diff --git a/src/main/docker/logback-json.xml b/src/main/docker/logback-json.xml
index d2d88c4fe..b944ec2fc 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/logback-json.xml
+++ b/src/main/docker/logback-json.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <appender-ref ref="JSON_STDOUT" />
     </logger>
 
-    <logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="${dependencyTrack.logging.level:-INFO}" additivity="false">
+    <logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="WARN" additivity="false">
         <appender-ref ref="JSON_STDOUT" />
     </logger>
 
diff --git a/src/main/docker/logback.xml b/src/main/docker/logback.xml
index dc87f4283..1d6fc647a 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/docker/logback.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <appender-ref ref="EMBEDDED_SERVER" />
     </logger>
 
-    <logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="${dependencyTrack.logging.level:-INFO}" additivity="false">
+    <logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="WARN" additivity="false">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
         <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
     </logger>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 7779e785d..526b08eb8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
         <appender-ref ref="EMBEDDED_SERVER" />
     </logger>
 
+    <logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="WARN" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+    </logger>
+
     <root level="WARN">
         <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
         <appender-ref ref="SECURITY_CONSOLE" />