diff --git a/exporter/sapmexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/sapmexporter/exporter.go
index 878d0267fce3f..fb23755a0724e 100644
--- a/exporter/sapmexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/sapmexporter/exporter.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (se *sapmExporter) pushTraceData(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) err
 	ingestResponse, err := se.client.ExportWithAccessTokenAndGetResponse(ctx, batches, accessToken)
 	if se.config.LogDetailedResponse && ingestResponse != nil {
 		if ingestResponse.Err != nil {
-			se.logger.Debug("Failed to get response from trace ingest", zap.Error(ingestResponse.Err))
+			se.logger.Error("Failed to get response from trace ingest", zap.Error(ingestResponse.Err))
 		} else {
 			se.logger.Debug("Detailed response from ingest", zap.ByteString("response", ingestResponse.Body))
 		}