diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3bfb29832..6abc92756 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.5.0
 -----
+ * Disable Netty wire logging on the HTTP server (CASSSIDECAR-496)
  * Tighten path containment in Live Migration file route (CASSSIDECAR-479)
  * Add fast_forward_enabled flag to enable eager pipelining of staging and importing in coordinated writes (CASSSIDECAR-463)
  * CachingSchemaStore should be reloaded when Schemastore kafka configs are changed (CASSSIDECAR-493)
diff --git a/conf/logback.xml b/conf/logback.xml
index df0e2b14d..e1078dc1c 100644
--- a/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/conf/logback.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
   </root>
 
 
+  <logger name="io.netty" level="INFO" />
   <logger name="com.datastax.driver.core" level="ERROR" />
   <logger name="com.datastax.driver.core.ControlConnection" level="OFF" />
 </configuration>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/sidecar/server/HttpServerOptionsProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/sidecar/server/HttpServerOptionsProvider.java
index 799a6c953..b75d78683 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/sidecar/server/HttpServerOptionsProvider.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/sidecar/server/HttpServerOptionsProvider.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class HttpServerOptionsProvider implements Function<SidecarConfiguration,
     @Override
     public HttpServerOptions apply(SidecarConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        HttpServerOptions options = new HttpServerOptions().setLogActivity(true);
+        HttpServerOptions options = new HttpServerOptions();
         ServiceConfiguration serviceConf = configuration.serviceConfiguration();
         options.setIdleTimeoutUnit(MILLISECONDS)
                .setIdleTimeout(serviceConf.requestIdleTimeout().toIntMillis())