diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index 9029f867a7e..c6402a9aa61 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -595,7 +595,9 @@ def _translate(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> LogRecord:
         # related to https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/3548
         # Severity Text = WARN as defined in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/logs/data-model.md#displaying-severity.
         level_name = (
-            "WARN" if record.levelname == "WARNING" else record.levelname
+            "WARN" if record.levelname == "WARNING" else
+            "FATAL" if record.levelname == "CRITICAL" else
+            record.levelname
         )
 
         return LogRecord(