diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index 49f08b521..b9161b417 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ fn resolve_sort_criteria<'ctx, Query: RankingRuleQueryTrait>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all, target = "search::universe")]
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, target = "search::universe")]
 pub fn filtered_universe(
     index: &Index,
     txn: &RoTxn<'_>,
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/vector_sort.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/vector_sort.rs
index a25605cfc..f6502a908 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/vector_sort.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/vector_sort.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl<'ctx, Q: RankingRuleQueryTrait> RankingRule<'ctx, Q> for VectorSort<Q> {
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::only_used_in_recursion)]
-    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all, target = "search::vector_sort")]
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, target = "search::vector_sort")]
     fn next_bucket(
         &mut self,
         ctx: &mut SearchContext<'ctx>,
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
index 0be698027..9ccd7341c 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ impl Embedder {
         }
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, target = "search")]
     pub fn embed_one(
         &self,
         text: String,