diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/random_node_operations_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/random_node_operations_test.py
index 8ff8fc9ad924..706618839269 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/random_node_operations_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/random_node_operations_test.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def __init__(self, test_context, *args, **kwargs):
                     'storage-gc': 'warn',
                     'raft': 'debug',
                     'cluster': 'debug',
-                    'datalake': 'debug',
+                    'datalake': 'trace',
                 }),
             *args,
             **kwargs)