diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
index af49942c8cd..d80e4fef0d0 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
 package_name="libcudf"
 package_dir="python/libcudf"
 
+RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
+
 rapids-logger "Generating build requirements"
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ export PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=0
 export SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DUSE_NVCOMP_RUNTIME_WHEEL=ON"
 ./ci/build_wheel.sh "${package_name}" "${package_dir}"
 
-RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-
 mkdir -p ${package_dir}/final_dist
 python -m auditwheel repair \
     --exclude libnvcomp.so.4 \
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index cb814aa8c0f..af92b7ceaf5 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ rapids_cpm_init()
 
 include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/rapids_logger.cmake)
 rapids_cpm_rapids_logger()
-rapids_make_logger(cudf EXPORT_SET cudf-exports)
+rapids_make_logger(cudf EXPORT_SET cudf-exports LOGGER_DEFAULT_LEVEL WARN)
 
 # find jitify
 include(cmake/thirdparty/get_jitify.cmake)
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/logger_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/logger_tests.cpp
index 58396115a54..b5d20325b75 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/logger_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/logger_tests.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ TEST_F(LoggerTest, DefaultLevel)
   cudf::default_logger().warn("warn");
   cudf::default_logger().error("error");
   cudf::default_logger().critical("critical");
-  ASSERT_EQ(this->sink_content(), "info\nwarn\nerror\ncritical\n");
+  ASSERT_EQ(this->sink_content(), "warn\nerror\ncritical\n");
 }
 
 TEST_F(LoggerTest, CustomLevel)