diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
index 9f9ca1baf54..154d8ee6353 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ def _init_logger(
         if not self._is_deduplication_disabled:
             logger.debug("Adding filter in root logger to suppress child logger records to bubble up")
             for handler in logging.root.handlers:
+                # skip suppressing pytest's handler, allowing caplog fixture usage
+                if type(handler).__name__ == "LogCaptureHandler" and type(handler).__module__ == "_pytest.logging":
+                    continue
                 # It'll add a filter to suppress any child logger from self.service
                 # Example: `Logger(service="order")`, where service is Order
                 # It'll reject all loggers starting with `order` e.g. order.checkout, order.shared
diff --git a/tests/functional/logger/required_dependencies/test_logger.py b/tests/functional/logger/required_dependencies/test_logger.py
index e799dce9b60..2a960582e3f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/logger/required_dependencies/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/functional/logger/required_dependencies/test_logger.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import pytest
+from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureHandler
 
 from aws_lambda_powertools import Logger
 from aws_lambda_powertools.logging import correlation_paths
@@ -1556,3 +1557,24 @@ def handler(event, context):
     # THEN we must be able to inject context
     log = capture_logging_output(stdout)
     assert request_id == log["correlation_id"]
+
+
+def test_non_preconfigured_logger_with_caplog(caplog, service_name):
+    caplog.set_level("INFO")
+    logger = Logger(service=service_name)
+    logger.info("testing, testing...")
+    pytest_handler_existence = any(isinstance(item, LogCaptureHandler) for item in logger._logger.root.handlers)
+
+    assert pytest_handler_existence is True
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+    assert caplog.records[0].message == "testing, testing..."
+
+
+def test_child_logger_with_caplog(caplog):
+    caplog.set_level("INFO")
+    logger = Logger(child=True)
+    logger.info("testing, testing...")
+    pytest_handler_existence = any(isinstance(item, LogCaptureHandler) for item in logger._logger.root.handlers)
+
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+    assert pytest_handler_existence is True