diff --git a/federationapi/consumers/presence.go b/federationapi/consumers/presence.go
index bfce1b28b..a65d2aa04 100644
--- a/federationapi/consumers/presence.go
+++ b/federationapi/consumers/presence.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (t *OutputPresenceConsumer) onMessage(ctx context.Context, msg *nats.Msg) b
 		return true
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf("sending presence EDU to %d servers", len(joined))
+	log.Tracef("sending presence EDU to %d servers", len(joined))
 	if err = t.queues.SendEDU(edu, t.ServerName, joined); err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("failed to send EDU")
 		return false
diff --git a/federationapi/producers/syncapi.go b/federationapi/producers/syncapi.go
index 6453d026c..e371baaaa 100644
--- a/federationapi/producers/syncapi.go
+++ b/federationapi/producers/syncapi.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (p *SyncAPIProducer) SendPresence(
 	lastActiveTS := gomatrixserverlib.AsTimestamp(time.Now().Add(-(time.Duration(lastActiveAgo) * time.Millisecond)))
 
 	m.Header.Set("last_active_ts", strconv.Itoa(int(lastActiveTS)))
-	log.Debugf("Sending presence to syncAPI: %+v", m.Header)
+	log.Tracef("Sending presence to syncAPI: %+v", m.Header)
 	_, err := p.JetStream.PublishMsg(m, nats.Context(ctx))
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/presence.go b/syncapi/consumers/presence.go
index bfd72d604..0217e1956 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/presence.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/presence.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (s *PresenceConsumer) onMessage(ctx context.Context, msg *nats.Msg) bool {
 	presence := msg.Header.Get("presence")
 	timestamp := msg.Header.Get("last_active_ts")
 	fromSync, _ := strconv.ParseBool(msg.Header.Get("from_sync"))
-	logrus.Debugf("syncAPI received presence event: %+v", msg.Header)
+	logrus.Tracef("syncAPI received presence event: %+v", msg.Header)
 
 	if fromSync { // do not process local presence changes; we already did this synchronously.
 		return true
diff --git a/syncapi/streams/stream_presence.go b/syncapi/streams/stream_presence.go
index 35ce53cb6..877bcf141 100644
--- a/syncapi/streams/stream_presence.go
+++ b/syncapi/streams/stream_presence.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (p *PresenceStreamProvider) IncrementalSync(
 			currentlyActive := prevPresence.CurrentlyActive()
 			skip := prevPresence.Equals(presence) && currentlyActive && req.Device.UserID != presence.UserID
 			if skip {
-				req.Log.Debugf("Skipping presence, no change (%s)", presence.UserID)
+				req.Log.Tracef("Skipping presence, no change (%s)", presence.UserID)
 				continue
 			}
 		}