diff --git a/pgpainless-cli/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/cli/PGPainlessCLI.java b/pgpainless-cli/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/cli/PGPainlessCLI.java
index 938bf1aa..7625dd17 100644
--- a/pgpainless-cli/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/cli/PGPainlessCLI.java
+++ b/pgpainless-cli/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/cli/PGPainlessCLI.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import sop.cli.picocli.SopCLI;
 public class PGPainlessCLI {
 
     static {
+        // Prevent slf4j initialization logging
+        // https://github.com/qos-ch/slf4j/issues/422#issuecomment-2277280185
+        System.setProperty("slf4j.internal.verbosity", "WARN");
+
         SopCLI.EXECUTABLE_NAME = "pgpainless-cli";
         SopCLI.setSopInstance(new SOPImpl());
     }
diff --git a/pgpainless-cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/pgpainless-cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 559589ef..8451d6a4 100644
--- a/pgpainless-cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/pgpainless-cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -5,22 +5,5 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 -->
 
 <configuration debug="false">
-    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <target>System.err</target>
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <target>System.out</target>
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <root level="error">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
-    </root>
-
+    <statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener" />
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.gradle b/version.gradle
index eb32a54b..07c66ec5 100644
--- a/version.gradle
+++ b/version.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ allprojects {
         bouncyCastleVersion = '1.78.1'
         bouncyPgVersion = bouncyCastleVersion
         junitVersion = '5.8.2'
-        logbackVersion = '1.2.13' // 1.4+ cause CLI spam :/
+        logbackVersion = '1.5.13'
         mockitoVersion = '4.5.1'
         slf4jVersion = '1.7.36'
         sopJavaVersion = '10.0.3'