diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
index 442119a822..37a5fa9dd2 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private static void fillResultsAndTraverseFurther(Map<String, Object> result,
     var emptyMapValue = new HashMap<String, Object>();
     result.put(keyInActual, emptyMapValue);
     var actualMapValue = actualMap.getOrDefault(keyInActual, Collections.emptyMap());
-    log.debug("key: {} actual map value: {} managedFieldValue: {}", keyInActual,
+    log.trace("key: {} actual map value: {} managedFieldValue: {}", keyInActual,
         actualMapValue, managedFieldValue);
 
     keepOnlyManagedFields(emptyMapValue, (Map<String, Object>) actualMapValue,