diff --git a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
index 36623e3b8075..b8bf68c84d77 100644
--- a/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
+++ b/bitnami/zookeeper/3.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libzookeeper.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ zookeeper_generate_conf() {
     zookeeper_conf_set "$ZOO_CONF_FILE" 4lw.commands.whitelist "$ZOO_4LW_COMMANDS_WHITELIST"
     zookeeper_conf_set "$ZOO_CONF_FILE" maxSessionTimeout "$ZOO_MAX_SESSION_TIMEOUT"
     # Set log level
-    zookeeper_conf_set "${ZOO_CONF_DIR}/log4j.properties" zookeeper.console.threshold "$ZOO_LOG_LEVEL"
+    xmlstarlet edit -L -u "/configuration/property[@name='zookeeper.console.threshold']/@value" -v "$ZOO_LOG_LEVEL" ${ZOO_CONF_DIR}/logback.xml
 
     # Admin web server https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.5.7/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_adminserver
     zookeeper_conf_set "$ZOO_CONF_FILE" admin.serverPort "$ZOO_ADMIN_SERVER_PORT_NUMBER"