diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 0043022..69a78f2 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -1708,6 +1708,12 @@ class Server<
       const { createProxyMiddleware } = await import(
         /* webpackChunkName: "http-proxy-middleware" */ 'http-proxy-middleware'
       );
+      const defaultProxyLogger = {
+        // HPM logs every successful proxy request at info level, so treat it as verbose output.
+        info: this.logger.log.bind(this.logger),
+        warn: this.logger.warn.bind(this.logger),
+        error: this.logger.error.bind(this.logger),
+      };
 
       const getProxyMiddleware = (
         proxyConfig: DevServerProxyConfigArrayItem,
@@ -1720,7 +1726,7 @@ class Server<
         }
 
         if (typeof proxyOptions.logger === 'undefined') {
-          proxyOptions.logger = this.logger as EXPECTED_ANY;
+          proxyOptions.logger = defaultProxyLogger;
         }
 
         if (proxyOptions.target || proxyOptions.router) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/proxy-logging.test.js b/tests/e2e/proxy-logging.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb79905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/proxy-logging.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+const { once } = require('node:events');
+const http = require('node:http');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const { rspack } = require('@rspack/core');
+const { RspackDevServer } = require('@rspack/dev-server');
+const request = require('../helpers/http-request');
+
+describe('proxy logging', () => {
+  let backend;
+  let devServer;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await devServer?.stop();
+
+    if (backend?.listening) {
+      const closed = once(backend, 'close');
+      backend.close();
+      await closed;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('uses the expected infrastructure log levels', async () => {
+    backend = http.createServer((_req, res) => res.end('proxied'));
+    backend.listen(0, '127.0.0.1');
+    await once(backend, 'listening');
+
+    const backendPort = backend.address().port;
+    const logs = [];
+    const compiler = rspack({
+      entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '../placeholder.js'),
+      stats: 'none',
+    });
+
+    compiler.hooks.infrastructureLog.tap(
+      'proxy-logging-test',
+      (name, type, args) => {
+        const message = args.map(String).join(' ');
+
+        if (name === 'rspack-dev-server' && message.includes('[HPM]')) {
+          logs.push({ message, type });
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      },
+    );
+
+    devServer = new RspackDevServer(
+      {
+        client: false,
+        hot: false,
+        host: '127.0.0.1',
+        port: 0,
+        proxy: [
+          {
+            context: ['/api'],
+            target: `http://127.0.0.1:${backendPort}`,
+          },
+        ],
+        static: false,
+        webSocketServer: false,
+      },
+      compiler,
+    );
+
+    await devServer.start();
+    const port = devServer.server.address().port;
+    const proxyRequest = () =>
+      request({ hostname: '127.0.0.1', path: '/api/users', port });
+
+    expect((await proxyRequest()).status).toBe(200);
+    expect(logs).toContainEqual({
+      message: expect.stringContaining('[HPM] GET /api/users'),
+      type: 'log',
+    });
+
+    const closed = once(backend, 'close');
+    backend.close();
+    await closed;
+
+    expect((await proxyRequest()).status).toBe(504);
+    expect(logs).toContainEqual({
+      message: expect.stringContaining('[HPM] Error occurred'),
+      type: 'error',
+    });
+  });
+});