diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/tracing_init.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/tracing_init.rs
index d098cfe9bd..e02281ea58 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/tracing_init.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/tracing_init.rs
@@ -124,9 +124,22 @@ pub fn initialize_tracing(
         file_env_filter.clone()
     };
 
+    // Create a common filter for OTEL logs bridge and tracing layer to respect RUST_LOG
+    let otel_logs_filter = file_env_filter.clone();
+
+    // Apply filter to the opentelemetry tracing layer to prevent debug events from being attached to spans
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "otel", feature = "enterprise"))]
+    let opentelemetry_filtered = {
+        let otel_tracing_filter = file_env_filter.clone();
+        opentelemetry.map(|layer| layer.with_filter(otel_tracing_filter))
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(not(all(feature = "otel", feature = "enterprise")))]
+    let opentelemetry_filtered = opentelemetry;
+
     let base_layer = tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(logs_bridge)
-        .with(opentelemetry);
+        .with(logs_bridge.with_filter(otel_logs_filter))
+        .with(opentelemetry_filtered);
 
     match *JSON_FMT {
         true => {