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/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8f6982..9969f26 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
 
 go 1.21.13
 
-toolchain go1.23.2
+toolchain go1.23.3
 
 require (
 	code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.4.0
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.25.0
-	golang.org/x/time v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.26.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 76d4a2c..290783c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -274,15 +274,15 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
-golang.org/x/term v0.25.0 h1:WtHI/ltw4NvSUig5KARz9h521QvRC8RmF/cuYqifU24=
-golang.org/x/term v0.25.0/go.mod h1:RPyXicDX+6vLxogjjRxjgD2TKtmAO6NZBsBRfrOLu7M=
+golang.org/x/term v0.26.0 h1:WEQa6V3Gja/BhNxg540hBip/kkaYtRg3cxg4oXSw4AU=
+golang.org/x/term v0.26.0/go.mod h1:Si5m1o57C5nBNQo5z1iq+XDijt21BDBDp2bK0QI8e3E=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
-golang.org/x/time v0.7.0 h1:ntUhktv3OPE6TgYxXWv9vKvUSJyIFJlyohwbkEwPrKQ=
-golang.org/x/time v0.7.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 h1:9i3RxcPv3PZnitoVGMPDKZSq1xW1gK1Xy3ArNOGZfEg=
+golang.org/x/time v0.8.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200325010219-a49f79bcc224/go.mod h1:Sl4aGygMT6LrqrWclx+PTx3U+LnKx/seiNR+3G19Ar8=
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