diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RUDecodeData.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RUDecodeData.cxx
index a9ed2748ec004..187a1bc114ee7 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RUDecodeData.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RUDecodeData.cxx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bool RUDecodeData::checkLinkInSync(int icab, const o2::InteractionRecord ir)
     link->statistics.errorCounts[GBTLinkDecodingStat::ErrOldROF]++;
     linkHBFToDump[(uint64_t(link->subSpec) << 32) + link->hbfEntry] = link->irHBF.orbit;
     if (link->needToPrintError(link->statistics.errorCounts[GBTLinkDecodingStat::ErrOldROF]) && !ROFRampUpStage) {
-      LOGP(error, "{} (cable {}) has IR={} for current majority IR={} -> {}", link->describe(),
+      LOGP(critical, "{} (cable {}) has IR={} for current majority IR={} -> {}", link->describe(),
            cableHWID[icab], link->ir.asString(), ir.asString(), link->statistics.ErrNames[GBTLinkDecodingStat::ErrOldROF]);
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
index 7042cb7433ac5..da1af34376ff1 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void STFDecoder<Mapping>::run(ProcessingContext& pc)
     if ((expectedTFSize != nTriggersProcessed) && mROFErrRepIntervalMS > 0 && mTFCounter > 1 && nTriggersProcessed > 0) {
       long currTS = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::system_clock::now()).time_since_epoch().count();
       if (currTS - lastErrReportTS > mROFErrRepIntervalMS) {
-        LOGP(error, "Inconsistent number of ROF per TF. From parameters: {} from readout: {} (muting further reporting for {} ms)", expectedTFSize, nTriggersProcessed, mROFErrRepIntervalMS);
+        LOGP(critical, "Inconsistent number of ROF per TF. From parameters: {} from readout: {} (muting further reporting for {} ms)", expectedTFSize, nTriggersProcessed, mROFErrRepIntervalMS);
         lastErrReportTS = currTS;
       }
     }