diff --git a/cmd/payment-api/main.go b/cmd/payment-api/main.go
index 4739089..bb23040 100644
--- a/cmd/payment-api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/payment-api/main.go
@@ -38,18 +38,19 @@ func main() {
 	migratecmd.MustRegister(app, app.RootCmd, migratecmd.Config{Automigrate: false})
 
 	zeroLogger := zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr, TimeFormat: "15:04:05"}).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	gmessagesLogger := gmessages.ProductionLogger(zeroLogger)
 	stdLogger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 
 	webhookService := webhooks.NewService(app, cfg)
 	webhookService.Logger = stdLogger
 	paymentService := payments.NewService(app, cfg, webhookService)
 	smsService := sms.NewService(app, paymentService)
-	gmessagesManager := gmessages.NewManager(cfg, zeroLogger, func(input sms.Input) error {
+	gmessagesManager := gmessages.NewManager(cfg, gmessagesLogger, func(input sms.Input) error {
 		_, err := smsService.Ingest(input)
 		return err
 	})
 	api.New(cfg, paymentService, smsService, gmessagesManager).Register(app)
-	registerPairCommand(app, cfg, zeroLogger)
+	registerPairCommand(app, cfg, gmessagesLogger)
 	registerHealthcheckCommand(app)
 
 	rootCtx, rootCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/internal/gmessages/logging.go b/internal/gmessages/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ccb54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/gmessages/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package gmessages
+
+import "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+
+// ProductionLogger suppresses Trace/Debug output before a logger is handed to
+// libgm. Upstream uses those levels for encoded HTTP/protobuf response bodies,
+// which can contain private Google Messages data and must not be retained in
+// production logs. Info and above keep lifecycle and actionable failures visible.
+func ProductionLogger(logger zerolog.Logger) zerolog.Logger {
+	return logger.Level(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+}
diff --git a/internal/gmessages/logging_test.go b/internal/gmessages/logging_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e67016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/gmessages/logging_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package gmessages
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+func TestProductionLoggerSuppressesTraceAndDebug(t *testing.T) {
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	base := zerolog.New(&output).Level(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+	logger := ProductionLogger(base).With().Str("component", "libgm").Logger()
+
+	logger.Trace().Str("response_body", "sensitive-trace").Msg("trace message")
+	logger.Debug().Str("response_body", "sensitive-debug").Msg("debug message")
+	logger.Info().Msg("connection lifecycle")
+	logger.Warn().Msg("actionable warning")
+
+	got := output.String()
+	for _, forbidden := range []string{"sensitive-trace", "sensitive-debug", "trace message", "debug message"} {
+		if strings.Contains(got, forbidden) {
+			t.Fatalf("production logger emitted suppressed content %q: %s", forbidden, got)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, wanted := range []string{"connection lifecycle", "actionable warning", `"component":"libgm"`} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, wanted) {
+			t.Fatalf("production logger missing %q: %s", wanted, got)
+		}
+	}
+}