diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_init.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_init.c
index 518273e77e1..610d0cf2540 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_init.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_init.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ esp_err_t bootloader_check_bootloader_validity(void)
     unsigned int efuse_revision = efuse_hal_blk_version();
     unsigned int efuse_major_rev = efuse_revision / 100;
     unsigned int efuse_minor_rev = efuse_revision % 100;
-    ESP_EARLY_LOGI(TAG, "efuse block revision: v%d.%d", efuse_major_rev, efuse_minor_rev);
+    ESP_EARLY_LOGD(TAG, "efuse block revision: v%d.%d", efuse_major_rev, efuse_minor_rev);
 #endif  // !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32
     /* compare with the one set in bootloader image header */
     if (bootloader_common_check_chip_validity(&bootloader_image_hdr, ESP_IMAGE_BOOTLOADER) != ESP_OK) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void bootloader_config_wdt(void)
 
 void bootloader_enable_random(void)
 {
-    ESP_EARLY_LOGI(TAG, "Enabling RNG early entropy source...");
+    ESP_EARLY_LOGD(TAG, "Enabling RNG early entropy source...");
     bootloader_random_enable();
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void bootloader_print_banner(void)
     ESP_EARLY_LOGW(TAG, "Unicore bootloader");
 #endif
 #else
-    ESP_EARLY_LOGI(TAG, "Multicore bootloader");
+    ESP_EARLY_LOGD(TAG, "Multicore bootloader");
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_sha.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_sha.c
index d771e1caf85..37af59a7893 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_sha.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_sha.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -28,14 +28,11 @@ bootloader_sha256_handle_t bootloader_sha256_start()
 
 void bootloader_sha256_data(bootloader_sha256_handle_t handle, const void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
-    assert(handle != NULL);
     ets_sha_update(&ctx, data, data_len, false);
 }
 
 void bootloader_sha256_finish(bootloader_sha256_handle_t handle, uint8_t *digest)
 {
-    assert(handle != NULL);
-
     if (digest == NULL) {
         bzero(&ctx, sizeof(ctx));
         return;
@@ -54,14 +51,11 @@ bootloader_sha_handle_t bootloader_sha512_start(bool is384)
 
 void bootloader_sha512_data(bootloader_sha_handle_t handle, const void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
-    assert(handle != NULL);
     ets_sha_update(&ctx, data, data_len, false);
 }
 
 void bootloader_sha512_finish(bootloader_sha_handle_t handle, uint8_t *digest)
 {
-    assert(handle != NULL);
-
     if (digest == NULL) {
         bzero(&ctx, sizeof(ctx));
         return;
@@ -91,7 +85,6 @@ bootloader_sha256_handle_t bootloader_sha256_start(void)
 
 void bootloader_sha256_data(bootloader_sha256_handle_t handle, const void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
-    assert(handle != NULL);
     assert(data_len % 4 == 0);
 
     const uint32_t *w = (const uint32_t *)data;
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
index 98b325aeee3..e8364b8a42b 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ bool bootloader_utility_load_partition_table(bootloader_state_t *bs)
 
     bootloader_munmap(partitions);
 
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "End of partition table");
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@ static void load_image(const esp_image_metadata_t *image_data)
     }
 #endif
 
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Disabling RNG early entropy source...");
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Disabling RNG early entropy source...");
     bootloader_random_disable();
 
     /* Disable glitch reset after all the security checks are completed.
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c
index 0166f34ce3b..797eae4d544 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c
@@ -131,15 +131,15 @@ uint32_t esp_image_bootloader_offset_get(void)
 void esp_image_bootloader_offset_set(const uint32_t offset)
 {
     s_bootloader_partition_offset = offset;
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Bootloader offsets for PRIMARY: 0x%x, Secondary: 0x%" PRIx32, ESP_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER_OFFSET, s_bootloader_partition_offset);
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Bootloader offsets for PRIMARY: 0x%x, Secondary: 0x%" PRIx32, ESP_PRIMARY_BOOTLOADER_OFFSET, s_bootloader_partition_offset);
 #if SOC_RECOVERY_BOOTLOADER_SUPPORTED
     uint32_t recovery_offset = efuse_hal_get_recovery_bootloader_address();
     if (efuse_hal_recovery_bootloader_enabled()) {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: 0x%" PRIx32, recovery_offset);
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: 0x%" PRIx32, recovery_offset);
     } else if (recovery_offset == 0) {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: has not been set yet");
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: has not been set yet");
     } else {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: is disabled");
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Bootloader offset for RECOVERY: is disabled");
     }
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/startup/sdkconfig.ci.flash_80m_qio b/tools/test_apps/system/startup/sdkconfig.ci.flash_80m_qio
index 0c83176a603..f1bf6f7eabd 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/startup/sdkconfig.ci.flash_80m_qio
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/startup/sdkconfig.ci.flash_80m_qio
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_QIO=y
-CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET=0x9000
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/unicore_bootloader/sdkconfig.defaults b/tools/test_apps/system/unicore_bootloader/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9790c07abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/unicore_bootloader/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET=0x10000