diff --git a/config/mongod.conf b/config/mongod.conf
index 0e49ddc..41f1fa6 100644
--- a/config/mongod.conf
+++ b/config/mongod.conf
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ net:
 setParameter:
   logLevel: 0
   diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false
+  # Disable WiredTiger verbose checkpoint progress messages
+  wiredTigerEngineRuntimeConfig: "verbose=[]"