diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.js b/lib/platform/github/index.js
index 2e5952672f4e0258693f3a5de3112e93533b6177..dba2a4c54dff30fa2bd3045ef76bf79588b9cfea 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.js
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ async function mergePr(prNo, branchName) {
 // Generic File operations
 
 async function getFile(filePath, branchName) {
-  logger.debug(`getFile(filePath=${filePath}, branchName=${branchName})`);
+  logger.trace(`getFile(filePath=${filePath}, branchName=${branchName})`);
   if (!branchName || branchName === config.baseBranch) {
     if (!config.fileList.includes(filePath)) {
       return null;