diff --git a/lib/utils/oidc.js b/lib/utils/oidc.js
index 00f32c642621c..8bdebee1d9c30 100644
--- a/lib/utils/oidc.js
+++ b/lib/utils/oidc.js
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
       const json = await response.json()
 
       if (!response.ok) {
-        log.verbose('oidc', `Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: received an invalid response`)
+        log.warn('oidc', `Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: received an invalid response`)
         return undefined
       }
 
       if (!json.value) {
-        log.verbose('oidc', `Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: missing value`)
+        log.warn('oidc', `Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: missing value`)
         return undefined
       }
 
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
         method: 'POST',
       })
     } catch (error) {
-      log.verbose('oidc', `Failed token exchange request with body message: ${error?.body?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
+      log.warn('oidc', `Failed token exchange request with body message: ${error?.body?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
       return undefined
     }
 
     if (!response?.token) {
-      log.verbose('oidc', 'Failed because token exchange was missing the token in the response body')
+      log.warn('oidc', 'Failed because token exchange was missing the token in the response body')
       return undefined
     }
 
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      log.verbose('oidc', `Failed to set provenance with message: ${error?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
+      log.warn('oidc', `Failed to set provenance with message: ${error?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    log.verbose('oidc', `Failure with message: ${error?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
+    log.warn('oidc', `Failure with message: ${error?.message || 'Unknown error'}`)
   }
   return undefined
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index ec2c2fd9c8b66..3b5be104d0801 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: received an invalid response',
+      'warn oidc Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: received an invalid response',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: missing value',
+      'warn oidc Failed to fetch id_token from GitHub: missing value',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1147,7 +1147,32 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: oidc token exchange failed',
+      'warn oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: oidc token exchange failed',
+    ],
+  }))
+
+  t.test('token exchange 500 with fallback at default loglevel', oidcPublishTest({
+    oidcOptions: { github: true },
+    config: {
+      loglevel: 'notice',
+      '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken': 'existing-fallback-token',
+    },
+    mockGithubOidcOptions: {
+      audience: 'npm:registry.npmjs.org',
+      idToken: githubPrivateIdToken,
+    },
+    mockOidcTokenExchangeOptions: {
+      statusCode: 500,
+      idToken: githubPrivateIdToken,
+      body: {
+        message: 'oidc token exchange failed',
+      },
+    },
+    publishOptions: {
+      token: 'existing-fallback-token',
+    },
+    logsContain: [
+      'warn oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: oidc token exchange failed',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1169,7 +1194,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: Unknown error',
+      'warn oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: Unknown error',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1192,7 +1217,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed because token exchange was missing the token in the response body',
+      'warn oidc Failed because token exchange was missing the token in the response body',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1267,7 +1292,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failure with message: Invalid URL',
+      'warn oidc Failure with message: Invalid URL',
     ],
   }))
 
@@ -1300,7 +1325,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
 
     await npm.exec('publish', [])
     t.match(joinedOutput(), '+ @npmcli/test-package@1.0.0')
-    t.ok(logs.includes('verbose oidc Failure with message: Unknown error'))
+    t.ok(logs.includes('warn oidc Failure with message: Unknown error'))
   })
 
   t.test('default registry success gitlab', oidcPublishTest({
@@ -1603,7 +1628,7 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - provenance', (t) => {
       token: 'existing-fallback-token',
     },
     logsContain: [
-      'verbose oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: oidc token exchange failed',
+      'warn oidc Failed token exchange request with body message: oidc token exchange failed',
     ],
     provenance: false,
   }))
@@ -1654,10 +1679,10 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - provenance', (t) => {
 
   const provenanceFailures = [[
     new Error('Valid error'),
-    'verbose oidc Failed to set provenance with message: Valid error',
+    'warn oidc Failed to set provenance with message: Valid error',
   ], [
     'Valid error',
-    'verbose oidc Failed to set provenance with message: Unknown error',
+    'warn oidc Failed to set provenance with message: Unknown error',
   ]]
 
   provenanceFailures.forEach(([error, logMessage], index) => {