diff --git a/internal/manager/api_impl/worker_auth.go b/internal/manager/api_impl/worker_auth.go
index b6693be7..499197ad 100644
--- a/internal/manager/api_impl/worker_auth.go
+++ b/internal/manager/api_impl/worker_auth.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func WorkerAuth(ctx context.Context, authInfo *openapi3filter.AuthenticationInpu
 
 	// Fetch username & password from the HTTP header.
 	u, p, ok := req.BasicAuth()
-	logger.Debug().Interface("scheme", authInfo.SecuritySchemeName).Str("user", u).Msg("authenticator")
+	logger.Trace().Interface("scheme", authInfo.SecuritySchemeName).Str("user", u).Msg("authenticator")
 	if !ok {
 		return authInfo.NewError(errors.New("no auth header found"))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler.go b/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler.go
index ac86aaae..cf4a0b25 100644
--- a/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/manager/persistence/task_scheduler.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 // NOTE: this does not also fetch returnedTask.Worker, but returnedTask.WorkerID is set.
 func (db *DB) ScheduleTask(ctx context.Context, w *Worker) (*Task, error) {
 	logger := log.With().Str("worker", w.UUID).Logger()
-	logger.Debug().Msg("finding task for worker")
+	logger.Trace().Msg("finding task for worker")
 
 	// Run two queries in one transaction:
 	// 1. find task, and