diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8ac0089c5..ccd8da177c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ the release.
   ([#1460](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1460))
 * [frontendproxy] remove deprecated start_child_span option
   ([#1469](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1469))
+* [frontend] disable instrumentation-fs library
+  ([#1473](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1473))
 
 ## 1.8.0
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js b/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
index 6c4f0c989a..39b0b8501a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
+++ b/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ const sdk = new opentelemetry.NodeSDK({
   traceExporter: new OTLPTraceExporter(),
   instrumentations: [
     getNodeAutoInstrumentations({
-      // only instrument fs if it is part of another trace
+      // disable fs instrumentation to reduce noise
       '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-fs': {
-        requireParentSpan: true,
+        enabled: false,
       },
     })
   ],