diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListener.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListener.cs
index e472a2aa52a..c5ca35d91e7 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListener.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListener.cs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ private void EnableIfNeeded(EventSource eventSource)
         }
 
         _logger.EnablingEventSource(eventSource.Name);
-        EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.LogAlways, EventKeywords.All, _eventSourceSettings);
+        EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.Critical, EventKeywords.None, _eventSourceSettings);
     }
 
     private void RecordSumEvent(IDictionary<string, object> eventPayload, string counterName)
diff --git a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Tests/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListenerTest.cs b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Tests/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListenerTest.cs
index db518de05b7..af2bbc24af2 100644
--- a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Tests/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListenerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Tests/Metering.Collectors.EventCounters/EventCountersListenerTest.cs
@@ -330,16 +330,41 @@ public void EventCountersListener_Ignores_Empty_Counters_Maps()
         Assert.Equal(0, instrumentCounter.Count);
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public void EventCountersListener_Emits_WhenSumCounterMatches()
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.Verbose)]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.Informational)]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.Warning)]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.Error)]
+    public void EventCountersListener_Ignores_LowEventLevels(EventLevel eventLevel)
     {
         using var meter = new Meter<EventCountersListener>();
+        using var instrumentCounter = new InstrumentCounter(meter);
         using var metricCollector = new MetricCollector<long>(meter, $"{_eventSourceName}|{_counterName}");
 
         using var eventSource = new EventSource(_eventSourceName);
         using var listener = new EventCountersListener(_options, meter);
         eventSource.Write(EventName,
-            new EventSourceOptions { Level = EventLevel.LogAlways },
+            new EventSourceOptions { Level = eventLevel },
+            new
+            {
+                payload = new { CounterType = "Sum", Name = _counterName, Increment = 1 }
+            });
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, instrumentCounter.Count);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.Critical)]
+    [InlineData(EventLevel.LogAlways)]
+    public void EventCountersListener_Emits_WhenSumCounterMatches(EventLevel eventLevel)
+    {
+        using var meter = new Meter<EventCountersListener>();
+        using var metricCollector = new MetricCollector<long>(meter, $"{_eventSourceName}|{_counterName}");
+
+        using var eventSource = new EventSource(_eventSourceName);
+        using var listener = new EventCountersListener(_options, meter);
+        eventSource.Write(EventName,
+            new EventSourceOptions { Level = eventLevel },
             new
             {
                 payload = new { CounterType = "Sum", Name = _counterName, Increment = 1 }