diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4be93d12..0d3ddca9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 all: info docker test ## Run all targets.
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: info validate-container-image-labels test-lib inspec lint-codebase test-default-config-files test-find lint-subset-files test-custom-ssl-cert test-non-default-workdir test-git-flags test-linters ## Run the test suite
+test: info validate-container-image-labels test-lib inspec lint-codebase test-default-config-files test-find lint-subset-files test-custom-ssl-cert test-non-default-workdir test-git-flags test-log-level test-linters ## Run the test suite
 
 # if this session isn't interactive, then we don't want to allocate a
 # TTY, which would fail, but if it is interactive, we do want to attach
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ test-linters-expect-failure: ## Run the linters test suite expecting failures
 		$(SUPER_LINTER_TEST_CONTAINER_URL) \
 		"run_test_cases_expect_failure"
 
+.phony: test-log-level
+test-log-level: ## Run a test to check if there are conflicts with the LOG_LEVEL variable
+	$(CURDIR)/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh \
+		$(SUPER_LINTER_TEST_CONTAINER_URL) \
+		"run_test_cases_log_level"
+
 .phony: build-dev-container-image
 build-dev-container-image: ## Build commit linter container image
 	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build --load \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b977fa34..86744f17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ You can configure super-linter using the following environment variables:
 | **KUBERNETES_KUBECONFORM_OPTIONS**              | `null`                          | Additional arguments to pass to the command-line when running **Kubernetes Kubeconform** (Example: --ignore-missing-schemas)                                                                                         |
 | **LINTER_RULES_PATH**                           | `.github/linters`               | Directory for all linter configuration rules.                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | **LOG_FILE**                                    | `super-linter.log`              | The filename for outputting logs. All output is sent to the log file regardless of `LOG_LEVEL`.                                                                                                                      |
-| **LOG_LEVEL**                                   | `VERBOSE`                       | How much output the script will generate to the console. One of `ERROR`, `WARN`, `NOTICE`, `VERBOSE`, `DEBUG` or `TRACE`.                                                                                            |
+| **LOG_LEVEL**                                   | `INFO`                          | How much output the script will generate to the console. One of `ERROR`, `WARN`, `NOTICE`, `INFO`, or `DEBUG`.                                                                                                       |
 | **MARKDOWN_CONFIG_FILE**                        | `.markdown-lint.yml`            | Filename for [Markdownlint configuration](https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint#optionsconfig) (ex: `.markdown-lint.yml`, `.markdownlint.json`, `.markdownlint.yaml`)                                           |
 | **MARKDOWN_CUSTOM_RULE_GLOBS**                  | `.markdown-lint/rules,rules/**` | Comma-separated list of [file globs](https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli#globbing) matching [custom Markdownlint rule files](https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/CustomRules.md). |
 | **MULTI_STATUS**                                | `true`                          | A status API is made for each language that is linted to make visual parsing easier.                                                                                                                                 |
diff --git a/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh b/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
index a82fe413..880c01f2 100755
--- a/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ function IsValidShellScript() {
   FILE_EXTENSION="$(GetFileExtension "$FILE")"
   GET_FILE_TYPE_CMD="$(GetFileType "$FILE")"
 
-  trace "File:[${FILE}], File extension:[${FILE_EXTENSION}], File type: [${GET_FILE_TYPE_CMD}]"
+  debug "File:[${FILE}], File extension:[${FILE_EXTENSION}], File type: [${GET_FILE_TYPE_CMD}]"
 
   if [[ "${FILE_EXTENSION}" == "zsh" ]] ||
     [[ ${GET_FILE_TYPE_CMD} == *"zsh script"* ]]; then
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function IsValidShellScript() {
     return 0
   fi
 
-  trace "$FILE is NOT a supported shell script. Skipping"
+  debug "$FILE is NOT a supported shell script. Skipping"
   return 1
 }
 
@@ -240,15 +240,15 @@ function IsGenerated() {
   fi
 
   if ! grep -q "@generated" "$FILE"; then
-    trace "File:[${FILE}] is not generated, because it doesn't have @generated marker"
+    debug "File:[${FILE}] is not generated, because it doesn't have @generated marker"
     return 1
   fi
 
   if grep -q "@not-generated" "$FILE"; then
-    trace "File:[${FILE}] is not-generated because it has @not-generated marker"
+    debug "File:[${FILE}] is not-generated because it has @not-generated marker"
     return 1
   else
-    trace "File:[${FILE}] is generated because it has @generated marker"
+    debug "File:[${FILE}] is generated because it has @generated marker"
     return 0
   fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/functions/log.sh b/lib/functions/log.sh
index 985aa5d6..7a23ee1e 100755
--- a/lib/functions/log.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/log.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ log() {
   fi
 }
 
-trace() { log "${LOG_TRACE:-}" "$*" "TRACE"; }
 debug() { log "${LOG_DEBUG:-}" "$*" "DEBUG"; }
 info() { log "${LOG_VERBOSE:-}" "$*" "INFO"; }
 notice() { log "${LOG_NOTICE:-}" "$*" "NOTICE"; }
@@ -152,6 +151,5 @@ export -f info
 export -f log
 export -f notice
 export -f startGitHubActionsLogGroup
-export -f trace
 export -f warn
 export -f writeGitHubActionsLogGroupMarker
diff --git a/lib/functions/validation.sh b/lib/functions/validation.sh
index a789649c..ade11ffd 100755
--- a/lib/functions/validation.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/validation.sh
@@ -259,15 +259,37 @@ function WarnIfVariableIsSet() {
   local INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME="${1}"
 
   if [ -n "${INPUT_VARIABLE:-}" ]; then
-    warn "${INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME} environment variable is set, it's deprecated, and super-linter will ignore it. Remove it from your configuration. This warning may turn in a fatal error in the future."
+    warn "${INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME} environment variable is set, it's deprecated, and super-linter will ignore it. Remove it from your configuration. This warning may turn in a fatal error in the future. For more information, see the upgrade guide: https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter/blob/main/docs/upgrade-guide.md"
+  fi
+}
+
+function WarnIfDeprecatedValueForConfigurationVariableIsSet() {
+  local INPUT_VARIABLE_VALUE
+  INPUT_VARIABLE_VALUE="${1}"
+  shift
+  local DEPRECATED_VARIABLE_VALUE
+  DEPRECATED_VARIABLE_VALUE="${1}"
+  shift
+  local INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME
+  INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME="${1}"
+  shift
+  local VALUE_TO_UPDATE_TO
+  VALUE_TO_UPDATE_TO="${1}"
+
+  if [[ "${INPUT_VARIABLE_VALUE}" == "${DEPRECATED_VARIABLE_VALUE}" ]]; then
+    warn "${INPUT_VARIABLE_NAME} is set to a deprecated value: ${DEPRECATED_VARIABLE_VALUE}. Set it to ${VALUE_TO_UPDATE_TO} instead. Falling back to ${VALUE_TO_UPDATE_TO}. This warning may turn in a fatal error in the future."
   fi
 }
 
 function ValidateDeprecatedVariables() {
 
   # The following variables have been deprecated in v6
-  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT}" "ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT"
-  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${EXPERIMENTAL_BATCH_WORKER}" "EXPERIMENTAL_BATCH_WORKER"
-  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE}" "VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE"
-  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${VALIDATE_KOTLIN_ANDROID}" "VALIDATE_KOTLIN_ANDROID"
+  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT:-}" "ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT"
+  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${EXPERIMENTAL_BATCH_WORKER:-}" "EXPERIMENTAL_BATCH_WORKER"
+  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE:-}" "VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE"
+  WarnIfVariableIsSet "${VALIDATE_KOTLIN_ANDROID:-}" "VALIDATE_KOTLIN_ANDROID"
+
+  # The following values have been deprecated in v6.1.0
+  WarnIfDeprecatedValueForConfigurationVariableIsSet "${LOG_LEVEL}" "TRACE" "LOG_LEVEL" "DEBUG"
+  WarnIfDeprecatedValueForConfigurationVariableIsSet "${LOG_LEVEL}" "VERBOSE" "LOG_LEVEL" "INFO"
 }
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 64263d8e..31772f34 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -13,30 +13,29 @@ IMAGE="${IMAGE:-standard}"                              # Version of the Super-l
 # Define these early, so we can use debug logging ASAP if needed #
 ##################################################################
 LOG_FILE="${LOG_FILE:-"super-linter.log"}" # Default log file name (located in GITHUB_WORKSPACE folder)
-LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-VERBOSE}"          # Default log level (VERBOSE, DEBUG, TRACE)
+LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-"INFO"}"
 declare -l CREATE_LOG_FILE
 CREATE_LOG_FILE="${CREATE_LOG_FILE:-"false"}"
 
 if [[ ${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG} == true ]]; then LOG_LEVEL="DEBUG"; fi
-# Boolean to see trace logs
-LOG_TRACE=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
-export LOG_TRACE
 # Boolean to see debug logs
 LOG_DEBUG=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
 export LOG_DEBUG
-# Boolean to see verbose logs (info function)
-LOG_VERBOSE=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
+# Boolean to see info logs
+LOG_VERBOSE=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "INFO" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
 export LOG_VERBOSE
 # Boolean to see notice logs
-LOG_NOTICE=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
+LOG_NOTICE=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "INFO" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
 export LOG_NOTICE
 # Boolean to see warn logs
-LOG_WARN=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "WARN" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
+LOG_WARN=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "WARN" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "INFO" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
 export LOG_WARN
 # Boolean to see error logs
-LOG_ERROR=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "ERROR" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "WARN" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
+LOG_ERROR=$(if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} == "ERROR" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "WARN" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "NOTICE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "INFO" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "VERBOSE" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "DEBUG" || ${LOG_LEVEL} == "TRACE" ]]; then echo "true"; fi)
 export LOG_ERROR
 
+unset LOG_LEVEL
+
 #########################
 # Source Function Files #
 #########################
diff --git a/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb b/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
index cde9636b..debe4f87 100644
--- a/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
+++ b/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ control "super-linter-environment-variables" do
   describe os_env("VERSION_FILE") do
     its("content") { should eq version_file_path }
   end
+
+  describe os_env("IMAGE") do
+    its("content") { should match(/^(standard|slim)$/) }
+  end
 end
 
 ##################################################
diff --git a/test/lib/buildFileListTest.sh b/test/lib/buildFileListTest.sh
index cccdc638..f8f3b806 100755
--- a/test/lib/buildFileListTest.sh
+++ b/test/lib/buildFileListTest.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-LOG_TRACE="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 LOG_DEBUG="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
diff --git a/test/lib/githubEventTest.sh b/test/lib/githubEventTest.sh
index d6273707..bc310c54 100755
--- a/test/lib/githubEventTest.sh
+++ b/test/lib/githubEventTest.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-LOG_TRACE="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 LOG_DEBUG="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
diff --git a/test/lib/validationTest.sh b/test/lib/validationTest.sh
index 715ee638..6e2e6514 100755
--- a/test/lib/validationTest.sh
+++ b/test/lib/validationTest.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034
-LOG_TRACE="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 LOG_DEBUG="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
@@ -17,6 +15,10 @@ LOG_WARN="true"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 LOG_ERROR="true"
 
+# Default log level
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+LOG_LEVEL="DEBUG"
+
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source "lib/functions/log.sh"
 
@@ -46,5 +48,26 @@ function IsUnsignedIntegerFailureTest() {
   notice "${FUNCTION_NAME} PASS"
 }
 
+# In the current implementation, there is no return value to assert
+function ValidateDeprecatedVariablesTest() {
+  FUNCTION_NAME="${FUNCNAME[0]}"
+
+  ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT="true" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+  EXPERIMENTAL_BATCH_WORKER="true" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+  LOG_LEVEL="TRACE" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+  LOG_LEVEL="VERBOSE" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+  VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE="true" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+  VALIDATE_KOTLIN_ANDROID="true" \
+    ValidateDeprecatedVariables
+
+  notice "${FUNCTION_NAME} PASS"
+}
+
 IsUnsignedIntegerSuccessTest
 IsUnsignedIntegerFailureTest
+ValidateDeprecatedVariablesTest
diff --git a/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh b/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
index f0f96b21..10f08a55 100755
--- a/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 SUPER_LINTER_TEST_CONTAINER_URL="${1}"
 TEST_FUNCTION_NAME="${2}"
 
-COMMAND_TO_RUN=(docker run -e ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG=true -e DEFAULT_BRANCH=main -e ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE=true -e JSCPD_CONFIG_FILE=".jscpd-test-linters.json" -e RENOVATE_SHAREABLE_CONFIG_PRESET_FILE_NAMES="default.json,hoge.json" -e RUN_LOCAL=true -e TEST_CASE_RUN=true -e TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD_TSCONFIG_FILE=".github/linters/tsconfig.json" -v "$(pwd):/tmp/lint")
+COMMAND_TO_RUN=(docker run -e DEFAULT_BRANCH=main -e ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE=true -e JSCPD_CONFIG_FILE=".jscpd-test-linters.json" -e RENOVATE_SHAREABLE_CONFIG_PRESET_FILE_NAMES="default.json,hoge.json" -e RUN_LOCAL=true -e TEST_CASE_RUN=true -e TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD_TSCONFIG_FILE=".github/linters/tsconfig.json" -v "$(pwd):/tmp/lint")
 
 run_test_cases_expect_failure() {
   COMMAND_TO_RUN+=(-e ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY="/test/linters/ansible/bad" -e CHECKOV_FILE_NAME=".checkov-test-linters-failure.yaml" -e FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE=".*bad.*")
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ run_test_cases_expect_success() {
   COMMAND_TO_RUN+=(-e ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY="/test/linters/ansible/good" -e CHECKOV_FILE_NAME=".checkov-test-linters-success.yaml" -e FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE=".*good.*")
 }
 
+run_test_cases_log_level() {
+  run_test_cases_expect_success
+  LOG_LEVEL="NOTICE"
+}
+
 # Run the test setup function
 ${TEST_FUNCTION_NAME}
 
+COMMAND_TO_RUN+=(-e LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-"DEBUG"}")
+
 COMMAND_TO_RUN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_TEST_CONTAINER_URL}")
 
 declare -i EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE