diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c9d2649e9..90a30c5dc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=target,target=target \
 FROM $RUNTIME_IMAGE as runtime
 WORKDIR /linkerd
 COPY --from=build /out/linkerd2-proxy /usr/lib/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy
-ENV LINKERD2_PROXY_LOG=warn,linkerd=info
+ENV LINKERD2_PROXY_LOG=warn,linkerd=info,trust_dns=error
 # Inherits the ENTRYPOINT from the runtime image.
diff --git a/linkerd/tracing/src/lib.rs b/linkerd/tracing/src/lib.rs
index 97c198f78..f6e8221cf 100644
--- a/linkerd/tracing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/linkerd/tracing/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const ENV_LOG_LEVEL: &str = "LINKERD2_PROXY_LOG";
 const ENV_LOG_FORMAT: &str = "LINKERD2_PROXY_LOG_FORMAT";
 const ENV_ACCESS_LOG: &str = "LINKERD2_PROXY_ACCESS_LOG";
 
-const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: &str = "warn,linkerd=info";
+const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: &str = "warn,linkerd=info,trust_dns=error";
 const DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT: &str = "PLAIN";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]