diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/tracing/tracing_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/tracing/tracing_test.go
index 145eb57b095..041a7a5cd14 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/tracing/tracing_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	klog.InitFlags(flag.CommandLine)
-	flag.CommandLine.Lookup("logtostderr").Value.Set("false")
+	_ = flag.CommandLine.Lookup("logtostderr").Value.Set("false")
+	_ = flag.CommandLine.Lookup("v").Value.Set("2")
 }
 
 func TestOpenTelemetryTracing(t *testing.T) {