger name="Sisu" level="${test.log.level.Sisu:-INFO}"/>
   <logger name="org.apache.commons.httpclient" level="ERROR"/>
-  <logger name="org.apache.http" level="${test.log.level.org.apache.http:-DEBUG}"/>
+  <logger name="org.apache.http" level="${test.log.level.org.apache.http:-ERROR}"/>
 
   <logger name="org.sonatype.nexus.client" level="TRACE"/>