diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d89f0ae054..3803bc2a7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Do not log if `OtelContextScopesStorage` cannot be found ([#4127](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4127))
+  - Previously `java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: io.sentry.opentelemetry.OtelContextScopesStorage` was shown in the log if the class could not be found.
+  - This is just a lookup the SDK performs to configure itself. The SDK also works without OpenTelemetry.
+
 ## 8.1.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
index 70519fb98f..94007e42c5 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ private static void initScopesStorage(SentryOptions options) {
     if (SentryOpenTelemetryMode.OFF == options.getOpenTelemetryMode()) {
       scopesStorage = new DefaultScopesStorage();
     } else {
-      scopesStorage = ScopesStorageFactory.create(new LoadClass(), options.getLogger());
+      scopesStorage = ScopesStorageFactory.create(new LoadClass(), NoOpLogger.getInstance());
     }
   }