diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
index f9c33c70ba6..88ba8122da9 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ class Logger(logging.Logger):  # lgtm [py/missing-call-to-init]
     service : str, optional
         service name to be appended in logs, by default "service_undefined"
     level : str, int optional
-        logging.level, by default "INFO"
+        The level to set. Can be a string representing the level name: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'
+        or an integer representing the level value: 10 for 'DEBUG', 20 for 'INFO', 30 for 'WARNING', 40 for 'ERROR', 50 for 'CRITICAL'. # noqa: E501
+        by default "INFO"
     child: bool, optional
         create a child Logger named <service>.<caller_file_name>, False by default
     sample_rate: float, optional
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ def _configure_sampling(self):
         try:
             if self.sampling_rate and random.random() <= float(self.sampling_rate):
                 logger.debug("Setting log level to Debug due to sampling rate")
-                self.log_level = logging.DEBUG
+                self.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         except ValueError:
             raise InvalidLoggerSamplingRateError(
                 f"Expected a float value ranging 0 to 1, but received {self.sampling_rate} instead."
@@ -443,6 +445,19 @@ def decorate(event, context, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return decorate
 
+    def setLevel(self, level: Union[str, int]):
+        """
+        Set the logging level for the logger.
+
+        Parameters:
+        -----------
+        level str | int
+            The level to set. Can be a string representing the level name: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'
+            or an integer representing the level value: 10 for 'DEBUG', 20 for 'INFO', 30 for 'WARNING', 40 for 'ERROR', 50 for 'CRITICAL'. # noqa: E501
+        """
+        self.log_level = level
+        self._logger.setLevel(level)
+
     def info(
         self,
         msg: object,
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_logger.py b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
index 412a9358553..e6dbf7ebbb8 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
@@ -379,6 +379,23 @@ def test_logger_level_env_var_as_int(monkeypatch, service_name):
         Logger(service=service_name)
 
 
+def test_logger_switch_between_levels(stdout, service_name):
+    # GIVEN a Loggers is initialized with INFO level
+    logger = Logger(service=service_name, level="INFO", stream=stdout)
+    logger.info("message info")
+
+    # WHEN we switch to DEBUG level
+    logger.setLevel(level="DEBUG")
+    logger.debug("message debug")
+
+    # THEN we must have different levels and messages in stdout
+    log_output = capture_multiple_logging_statements_output(stdout)
+    assert log_output[0]["level"] == "INFO"
+    assert log_output[0]["message"] == "message info"
+    assert log_output[1]["level"] == "DEBUG"
+    assert log_output[1]["message"] == "message debug"
+
+
 def test_logger_record_caller_location(stdout, service_name):
     # GIVEN Logger is initialized
     logger = Logger(service=service_name, stream=stdout)