diff --git a/src/main/java/winstone/Launcher.java b/src/main/java/winstone/Launcher.java
index 8cd54088..1e32174c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/winstone/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/winstone/Launcher.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Handler;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.annotations.AnnotationParser;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.jmx.MBeanContainer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.LowResourceMonitor;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public class Launcher implements Runnable {
      * available protocol listeners.
      */
     @SuppressFBWarnings(
-            value = "DP_CREATE_CLASSLOADER_INSIDE_DO_PRIVILEGED",
+            value = {"DP_CREATE_CLASSLOADER_INSIDE_DO_PRIVILEGED", "LG_LOST_LOGGER_DUE_TO_WEAK_REFERENCE"},
             justification = "cf. https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/1515")
     public Launcher(Map<String, String> args) throws IOException {
         boolean success = false;
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@ public Launcher(Map<String, String> args) throws IOException {
                 server.addBean(mbeanContainer);
             }
 
+            // JENKINS-73616: Turn down log level of annotation parser
+            java.util.logging.Logger logger = java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(AnnotationParser.class.getName());
+            logger.setLevel(Level.SEVERE);
+
             try {
                 server.start();
                 writePortToFileIfNeeded();