diff --git a/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh b/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
index b01d6ca27..c01d07d0a 100755
--- a/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ run_test(){
 export EMQX_ZONE__EXTERNAL__SERVER_KEEPALIVE=60
 export EMQX_MQTT__MAX_TOPIC_ALIAS=10
 export EMQX_LOG__CONSOLE_HANDLER__LEVEL=debug
-export EMQX_LOG__FILE_HANDLERS__EMQX_LOG__LEVEL=debug
-export EMQX_LOG__PRIMARY_LEVEL=debug
+export EMQX_LOG__FILE_HANDLERS__DEFAULT__LEVEL=debug
 EOF
         ## for ARM, due to CI env issue, skip start of quic listener for the moment
         [[ $(arch) == *arm* || $(arch) == aarch64 ]] && tee -a "$emqx_env_vars" <<EOF
diff --git a/.ci/docker-compose-file/conf.cluster.env b/.ci/docker-compose-file/conf.cluster.env
index 2a10bd321..e64b3c1e2 100644
--- a/.ci/docker-compose-file/conf.cluster.env
+++ b/.ci/docker-compose-file/conf.cluster.env
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ EMQX_ZONES__DEFAULT__LISTENERS__MQTT_TCP__PROXY_PROTOCOL=true
 EMQX_ZONES__DEFAULT__LISTENERS__MQTT_WS__PROXY_PROTOCOL=true
 EMQX_LOG__CONSOLE_HANDLER__ENABLE=true
 EMQX_LOG__CONSOLE_HANDLER__LEVEL=debug
-EMQX_LOG__PRIMARY_LEVEL=debug