diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
index d31166d21..9b579fef0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class TestInitLog:
     @pytest.fixture
     def args(self):
         """Fixture providing an argparse namespace for init_log."""
-        return argparse.Namespace(debug=True, loglevel=logging.DEBUG,
-                                  color=True, loglines=10, logfilter="")
+        return argparse.Namespace(debug=True, loglevel='debug', color=True,
+                                  loglines=10, logfilter="")
 
     def test_stderr_none(self, args):
         """Test init_log with sys.stderr = None."""