diff --git a/src/cleo/application.py b/src/cleo/application.py
index 4cf435ab..ac9a1638 100644
--- a/src/cleo/application.py
+++ b/src/cleo/application.py
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ def _configure_logging(self, io: IO) -> None:
         Configures the built-in logging package to write it's output via Cleo's output class.
         """
         handler = CleoHandler(io.output)
-        handler.setLevel(io.output.verbosity)
+        handler.setLevel(handler.remap_verbosity(io.output.verbosity))
+
         root = logging.getLogger()
         root.addHandler(handler)
         root.setLevel(handler.level)
diff --git a/src/cleo/logging/cleo_handler.py b/src/cleo/logging/cleo_handler.py
index a5851c8a..43c8d14e 100644
--- a/src/cleo/logging/cleo_handler.py
+++ b/src/cleo/logging/cleo_handler.py
@@ -47,16 +47,13 @@ def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> None:
         except Exception:
             self.handleError(record)
 
-    def setLevel(self, verbosity: Verbosity) -> None:  # noqa: N802
-        """
-        Set the logging level of this handler. verbosity must be an instance of Cleo's Verbosity enum.
-        This level is then mapped to it's corresponding `logging` level.
-        """
-        level_mapping = {
+    @staticmethod
+    def remap_verbosity(verbosity: Verbosity) -> int:
+        verbosity_mapping: dict[Verbosity, int] = {
             Verbosity.QUIET: logging.CRITICAL,  # Nothing gets emitted to the output anyway
             Verbosity.NORMAL: logging.WARNING,
             Verbosity.VERBOSE: logging.INFO,
             Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE: logging.DEBUG,
             Verbosity.DEBUG: logging.DEBUG,
         }
-        return super().setLevel(level_mapping[verbosity])
+        return verbosity_mapping[verbosity]