diff --git a/sdk-core-protos/Cargo.toml b/sdk-core-protos/Cargo.toml
index 616d6935e..e8eb164d1 100644
--- a/sdk-core-protos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk-core-protos/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["v4"], optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = { workspace = true }
+prost-build = "0.13"
 prost-wkt-build = "0.6"
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/sdk-core-protos/build.rs b/sdk-core-protos/build.rs
index 58f7126ff..c5dca0e21 100644
--- a/sdk-core-protos/build.rs
+++ b/sdk-core-protos/build.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             "::prost_wkt_types::Value"
         )
         .file_descriptor_set_path(descriptor_file)
+        .skip_debug("temporal.api.common.v1.Payload")
         .compile_protos(
             &[
                 "./protos/local/temporal/sdk/core/core_interface.proto",
diff --git a/sdk-core-protos/src/lib.rs b/sdk-core-protos/src/lib.rs
index 88580e526..c00aaa19d 100644
--- a/sdk-core-protos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sdk-core-protos/src/lib.rs
@@ -1765,9 +1765,11 @@ pub mod temporal {
                     }
                 }
 
-                impl Display for Payload {
+                impl std::fmt::Debug for Payload {
                     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-                        if self.data.len() > 64 {
+                        if std::env::var("TEMPORAL_PRINT_FULL_PAYLOADS").is_err()
+                            && self.data.len() > 64
+                        {
                             let mut windows = self.data.as_slice().windows(32);
                             write!(
                                 f,
@@ -1781,6 +1783,12 @@ pub mod temporal {
                     }
                 }
 
+                impl Display for Payload {
+                    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                        write!(f, "{:?}", self)
+                    }
+                }
+
                 impl Display for Header {
                     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
                         write!(f, "Header(")?;