diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/logging.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/logging.ts
index 52c914d927e0e..fd1b8e5d0f47d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/logging.ts
@@ -173,8 +173,17 @@ export const data = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log({
   message: util.format(fmt, ...args),
   forceStdout: true,
 });
-export const debug = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log(LogLevel.DEBUG, fmt, ...args);
-export const trace = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log(LogLevel.TRACE, fmt, ...args);
+export const debug = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log({
+  level: LogLevel.DEBUG,
+  message: util.format(fmt, ...args),
+  timestamp: true,
+});
+
+export const trace = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log({
+  level: LogLevel.TRACE,
+  message: util.format(fmt, ...args),
+  timestamp: true,
+});
 
 export const success = (fmt: string, ...args: unknown[]) => log({
   level: LogLevel.INFO,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/logs/cli-logging.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/logs/cli-logging.test.ts
index 08300a7e64890..bce7a9b35f231 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/logs/cli-logging.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/logs/cli-logging.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ describe('logging', () => {
 
       setLogLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG);
       debug('debug message');
-      expect(mockStderr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('debug message\n');
+      expect(mockStderr).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringMatching(/^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\] debug message\n$/),
+      );
     });
 
     test('trace messages only show at trace level', () => {
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ describe('logging', () => {
 
       setLogLevel(LogLevel.TRACE);
       trace('trace message');
-      expect(mockStderr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('trace message\n');
+      expect(mockStderr).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringMatching(/^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\] trace message\n$/),
+      );
     });
   });