diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml
index 52948e1eb719d..7be4ba1663e62 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 .zombienet-refs:
   extends: .build-refs
   variables:
-    ZOMBIENET_IMAGE: "docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.3.99"
+    ZOMBIENET_IMAGE: "docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.3.103"
     PUSHGATEWAY_URL: "http://zombienet-prometheus-pushgateway.managed-monitoring:9091/metrics/job/zombie-metrics"
+    DEBUG: "zombie,zombie::network-node,zombie::kube::client::logs"
 
 include:
   # substrate tests
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/cumulus.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/cumulus.yml
index c473f5c5fed75..a7f321505bacf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/cumulus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/cumulus.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     - echo "${COL_IMAGE}"
     - echo "${GH_DIR}"
     - echo "${LOCAL_DIR}"
-    - export DEBUG=zombie
     - export RELAY_IMAGE=${POLKADOT_IMAGE}
     - export COL_IMAGE=${COL_IMAGE}
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/polkadot.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/polkadot.yml
index 38c5332f30970..a9f0eb9303371 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/polkadot.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/polkadot.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     - if [[ $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == *"gh-readonly-queue"* ]]; then export DOCKER_IMAGES_VERSION="${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"; fi
     - export PIPELINE_IMAGE_TAG=${DOCKER_IMAGES_VERSION}
     - export BUILD_RELEASE_VERSION="$(cat ./artifacts/BUILD_RELEASE_VERSION)" # from build-linux-stable job
-    - export DEBUG=zombie,zombie::network-node
     - export ZOMBIENET_INTEGRATION_TEST_IMAGE="${POLKADOT_IMAGE}":${PIPELINE_IMAGE_TAG}
     - export COL_IMAGE="${COLANDER_IMAGE}":${PIPELINE_IMAGE_TAG}
     - export CUMULUS_IMAGE="docker.io/paritypr/polkadot-parachain-debug:${DOCKER_IMAGES_VERSION}"
diff --git a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/substrate.yml b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/substrate.yml
index 8a627c454f9f3..2013ffd571cf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/substrate.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/pipeline/zombienet/substrate.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     - echo "${ZOMBIENET_IMAGE}"
     - echo "${GH_DIR}"
     - echo "${LOCAL_DIR}"
-    - export DEBUG=zombie,zombie::network-node
     - export ZOMBIENET_INTEGRATION_TEST_IMAGE="${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE}":${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_TAG}
     - echo "${ZOMBIENET_INTEGRATION_TEST_IMAGE}"
   stage: zombienet