diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e2e540ce..6a4680296 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/exoscale/egoscale v0.100.3
 	github.com/ffledgling/pdns-go v0.0.0-20180219074714-524e7daccd99
 	github.com/go-gandi/go-gandi v0.6.0
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.5.0
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.27.4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.4
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.7.1
 )
 
@@ -104,7 +106,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.20.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 // indirect
@@ -202,7 +203,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106 // indirect
 	moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 00416957b..bb8262d9e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/dynamodb"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/route53"
 	sd "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/servicediscovery"
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/endpoint"
@@ -106,6 +108,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	log.SetLevel(ll)
 
+	// Klog V2 is used by k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels and can throw (a lot) of irrelevant logs
+	// See https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/issues/2348
+	defer klog.ClearLogger()
+	klog.SetLogger(logr.Discard())
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	go serveMetrics(cfg.MetricsAddress)