diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 202d53bc6d..8725931627 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ restore snapshots created with the previous major version using the
 'sstableloader' tool. You can upgrade the file format of your snapshots
 using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
 
-3.9
+3.8
 ===
 
 New features
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index dd104b6119..ed40eb6ce2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="test-all" 
-          depends="eclipse-warnings,test,long-test,test-compression,test-clientutil-jar" 
+          depends="eclipse-warnings,test,long-test,test-compression" 
           description="Run all tests except for those under test-burn" />
   
   <!-- Use JaCoCo ant extension without needing externally saved lib -->
diff --git a/test/conf/logback-test.xml b/test/conf/logback-test.xml
index f6a54921dd..4fe08274cd 100644
--- a/test/conf/logback-test.xml
+++ b/test/conf/logback-test.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <appender-ref ref="TEE"/>
   </appender>
 
-  <root level="INFO">
+  <root level="DEBUG">
     <appender-ref ref="ASYNC" />
   </root>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQLTester.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQLTester.java
index ea9acd12e9..d0eeb4c536 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQLTester.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQLTester.java
@@ -738,8 +738,8 @@ public abstract class CQLTester
         UntypedResultSet rs;
         if (usePrepared)
         {
-            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-                logger.debug("Executing: {} with values {}", query, formatAllValues(values));
+            if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
+                logger.trace("Executing: {} with values {}", query, formatAllValues(values));
             if (reusePrepared)
             {
                 rs = QueryProcessor.executeInternal(query, transformValues(values));
@@ -759,14 +759,14 @@ public abstract class CQLTester
         else
         {
             query = replaceValues(query, values);
-            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-                logger.debug("Executing: {}", query);
+            if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
+                logger.trace("Executing: {}", query);
             rs = QueryProcessor.executeOnceInternal(query);
         }
         if (rs != null)
         {
-            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-                logger.debug("Got {} rows", rs.size());
+            if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
+                logger.trace("Got {} rows", rs.size());
         }
         return rs;
     }