diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestHeader.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestHeader.java
index 5bcce29a888..f63c3d98e1e 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestHeader.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/RequestHeader.java
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ public class RequestHeader implements AbstractRequestResponse {
         return size;
     }
 
+    public boolean isApiVersionDeprecated() {
+        return apiKey().isVersionDeprecated(apiVersion());
+    }
+
     public ResponseHeader toResponseHeader() {
         return new ResponseHeader(data.correlationId(), apiKey().responseHeaderVersion(apiVersion()));
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/RequestChannel.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/RequestChannel.scala
index 44f5e926eb9..aba46474867 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/RequestChannel.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/RequestChannel.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ object RequestChannel extends Logging {
   private val ResponseQueueSizeMetric = "ResponseQueueSize"
   val ProcessorMetricTag = "processor"
 
-  private def isRequestLoggingEnabled: Boolean = requestLogger.underlying.isDebugEnabled
+  /**
+    * Deprecated protocol apis are logged at info level while the rest are logged at debug level.
+    * That makes it possible to enable the former without enabling latter.
+    */
+  private def isRequestLoggingEnabled(header: RequestHeader): Boolean = requestLogger.underlying.isDebugEnabled ||
+    (requestLogger.underlying.isInfoEnabled && header.isApiVersionDeprecated())
 
   sealed trait BaseRequest
   case object ShutdownRequest extends BaseRequest
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ object RequestChannel extends Logging {
     // This is constructed on creation of a Request so that the JSON representation is computed before the request is
     // processed by the api layer. Otherwise, a ProduceRequest can occur without its data (ie. it goes into purgatory).
     val requestLog: Option[JsonNode] =
-      if (RequestChannel.isRequestLoggingEnabled) Some(RequestConvertToJson.request(loggableRequest))
+      if (RequestChannel.isRequestLoggingEnabled(context.header)) Some(RequestConvertToJson.request(loggableRequest))
       else None
 
     def header: RequestHeader = context.header
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ object RequestChannel extends Logging {
     }
 
     def responseNode(response: AbstractResponse): Option[JsonNode] = {
-      if (RequestChannel.isRequestLoggingEnabled)
+      if (RequestChannel.isRequestLoggingEnabled(context.header))
         Some(RequestConvertToJson.response(response, context.apiVersion))
       else
         None
@@ -249,14 +254,19 @@ object RequestChannel extends Logging {
       // the total time spent on authentication, which may be significant for SASL/SSL.
       recordNetworkThreadTimeCallback.foreach(record => record.accept(networkThreadTimeNanos))
 
-      if (isRequestLoggingEnabled) {
+      if (isRequestLoggingEnabled(header)) {
         val desc = RequestConvertToJson.requestDescMetrics(header, requestLog.toJava, response.responseLog.toJava,
           context, session, isForwarded,
           totalTimeMs, requestQueueTimeMs, apiLocalTimeMs,
           apiRemoteTimeMs, apiThrottleTimeMs, responseQueueTimeMs,
           responseSendTimeMs, temporaryMemoryBytes,
           messageConversionsTimeMs)
-        requestLogger.debug("Completed request:" + desc.toString)
+        val logPrefix = "Completed request: {}"
+        // log deprecated apis at `info` level to allow them to be selectively enabled
+        if (header.isApiVersionDeprecated())
+          requestLogger.info(logPrefix, desc)
+        else
+          requestLogger.debug(logPrefix, desc)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/network/RequestConvertToJson.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/network/RequestConvertToJson.java
index f7b26601f7c..b4b0cadb16d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/network/RequestConvertToJson.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/network/RequestConvertToJson.java
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ public class RequestConvertToJson {
             header.data(), header.headerVersion(), false
         );
         node.set("requestApiKeyName", new TextNode(header.apiKey().toString()));
-        if (header.apiKey().isVersionDeprecated(header.apiVersion())) {
+        if (header.isApiVersionDeprecated()) {
             node.set("requestApiVersionDeprecated", BooleanNode.TRUE);
         }
         return node;