diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
index a69a15516e8d..6da817cbb07b 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/inference/vllm_inference.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 from openai import OpenAI
 
 try:
+  os.environ['VLLM_CONFIGURE_LOGGING'] = "0"
   import vllm  # pylint: disable=unused-import
   logging.info('vllm module successfully imported.')
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
@@ -67,9 +68,12 @@ class OpenAIChatMessage():
 def start_process(cmd) -> tuple[subprocess.Popen, int]:
   port, = subprocess_server.pick_port(None)
   cmd = [arg.replace('{{PORT}}', str(port)) for arg in cmd]  # pylint: disable=not-an-iterable
+  vllm_env = os.environ.copy()
+  # Use default logging to avoid vllm breaking Beam's logging
+  vllm_env["VLLM_CONFIGURE_LOGGING"] = "0"
   logging.info("Starting service with %s", str(cmd).replace("',", "'"))
   process = subprocess.Popen(
-      cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+      cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=vllm_env)
 
   # Emit the output of this command as info level logging.
   def log_stdout():