diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/centos-docker.service.j2 b/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/centos-docker.service.j2
index b1b313cd5..5298225e6 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/centos-docker.service.j2
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/centos-docker.service.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd-latest \
           --userland-proxy-path=/usr/libexec/docker/docker-proxy-latest \
           -g /var/lib/docker \
           --storage-driver=overlay \
-          --log-driver=journald
+          --log-driver=json-file
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=1048576
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/fedora-docker.service.j2 b/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/fedora-docker.service.j2
index 1337a95d5..4e7e763e2 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/fedora-docker.service.j2
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/deploy-docker/templates/fedora-docker.service.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd-latest \
           --userland-proxy-path=/usr/libexec/docker/docker-proxy-latest \
           -g /var/lib/docker \
           --storage-driver=overlay2 \
-          --log-driver=journald
+          --log-driver=json-file
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 TasksMax=8192
 LimitNOFILE=1048576