diff --git a/cmd/workloads-manager/acceptance/acceptance.go b/cmd/workloads-manager/acceptance/acceptance.go
index 382bdea3..da19d7a5 100644
--- a/cmd/workloads-manager/acceptance/acceptance.go
+++ b/cmd/workloads-manager/acceptance/acceptance.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 
 	rbacv1alpha1 "github.com/gocardless/theatre/v4/apis/rbac/v1alpha1"
 	workloadsv1alpha1 "github.com/gocardless/theatre/v4/apis/workloads/v1alpha1"
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func newClient(config *rest.Config) client.Client {
+	// Prevent the following warning from being printed to logs:
+	// [controller-runtime] log.SetLogger(...) was never called; logs will not be displayed.
+	logf.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.WriteTo(GinkgoWriter), zap.UseDevMode(true)))
+
 	kubeClient, err := client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: scheme})
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "could not connect to kubernetes cluster")