diff --git a/examples/output_test/output_test.go b/examples/output_test/output_test.go
index a6ef0abb2..0624e3a74 100644
--- a/examples/output_test/output_test.go
+++ b/examples/output_test/output_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package output_test
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -112,10 +111,6 @@ func TestKlogrStackText(t *testing.T) {
 // records that.
 func TestKlogrStackZapr(t *testing.T) {
 	mapping := test.ZaprOutputMappingIndirect()
-	for key, value := range mapping {
-		// BUG (https://github.com/kubernetes/klog/issues/294): verbosity is lost
-		mapping[key] = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `"v":9`, `"v":0`)
-	}
 
 	// klogr doesn't warn about invalid KVs and just inserts
 	// "(MISSING)".
diff --git a/klogr/klogr.go b/klogr/klogr.go
index 02433e844..8206c10d4 100644
--- a/klogr/klogr.go
+++ b/klogr/klogr.go
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ func (l klogger) Info(level int, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
 		trimmed := serialize.TrimDuplicates(l.values, kvList)
 		fixedStr := flatten(trimmed[0]...)
 		userStr := flatten(trimmed[1]...)
-		klog.InfoDepth(l.callDepth+1, l.prefix, " ", msgStr, " ", fixedStr, " ", userStr)
+		klog.V(klog.Level(level)).InfoDepth(l.callDepth+1, l.prefix, " ", msgStr, " ", fixedStr, " ", userStr)
 	case FormatKlog:
 		trimmed := serialize.TrimDuplicates(l.values, kvList)
 		if l.prefix != "" {
 			msg = l.prefix + ": " + msg
 		}
-		klog.InfoSDepth(l.callDepth+1, msg, append(trimmed[0], trimmed[1]...)...)
+		klog.V(klog.Level(level)).InfoSDepth(l.callDepth+1, msg, append(trimmed[0], trimmed[1]...)...)
 	}
 }