diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatComputeTask.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatComputeTask.java
index 9bfd061..81ceea5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatComputeTask.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatComputeTask.java
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@
 
             ncs.getNodeControllerData().notifyHeartbeat(hbData);
         }
-        LOGGER.log(Level.DEBUG, "Successfully refreshed heartbeat data");
+        LOGGER.trace("Successfully refreshed heartbeat data");
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatTask.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatTask.java
index 9160e46..6d08fb1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatTask.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/heartbeat/HeartbeatTask.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             synchronized (hbData) {
                 cc.nodeHeartbeat(ncId, hbData);
             }
-            LOGGER.log(Level.DEBUG, "Successfully sent heartbeat");
+            LOGGER.trace("Successfully sent heartbeat");
             return true;
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw e;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractFrameSorter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractFrameSorter.java
index f51271e..980ad9b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractFrameSorter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/AbstractFrameSorter.java
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@
         }
         maxFrameSize = Math.max(maxFrameSize, outputFrame.getFrameSize());
         outputAppender.write(writer, true);
-        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.debug(
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace(
                     "Flushed records:" + limit + " out of " + tupleCount + "; Flushed through " + (io + 1) + " frames");
         }
         return maxFrameSize;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/VirtualBufferCache.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/VirtualBufferCache.java
index e63a5b8..0a7c842 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/VirtualBufferCache.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/VirtualBufferCache.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.file.FileMapManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.JSONUtil;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -126,8 +125,8 @@
     }
 
     private void logStats() {
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Free (allocated) pages = " + freePages.size() + ". Budget = " + pageBudget
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("Free (allocated) pages = " + freePages.size() + ". Budget = " + pageBudget
                     + ". Large pages = " + largePages.get() + ". Overall usage = " + used.get());
         }
     }
@@ -188,8 +187,8 @@
                 bucket.bucketLock.unlock();
             }
         }
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Reclaimed pages = " + reclaimedPages);
+        if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("Reclaimed pages = " + reclaimedPages);
         }
         logStats();
     }