diff --git a/e2e/deployment.go b/e2e/deployment.go
index 15e6ce885..12b86acda 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ func (yrn *yamlResourceNamespaced) Do(action kubectlAction) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read content from %q: %w", yrn.filename, err)
 	}
 
+	data = replaceLogLevelInTemplate(data)
+
 	if yrn.oneReplica {
 		data = oneReplicaDeployYaml(data)
 	}
diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index 247c9b89e..9f05604f8 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -823,6 +823,15 @@ func oneReplicaDeployYaml(template string) string {
 	return re.ReplaceAllString(template, `$1 1`)
 }
 
+// replaceLogLevelInTemplate replaces the log level in the template file to 5.
+func replaceLogLevelInTemplate(template string) string {
+	// Regular expression to find --v=<number> arguments
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`--v=\d+`)
+
+	// template can contain different log levels, replace it with --v=5
+	return re.ReplaceAllString(template, "--v=5")
+}
+
 func enableReadAffinityInTemplate(template string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(template, "# - \"--enable-read-affinity=true\"", "- \"--enable-read-affinity=true\"")
 }