diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
index ac815cbe82cdb..30383bfcbbbd4 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ func extractLogLevelFromLogLine(log string) string {
 		return constants.LogLevelDebug
 	case bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("info")), bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("inf")):
 		return constants.LogLevelInfo
-	case bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("warn")), bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("wrn")):
+	case bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("warn")), bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("wrn")), bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("warning")):
 		return constants.LogLevelWarn
 	case bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("error")), bytes.EqualFold(v, []byte("err")):
 		return constants.LogLevelError
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
index 86afd0b1d659e..785d6ce03d0c3 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ func makeWriteRequestWithLabelsWithLevel(lines, size int, labels []string, level
 
 		for j := 0; j < lines; j++ {
 			// Construct the log line, honoring the input size
-			line := "msg=" + strconv.Itoa(j) + strings.Repeat("0", size) + " severity=" + level
+			line := "msg=an error occured " + strconv.Itoa(j) + strings.Repeat("0", size) + " severity=" + level
 
 			stream.Entries = append(stream.Entries, logproto.Entry{
 				Timestamp: time.Now().Add(time.Duration(j) * time.Millisecond),
@@ -1644,20 +1644,28 @@ func Test_DetectLogLevels(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("log level detection enabled and warn logs", func(t *testing.T) {
-		limits, ingester := setup(true)
-		distributors, _ := prepare(t, 1, 5, limits, func(_ string) (ring_client.PoolClient, error) { return ingester, nil })
+		for _, level := range []string{"warn", "Wrn", "WARNING"} {
+			limits, ingester := setup(true)
+			distributors, _ := prepare(
+				t,
+				1,
+				5,
+				limits,
+				func(_ string) (ring_client.PoolClient, error) { return ingester, nil },
+			)
 
-		writeReq := makeWriteRequestWithLabelsWithLevel(1, 10, []string{`{foo="bar"}`}, "warn")
-		_, err := distributors[0].Push(ctx, writeReq)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		topVal := ingester.Peek()
-		require.Equal(t, `{foo="bar"}`, topVal.Streams[0].Labels)
-		require.Equal(t, push.LabelsAdapter{
-			{
-				Name:  constants.LevelLabel,
-				Value: constants.LogLevelWarn,
-			},
-		}, topVal.Streams[0].Entries[0].StructuredMetadata)
+			writeReq := makeWriteRequestWithLabelsWithLevel(1, 10, []string{`{foo="bar"}`}, level)
+			_, err := distributors[0].Push(ctx, writeReq)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			topVal := ingester.Peek()
+			require.Equal(t, `{foo="bar"}`, topVal.Streams[0].Labels)
+			require.Equal(t, push.LabelsAdapter{
+				{
+					Name:  constants.LevelLabel,
+					Value: constants.LogLevelWarn,
+				},
+			}, topVal.Streams[0].Entries[0].StructuredMetadata, fmt.Sprintf("level: %s", level))
+		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("log level detection enabled but log level already present in stream", func(t *testing.T) {