diff --git a/qlib/log.py b/qlib/log.py
index f7683d5116..71f870c8a0 100644
--- a/qlib/log.py
+++ b/qlib/log.py
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@ def __init__(self, module_name):
         # this feature name conflicts with the attribute with Logger
         # rename it to avoid some corner cases that result in comparing `str` and `int`
         self.__level = 0
+        # Normally this should be set to `False` to avoid duplicated logging [1].
+        # However, due to bug in pytest, it requires log message to propagate to root logger to be captured by `caplog` [2].
+        # [1] https://github.com/microsoft/qlib/pull/1661
+        # [2] https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3697
+        self.parent_propagate = False
 
     @property
     def logger(self):
         logger = logging.getLogger(self.module_name)
         logger.setLevel(self.__level)
+        logger.parent.propagate = self.parent_propagate
         return logger
 
     def setLevel(self, level):
diff --git a/tests/rl/test_logger.py b/tests/rl/test_logger.py
index c8ceca92ad..3fdfbb8f86 100644
--- a/tests/rl/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/rl/test_logger.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
-
 from random import randint, choice
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -69,8 +68,9 @@ def learn(self, batch):
 
 def test_simple_env_logger(caplog):
     set_log_with_config(C.logging_config)
+    writer = ConsoleWriter()
+    writer.console_logger.parent_propagate = True
     for venv_cls_name in ["dummy", "shmem", "subproc"]:
-        writer = ConsoleWriter()
         csv_writer = CsvWriter(Path(__file__).parent / ".output")
         venv = vectorize_env(lambda: SimpleEnv(), venv_cls_name, 4, [writer, csv_writer])
         with venv.collector_guard():
@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ def test_simple_env_logger(caplog):
         output_file = pd.read_csv(Path(__file__).parent / ".output" / "result.csv")
         assert output_file.columns.tolist() == ["reward", "a", "c"]
         assert len(output_file) >= 30
-
     line_counter = 0
     for line in caplog.text.splitlines():
         line = line.strip()
         if line:
             line_counter += 1
-            assert re.match(r".*reward .*  a .* \((4|5|6)\.\d+\)  c .* \((14|15|16)\.\d+\)", line)
+            assert re.match(r".*reward .* {2}a .* \(([456])\.\d+\) {2}c .* \((14|15|16)\.\d+\)", line)
     assert line_counter >= 3
 
 
@@ -137,15 +136,17 @@ def learn(self, batch):
 
 def test_logger_with_env_wrapper():
     with DataQueue(list(range(20)), shuffle=False) as data_iterator:
-        env_wrapper_factory = lambda: EnvWrapper(
-            SimpleSimulator,
-            DummyStateInterpreter(),
-            DummyActionInterpreter(),
-            data_iterator,
-            logger=LogCollector(LogLevel.DEBUG),
-        )
-
-        # loglevel can be debug here because metrics can all dump into csv
+
+        def env_wrapper_factory():
+            return EnvWrapper(
+                SimpleSimulator,
+                DummyStateInterpreter(),
+                DummyActionInterpreter(),
+                data_iterator,
+                logger=LogCollector(LogLevel.DEBUG),
+            )
+
+        # loglevel can be debugged here because metrics can all dump into csv
         # otherwise, csv writer might crash
         csv_writer = CsvWriter(Path(__file__).parent / ".output", loglevel=LogLevel.DEBUG)
         venv = vectorize_env(env_wrapper_factory, "shmem", 4, csv_writer)
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ def test_logger_with_env_wrapper():
 
     output_df = pd.read_csv(Path(__file__).parent / ".output" / "result.csv")
     assert len(output_df) == 20
-    # obs has a increasing trend
+    # obs has an increasing trend
     assert output_df["obs"].to_numpy()[:10].sum() < output_df["obs"].to_numpy()[10:].sum()
     assert (output_df["test_a"] == 233).all()
     assert (output_df["test_b"] == 200).all()