diff --git a/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml b/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
index f8df98de102..3394ef08552 100644
--- a/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm-helm/values.yaml
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ migrationJob:
 #
 # Setting LITELLM_LOG inside `envVars:` below also wins: the template skips
 # this injection entirely when envVars already defines LITELLM_LOG.
+#
+# At WARNING or above, uvicorn inherits this level too, which silences the
+# per-request access log line that liveness and readiness probes would
+# otherwise emit on every poll. At INFO or below uvicorn keeps its own
+# default, so access logs stay on.
 logLevel: INFO
 
 # Additional environment variables to be added to the deployment as a map of key-value pairs
diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 36fd51206c2..e95e987072e 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from logging import Formatter
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Any, Final
 
 import litellm
@@ -622,6 +623,28 @@ def _get_uvicorn_json_log_config():
     return log_config
 
 
+_UVICORN_LOG_LEVELS_QUIETER_THAN_INFO: Final = MappingProxyType(
+    {
+        "WARN": "warning",
+        "WARNING": "warning",
+        "ERROR": "error",
+        "FATAL": "critical",
+        "CRITICAL": "critical",
+    }
+)
+
+
+def get_uvicorn_log_level() -> str | None:
+    """Uvicorn's log level to inherit from LITELLM_LOG, or None to leave uvicorn's default alone.
+
+    Only levels quieter than INFO are inherited. uvicorn.access logs one line per request, so at
+    WARNING or above an operator asking for less noise also means the health probe access lines.
+    Levels at or below INFO are not propagated: LITELLM_LOG defaults to DEBUG, and mapping that
+    onto uvicorn would turn on asgi-internals logging nobody asked for.
+    """
+    return _UVICORN_LOG_LEVELS_QUIETER_THAN_INFO.get(log_level.upper())
+
+
 def _turn_on_json():
     """
     Turn on JSON logging
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 0449802abae..234dbd1d392 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
         import uvicorn
 
         import litellm
-        from litellm._logging import _get_uvicorn_json_log_config
+        from litellm._logging import _get_uvicorn_json_log_config, get_uvicorn_log_level
 
         uvicorn_args: Final = {
             "app": "litellm.proxy.proxy_server:app",
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
         elif litellm.json_logs:
             # Use JSON log config for uvicorn to ensure all logs (including exceptions) are JSON
             uvicorn_args["log_config"] = _get_uvicorn_json_log_config()
+        else:
+            uvicorn_log_level = get_uvicorn_log_level()
+            if uvicorn_log_level is not None:
+                uvicorn_args["log_level"] = uvicorn_log_level
         if keepalive_timeout is not None:
             uvicorn_args["timeout_keep_alive"] = keepalive_timeout
         if timeout_worker_healthcheck is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
index 6ea6f208bb5..f151ad634e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_proxy_cli.py
@@ -136,6 +136,44 @@ class TestProxyInitializationHelpers:
             )
             assert args["timeout_worker_healthcheck"] == 15
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "litellm_log, expected_uvicorn_level",
+        [
+            ("WARNING", "warning"),
+            ("WARN", "warning"),
+            ("warning", "warning"),
+            ("ERROR", "error"),
+            ("CRITICAL", "critical"),
+            ("FATAL", "critical"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_uvicorn_log_level_follows_litellm_log_when_quieter_than_info(
+        self, litellm_log, expected_uvicorn_level
+    ):
+        with patch("litellm._logging.log_level", litellm_log):
+            args = ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_default_unvicorn_init_args(
+                "localhost", 8000
+            )
+        assert args["log_level"] == expected_uvicorn_level
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("litellm_log", ["DEBUG", "INFO", "NOTSET", "nonsense"])
+    def test_uvicorn_log_level_is_left_alone_when_litellm_log_is_not_quieter(
+        self, litellm_log
+    ):
+        with patch("litellm._logging.log_level", litellm_log):
+            args = ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_default_unvicorn_init_args(
+                "localhost", 8000
+            )
+        assert "log_level" not in args
+
+    def test_explicit_log_config_wins_over_litellm_log(self):
+        with patch("litellm._logging.log_level", "WARNING"):
+            args = ProxyInitializationHelpers._get_default_unvicorn_init_args(
+                "localhost", 8000, "log_config.json"
+            )
+        assert args["log_config"] == "log_config.json"
+        assert "log_level" not in args
+
     def test_installed_uvicorn_supports_worker_flags(self):
         params = inspect.signature(uvicorn.Config.__init__).parameters
         assert "timeout_worker_healthcheck" in params