diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4551f8ca2e..4bb577a438 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Do not send manual log origin ([#4897](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4897))
+
 ## 8.26.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/logger/LoggerApi.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/logger/LoggerApi.java
index 1af9beb400..568bd6ac05 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/logger/LoggerApi.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/logger/LoggerApi.java
@@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ private void captureLog(
       final @NotNull SpanId spanId,
       final @Nullable Object... args) {
     final @NotNull HashMap<String, SentryLogEventAttributeValue> attributes = new HashMap<>();
-    attributes.put(
-        "sentry.origin",
-        new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, params.getOrigin()));
+    final @NotNull String origin = params.getOrigin();
+    if (!"manual".equalsIgnoreCase(origin)) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.origin", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, origin));
+    }
 
     final @Nullable SentryAttributes incomingAttributes = params.getAttributes();
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
index 4a45e18d84..4eee9d1636 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
@@ -2585,6 +2585,43 @@ class ScopesTest {
       )
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `log with manual origin does not have origin attribute`() {
+    val (sut, mockClient) = getEnabledScopes { it.logs.isEnabled = true }
+
+    sut.logger().log(SentryLogLevel.WARN, "log message")
+
+    verify(mockClient)
+      .captureLog(
+        check {
+          assertEquals("log message", it.body)
+          assertNull(it.attributes!!.get("sentry.origin"))
+        },
+        anyOrNull(),
+      )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `log with non manual origin does have origin attribute`() {
+    val (sut, mockClient) = getEnabledScopes { it.logs.isEnabled = true }
+
+    sut
+      .logger()
+      .log(SentryLogLevel.WARN, SentryLogParameters().also { it.origin = "other" }, "log message")
+
+    verify(mockClient)
+      .captureLog(
+        check {
+          assertEquals("log message", it.body)
+          assertEquals(
+            "other",
+            (it.attributes!!.get("sentry.origin") as? SentryLogEventAttributeValue)?.value,
+          )
+        },
+        anyOrNull(),
+      )
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `creating log with format string works`() {
     val (sut, mockClient) =