diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
index 06904c219c81..4a21b6c4b529 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class OpenTelemetryAppender extends UnsynchronizedAppenderBase<ILoggingEv
   private boolean captureMarkerAttribute = false;
   private boolean captureKeyValuePairAttributes = false;
   private boolean captureLoggerContext = false;
-  private boolean captureArguments = true;
+  private boolean captureArguments = false;
   private List<String> captureMdcAttributes = emptyList();
 
   private volatile OpenTelemetry openTelemetry;