diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
index 1e82cf90bc0..32d734a5c18 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
         <Logger name="org.kitodo" level="debug" additivity="false">
             <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
         </Logger>
+        <!-- KitodoRestClient log level set to info to reduce log output on automatic execution -->
+        <!-- in case of errors with elastic search set it to debug or trace -->
+        <Logger name="org.kitodo.data.elasticsearch.KitodoRestClient" level="info" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
+        </Logger>
         <Root level="error">
             <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
         </Root>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/selenium/resources/log4j2.xml b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/selenium/resources/log4j2.xml
index 1e82cf90bc0..32d734a5c18 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/resources/selenium/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/resources/selenium/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
         <Logger name="org.kitodo" level="debug" additivity="false">
             <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
         </Logger>
+        <!-- KitodoRestClient log level set to info to reduce log output on automatic execution -->
+        <!-- in case of errors with elastic search set it to debug or trace -->
+        <Logger name="org.kitodo.data.elasticsearch.KitodoRestClient" level="info" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
+        </Logger>
         <Root level="error">
             <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
         </Root>