diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/LoggingUtils.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/LoggingUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a180f6698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/LoggingUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Secret;
+
+public class LoggingUtils {
+
+  private LoggingUtils() {}
+
+  public static boolean isNotSensitiveResource(HasMetadata resource) {
+    return !(resource instanceof Secret);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
index ae23fb8afa..f4718b45c3 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.KubernetesSerialization;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.OperatorException;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.LoggingUtils;
 
 /**
  * Matches the actual state on the server vs the desired state. Based on the managedFields of SSA.
@@ -81,8 +82,9 @@ public boolean matches(R actual, R desired, Context<?> context) {
 
     var actualMap = objectMapper.convertValue(actual, Map.class);
     var desiredMap = objectMapper.convertValue(desired, Map.class);
-
-    log.trace("Original actual: \n {} \n original desired: \n {} ", actual, desiredMap);
+    if (LoggingUtils.isNotSensitiveResource(desired)) {
+      log.trace("Original actual: \n {} \n original desired: \n {} ", actual, desiredMap);
+    }
 
     var prunedActual = new HashMap<String, Object>(actualMap.size());
     keepOnlyManagedFields(prunedActual, actualMap,
@@ -90,7 +92,9 @@ public boolean matches(R actual, R desired, Context<?> context) {
 
     removeIrrelevantValues(desiredMap);
 
-    log.debug("Pruned actual: \n {} \n desired: \n {} ", prunedActual, desiredMap);
+    if (LoggingUtils.isNotSensitiveResource(desired)) {
+      log.debug("Pruned actual: \n {} \n desired: \n {} ", prunedActual, desiredMap);
+    }
 
     return prunedActual.equals(desiredMap);
   }