diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb788c7866..f2e64006f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Do not log if `sentry.properties` in rundir has not been found ([#4929](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4929))
+
 ## 8.27.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
index dcb1ea9100..c896091f00 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@
 final class FilesystemPropertiesLoader implements PropertiesLoader {
   private final @NotNull String filePath;
   private final @NotNull ILogger logger;
+  private boolean logNonExisting;
 
   public FilesystemPropertiesLoader(@NotNull String filePath, @NotNull ILogger logger) {
+    this(filePath, logger, true);
+  }
+
+  public FilesystemPropertiesLoader(
+      @NotNull String filePath, @NotNull ILogger logger, boolean logNonExisting) {
     this.filePath = filePath;
     this.logger = logger;
+    this.logNonExisting = logNonExisting;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -31,10 +38,12 @@ public FilesystemPropertiesLoader(@NotNull String filePath, @NotNull ILogger log
           return properties;
         }
       } else if (!f.isFile()) {
-        logger.log(
-            SentryLevel.ERROR,
-            "Failed to load Sentry configuration since it is not a file or does not exist: %s",
-            filePath);
+        if (logNonExisting) {
+          logger.log(
+              SentryLevel.ERROR,
+              "Failed to load Sentry configuration since it is not a file or does not exist: %s",
+              filePath);
+        }
       } else if (!f.canRead()) {
         logger.log(
             SentryLevel.ERROR,
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/PropertiesProviderFactory.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/PropertiesProviderFactory.java
index 7c9f50facb..f015522f9e 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/PropertiesProviderFactory.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/PropertiesProviderFactory.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public final class PropertiesProviderFactory {
     }
 
     final Properties runDirectoryProperties =
-        new FilesystemPropertiesLoader("sentry.properties", logger).load();
+        new FilesystemPropertiesLoader("sentry.properties", logger, false).load();
     if (runDirectoryProperties != null) {
       providers.add(new SimplePropertiesProvider(runDirectoryProperties));
     }