diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/Configuration.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/Configuration.java
index daed83a2c92..3178059a3f0 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/Configuration.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/Configuration.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private static boolean isEmpty(@Nullable String str) {
   }
 
   public void validate() {
-    instrumentation.logging.getSeverity();
+    instrumentation.logging.getSeverityThreshold();
     preview.validate();
   }
 
@@ -220,32 +220,33 @@ public static class DatabaseMaskingConfiguration {
   public static class LoggingInstrumentation {
     public String level = "INFO";
 
-    public Severity getSeverity() {
-      return getSeverity(level);
+    public int getSeverityThreshold() {
+      return getSeverityThreshold(level);
     }
 
-    public static Severity getSeverity(String level) {
+    public static int getSeverityThreshold(String level) {
       switch (level.toUpperCase()) {
         case "OFF":
-          return Severity.UNDEFINED_SEVERITY_NUMBER;
+          return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
         case "FATAL":
+          return Severity.FATAL.getSeverityNumber();
         case "ERROR":
         case "SEVERE":
-          return Severity.ERROR;
+          return Severity.ERROR.getSeverityNumber();
         case "WARN":
         case "WARNING":
-          return Severity.WARN;
+          return Severity.WARN.getSeverityNumber();
         case "INFO":
-          return Severity.INFO;
+          return Severity.INFO.getSeverityNumber();
         case "CONFIG":
         case "DEBUG":
         case "FINE":
         case "FINER":
-          return Severity.DEBUG;
+          return Severity.DEBUG.getSeverityNumber();
         case "TRACE":
         case "FINEST":
         case "ALL":
-          return Severity.TRACE;
+          return Severity.TRACE.getSeverityNumber();
         default:
           throw new FriendlyException(
               "Invalid logging instrumentation level: " + level, "Please provide a valid level.");
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/exporter/AgentLogExporter.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/exporter/AgentLogExporter.java
index e4a8759e2b9..19dcae7a5e6 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/exporter/AgentLogExporter.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/exporter/AgentLogExporter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanContext;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogData;
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.Severity;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.export.LogExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.trace.attributes.SemanticAttributes;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public class AgentLogExporter implements LogExporter {
       new OperationLogger(AgentLogExporter.class, "Exporting log");
 
   // TODO (trask) could implement this in a filtering LogExporter instead
-  private volatile Severity threshold;
+  private volatile int severityThreshold;
 
   private final SamplingOverrides logSamplingOverrides;
   private final SamplingOverrides exceptionSamplingOverrides;
@@ -46,13 +45,13 @@ public class AgentLogExporter implements LogExporter {
   private final Consumer<TelemetryItem> telemetryItemConsumer;
 
   public AgentLogExporter(
-      Severity threshold,
+      int severityThreshold,
       List<SamplingOverride> logSamplingOverrides,
       List<SamplingOverride> exceptionSamplingOverrides,
       LogDataMapper mapper,
       @Nullable QuickPulse quickPulse,
       BatchItemProcessor batchItemProcessor) {
-    this.threshold = threshold;
+    this.severityThreshold = severityThreshold;
     this.logSamplingOverrides = new SamplingOverrides(logSamplingOverrides);
     this.exceptionSamplingOverrides = new SamplingOverrides(exceptionSamplingOverrides);
     this.mapper = mapper;
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ public AgentLogExporter(
         };
   }
 
-  public void setThreshold(Severity threshold) {
-    this.threshold = threshold;
+  public void setSeverityThreshold(int severityThreshold) {
+    this.severityThreshold = severityThreshold;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -82,9 +81,8 @@ public CompletableResultCode export(Collection<LogData> logs) {
     for (LogData log : logs) {
       logger.debug("exporting log: {}", log);
       try {
-        int severity = log.getSeverity().getSeverityNumber();
-        int threshold = this.threshold.getSeverityNumber();
-        if (severity < threshold) {
+        int severityNumber = log.getSeverity().getSeverityNumber();
+        if (severityNumber < severityThreshold) {
           continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/AzureFunctionsInitializer.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/AzureFunctionsInitializer.java
index 0abb691ee0b..6064817852a 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/AzureFunctionsInitializer.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/AzureFunctionsInitializer.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ private void initialize() {
     setWebsiteSiteName(websiteSiteName);
     setSelfDiagnosticsLevel(selfDiagnosticsLevel);
     if (instrumentationLoggingLevel != null) {
-      agentLogExporter.setThreshold(
-          Configuration.LoggingInstrumentation.getSeverity(instrumentationLoggingLevel));
+      agentLogExporter.setSeverityThreshold(
+          Configuration.LoggingInstrumentation.getSeverityThreshold(instrumentationLoggingLevel));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/SecondEntryPoint.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/SecondEntryPoint.java
index 0af334b84eb..461cd05ca5d 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/SecondEntryPoint.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/init/SecondEntryPoint.java
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ private static LogExporter createLogExporter(
 
     agentLogExporter =
         new AgentLogExporter(
-            configuration.instrumentation.logging.getSeverity(),
+            configuration.instrumentation.logging.getSeverityThreshold(),
             logSamplingOverrides,
             exceptionSamplingOverrides,
             mapper,