diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 561f979..6e3b9da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Overhauled Makefile with comprehensive build automation
 - Upgraded Bundler version for improved dependency management
 - Refined file packaging configuration for better gem distribution
+- Refined logger configuration for improved debugging:
+  - Disabled logging of headers in HTTP responses
+  - Turned off logging of errors in HTTP responses
+  - Set log level to debug consistently across all environments
+  - Removed production/debug environment-based log level logic
+- Updated README documentation:
+  - Switched build and test instructions from rake to make commands
+  - Fixed typo in notifications reference for Prometheus monitoring section
+- Updated additional dependencies:
+  - Upgraded net-http to version 0.8.0 for improved compatibility
+  - Bumped faraday-follow_redirects to require newer minor version
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index da048fd..b28cb1b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PATH
     data_services_api (1.6.1)
       faraday (~> 2.13, >= 2.13.0)
       faraday-encoding (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.6)
-      faraday-follow_redirects (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.0)
+      faraday-follow_redirects (~> 0.4, >= 0.4.0)
       faraday-retry (~> 2.0, >= 2.0)
       json (~> 2.0)
       yajl-ruby (~> 1.4)
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ GEM
     mocha (2.8.0)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.5)
     mutex_m (0.3.0)
-    net-http (0.7.0)
-      uri
+    net-http (0.8.0)
+      uri (>= 0.11.1)
     ostruct (0.6.3)
     parallel (1.27.0)
     parser (3.3.10.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbdce57..b1aadab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ order for the gem to work._
 Rubocop should not report any warnings:
 
 ```sh
-$ rubocop
+$ make lint
 Inspecting 21 files
 .....................
 
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ Once the API is started you can invoke the tests with the simple command
 below[^1]:
 
 ```sh
-rake test
+make test
 ```
 
 You can also set the environment variable `API_URL` to point to a running
 instance of the HMLR Data API from a non-default port:
 
 ```sh
-API_URL=http://localhost:8080 rake test
+API_URL=http://localhost:8080 make test
 ```
 
 _N.B If `API_URL` environment variable is not set it will default to
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ At present, publishing is a manual step for Gem maintainers. The process is:
 ### Prometheus monitoring
 
 This gem integrates with Prometheus monitoring by emitting the following
-`ActiveSupport::Notificaion`s:
+`ActiveSupport::Notification`s:
 
 - `response.api` - API response, including status code and duration
 - `connection_failure.api` - failure to connect to the API, with exception
diff --git a/data_services_api.gemspec b/data_services_api.gemspec
index deaa05a..c52e3db 100644
--- a/data_services_api.gemspec
+++ b/data_services_api.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 2.13', '>= 2.13.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-encoding', '~> 0.0', '>= 0.0.6'
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-follow_redirects', '~> 0.3', '>= 0.3.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-follow_redirects', '~> 0.4', '>= 0.4.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-retry', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'json', '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'yajl-ruby', '~> 1.4'
diff --git a/lib/data_services_api/service.rb b/lib/data_services_api/service.rb
index 492acbe..908cef4 100644
--- a/lib/data_services_api/service.rb
+++ b/lib/data_services_api/service.rb
@@ -280,13 +280,11 @@ def in_rails?
     def with_logger_in_rails(config)
       return config.response :logger unless in_rails?
 
-      level = Rails.env.production? ? :info : :debug
-
       config.response :logger, Rails.logger, {
-        headers: true,
+        headers: false,
         bodies: false,
-        errors: true,
-        log_level: level.to_sym
+        errors: false,
+        log_level: :debug
       }
     end