diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/docker-compose.yml b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/docker-compose.yml
index 3555855b0..5ac715610 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ services:
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS: "60000"
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_INIT_RETRY_BACKOFF_MS: "5000"
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONSUMER_AUTO_OFFSET_RESET: "earliest"
-      # Enable debug logging for Kafka clients to trace consumer seek/fetch operations
-      SCHEMA_REGISTRY_LOG4J_LOGGERS: "org.apache.kafka.clients=DEBUG,org.apache.kafka.common=DEBUG,io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.storage=DEBUG"
+      # Enable comprehensive Kafka client DEBUG logging to trace offset management
+      SCHEMA_REGISTRY_LOG4J_LOGGERS: "org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.OffsetsRequestManager=DEBUG,org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.Fetcher=DEBUG,org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractFetch=DEBUG,org.apache.kafka.clients.Metadata=DEBUG,org.apache.kafka.common.network=DEBUG"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8081/subjects"]
       interval: 15s