diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/out.upload_process.txt b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/out.upload_process.txt
index 852c79c56..851add38f 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/out.upload_process.txt
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-fails/out.upload_process.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Attempt 0 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
-Attempt 1 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
-Attempt 2 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
+Warn: Attempt 0 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
+
+Warn: Attempt 1 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
+
+Warn: Attempt 2 failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: 501
+
 error: upload did not succeed after three attempts
diff --git a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-partially-succeeds/out.upload_process.txt b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-partially-succeeds/out.upload_process.txt
index b9a4e78ab..8110d222e 100644
--- a/acceptance/telemetry/upload-partially-succeeds/out.upload_process.txt
+++ b/acceptance/telemetry/upload-partially-succeeds/out.upload_process.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Attempt 0 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
-Attempt 1 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
-Attempt 2 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
+Warn: Attempt 0 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
+
+Warn: Attempt 1 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
+
+Warn: Attempt 2 was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: 1 out of 2
+
 error: upload did not succeed after three attempts
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 4f5337fd3..792c325f0 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/root"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/selftest"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/sync"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/telemetry"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/version"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/workspace"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
 	cli.AddCommand(sync.New())
 	cli.AddCommand(version.New())
 	cli.AddCommand(selftest.New())
+	cli.AddCommand(telemetry.New())
 
 	return cli
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root/root.go b/cmd/root/root.go
index eb2c66625..0ca69aedd 100644
--- a/cmd/root/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root/root.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/log"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry/protos"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/logger"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -233,8 +234,15 @@ func uploadTelemetry(ctx context.Context, cmdStr string, startTime time.Time, ex
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 
+	// Default to warn log level. If debug is enabled in the parent process, we set
+	// the log level to debug for the telemetry worker as well.
+	logLevel := "warn"
+	if log.GetLogger(ctx).Enabled(ctx, logger.LevelDebug) {
+		logLevel = "debug"
+	}
+
 	d := daemon.Daemon{
-		Args:        []string{"telemetry", "upload"},
+		Args:        []string{"telemetry", "upload", fmt.Sprintf("--log-level=%s", logLevel)},
 		Env:         env,
 		PidFilePath: os.Getenv(telemetry.PidFileEnvVar),
 		LogFile:     os.Getenv(telemetry.UploadLogsFileEnvVar),
diff --git a/cmd/telemetry/telemetry.go b/cmd/telemetry/telemetry.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d1a635bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/telemetry/telemetry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package telemetry
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func New() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:    "telemetry",
+		Short:  "commands that are used to upload telemetry",
+		Hidden: true,
+	}
+
+	cmd.AddCommand(newTelemetryUpload())
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/cmd/telemetry/upload.go b/cmd/telemetry/upload.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84952b54b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/telemetry/upload.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package telemetry
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func newTelemetryUpload() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use: "upload",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			ctx := cmd.Context()
+
+			// We exit the process explicitly at the end of Run to avoid the possibility
+			// of the worker being spawned recursively. This could otherwise happen if
+			// say telemetry was logged as part of this command.
+			defer os.Exit(0)
+
+			resp, err := telemetry.Upload(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("Telemetry logs uploaded successfully\n")
+			fmt.Println("Response:")
+			b, err := json.Marshal(resp)
+			if err == nil {
+				fmt.Println(string(b))
+			}
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/upload.go b/libs/telemetry/upload.go
index 12e69a591..463df45aa 100644
--- a/libs/telemetry/upload.go
+++ b/libs/telemetry/upload.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/log"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry/protos"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/apierr"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/client"
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func Upload(ctx context.Context) (*ResponseBody, error) {
 
 		// Partial success. Retry.
 		if err == nil && resp.NumProtoSuccess < int64(len(logs)) {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Attempt %d was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: %d out of %d\n", i, resp.NumProtoSuccess, len(logs))
+			log.Warnf(ctx, "Attempt %d was a partial success. Number of logs uploaded: %d out of %d\n", i, resp.NumProtoSuccess, len(logs))
 			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func Upload(ctx context.Context) (*ResponseBody, error) {
 		// ref: https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/blob/cdb28002afacb8b762348534a4c4040a9f19c24b/apierr/errors.go#L91
 		var apiErr *apierr.APIError
 		if errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.StatusCode >= 500 && apiErr.StatusCode != 503 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Attempt %d failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: %d\n", i, apiErr.StatusCode)
+			log.Warnf(ctx, "Attempt %d failed due to a server side error. Retrying status code: %d\n", i, apiErr.StatusCode)
 			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5c1eecec1..c568e6adb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,46 +2,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/root"
-	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry"
-	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/logger"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// A new process is spawned for uploading telemetry data. We handle this separately
-	// from the rest of the CLI commands.
-	// This is done because [root.Execute] spawns a new process to run the
-	// "telemetry upload" command if there are logs to be uploaded. Having this outside
-	// of [root.Execute] ensures that the telemetry upload process is not spawned
-	// infinitely in a recursive manner.
-	if len(os.Args) == 3 && os.Args[1] == "telemetry" && os.Args[2] == "upload" {
-		// Suppress info logs (and lower) from the SDK. This ensures that INFO / DEBUG logs
-		// from the SDK are not printed to stdout / stderr.
-		logger.DefaultLogger = &logger.SimpleLogger{
-			Level: logger.LevelWarn,
-		}
-
-		resp, err := telemetry.Upload(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		fmt.Printf("Telemetry logs uploaded successfully\n")
-		fmt.Println("Response:")
-		b, err := json.Marshal(resp)
-		if err == nil {
-			fmt.Println(string(b))
-		}
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-
 	err := root.Execute(ctx, cmd.New(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)