diff --git a/quarkus/deployment/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/deployment/CacheBuildSteps.java b/quarkus/deployment/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/deployment/CacheBuildSteps.java
index 8cae51b193..3fa43cdd91 100644
--- a/quarkus/deployment/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/deployment/CacheBuildSteps.java
+++ b/quarkus/deployment/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/deployment/CacheBuildSteps.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.keycloak.quarkus.deployment;
 
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ShutdownContextBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.logging.LoggingSetupBuildItem;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.KeycloakRecorder;
 import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.storage.legacy.infinispan.CacheManagerFactory;
@@ -27,12 +29,16 @@ import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Consume;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
-import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ShutdownContextBuildItem;
 
 public class CacheBuildSteps {
 
     @Consume(ConfigBuildItem.class)
-    @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
+    // Consume LoggingSetupBuildItem.class and record RUNTIME_INIT are necessary to ensure that logging is set up before the caches are initialized.
+    // This is to prevent the class TP in JGroups to pick up the trace logging at start up. While the logs will not appear on the console,
+    // they will still be created and use CPU cycles and create garbage collection.
+    // See: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JGRP-2130 for the JGroups discussion, and https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/29129 for the issue Keycloak had with this.
+    @Consume(LoggingSetupBuildItem.class)
+    @Record(ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT)
     @BuildStep
     void configureInfinispan(KeycloakRecorder recorder, BuildProducer<SyntheticBeanBuildItem> syntheticBeanBuildItems, ShutdownContextBuildItem shutdownContext) {
         syntheticBeanBuildItems.produce(SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(CacheManagerFactory.class)