diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index f899d14..01fcf39 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## 4.1.0
+## 5.0.0
 
 * [Add job_level logging option to config](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/299) to make the logging level of jobs configurable. Change default from "trace" to "info".
+* [Don't log job output when debug logging is not enabled](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/303). This reduces the default amount of log output of the runner.
 
 ## 4.0.1
 
diff --git a/internal/app/run/logging.go b/internal/app/run/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e6d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/run/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package run
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// NullLogger is used to create a new JobLogger to discard logs. This
+// will prevent these logs from being logged to the stdout, but
+// forward them to the Reporter via its hook.
+type NullLogger struct{}
+
+// WithJobLogger creates a new logrus.Logger that will discard all logs.
+func (n NullLogger) WithJobLogger() *log.Logger {
+	logger := log.New()
+	logger.SetOutput(io.Discard)
+	logger.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+
+	return logger
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner.go b/internal/app/run/runner.go
index e774786..9eaf37e 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner.go
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 	// add logger recorders
 	ctx = common.WithLoggerHook(ctx, reporter)
 
+	if !log.IsLevelEnabled(log.DebugLevel) {
+		ctx = runner.WithJobLoggerFactory(ctx, NullLogger{})
+	}
+
 	execErr := executor(ctx)
 	reporter.SetOutputs(job.Outputs)
 	return execErr