diff --git c/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/pom.xml i/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/pom.xml
index 1cbaad1..f435bf3 100644
--- c/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/pom.xml
+++ i/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/pom.xml
@@ -581,6 +581,13 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- User by HibernateDataMigrationManager to temporarily disable logback logging in hibernate -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
 
     <!-- Used to mock XWiki class -->
@@ -638,7 +645,6 @@
       <version>${commons.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git c/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/migration/hibernate/HibernateDataMigrationManager.java i/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/migration/hibernate/HibernateDataMigrationManager.java
index 6515849..d6a7ef9 100644
--- c/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/migration/hibernate/HibernateDataMigrationManager.java
+++ i/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-oldcore/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/store/migration/hibernate/HibernateDataMigrationManager.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.hibernate.Session;
 import org.hibernate.Transaction;
 import org.hibernate.criterion.Projections;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Component;
 import org.xwiki.component.manager.ComponentLookupException;
 
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@
 import com.xpn.xwiki.store.migration.DataMigrationException;
 import com.xpn.xwiki.store.migration.XWikiDBVersion;
 
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
+
 /**
  * Migration manager for hibernate store.
  * 
@@ -67,6 +71,45 @@ public XWikiHibernateBaseStore getStore() throws DataMigrationException
         }
     }
 
+    private class HibernateLoggingSuspender
+    {
+        private Level hibernateLogLevel;
+
+        /**
+         * Suspend hibernate logging.
+         */
+        private void suspendHibernateLogging()
+        {
+            Logger hibernateLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter.class);
+            if (hibernateLogger instanceof ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger)
+            {
+                ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger logger = (ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger) hibernateLogger;
+                hibernateLogLevel = logger.getLevel();
+                if (hibernateLogLevel == Level.OFF) {
+                    hibernateLogLevel = null;
+                    return;
+                }
+                logger.setLevel(Level.OFF);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Resume hibernate logging to its previous level.
+         */
+        private void resumeHibernateLogging()
+        {
+            if (hibernateLogLevel == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Logger hibernateLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter.class);
+            if (hibernateLogger instanceof ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger)
+            {
+                ((ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger) hibernateLogger).setLevel(hibernateLogLevel);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public XWikiDBVersion getDBVersionFromDatabase() throws DataMigrationException
     {
@@ -83,6 +126,8 @@ public XWikiDBVersion getDBVersionFromDatabase() throws DataMigrationException
         store.setSession(null, context);
         store.setTransaction(null, context);
 
+        HibernateLoggingSuspender hibernateLoggingSuspender = new HibernateLoggingSuspender();
+        hibernateLoggingSuspender.suspendHibernateLogging();
         try {
             try {
                 ver = store.executeRead(context, true,
@@ -127,6 +172,7 @@ public XWikiDBVersion doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException
                 getXWikiContext().getDatabase()), e);
         }
         finally {
+            hibernateLoggingSuspender.resumeHibernateLogging();
             store.setSession(originalSession, context);
             store.setTransaction(originalTransaction, context);
         }