diff --git a/k8s/bootstrap/deployment.yaml.j2 b/k8s/bootstrap/deployment.yaml.j2
index 0d4033d..757671d 100644
--- a/k8s/bootstrap/deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/k8s/bootstrap/deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ spec:
               value: 12GiB
             - name: IPFS_TELEMETRY
               value: "off"
+            # kubo logs only errors by default. Info adds libp2p's and the
+            # DHT's warnings and info lines, which ProbeLab asked us to ship
+            # for them; it has no per-connection peer IDs or agent versions.
+            # JSON, as on needle, so Loki can parse the fields.
+            - name: GOLOG_LOG_LEVEL
+              value: info
+            - name: GOLOG_LOG_FMT
+              value: json
             # RPC bearer token for probes and CLI calls (kubo's --api-auth takes
             # no env var or config fallback). Expanded inside `sh -c` below, so
             # it only appears in argv of processes in THIS container's PID