diff --git a/lib/runner/connection.rb b/lib/runner/connection.rb
index 2a568143..ddc32947 100644
--- a/lib/runner/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/runner/connection.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Runner::Connection
     Rails.logger.debug { "#{Time.zone.now.getutc.inspect}: Receiving from #{@socket.url}: #{raw_event.data.inspect}" }
     event = decode(raw_event.data)
     unless BACKEND_OUTPUT_SCHEMA.valid?(event)
-      Sentry.capture_message('Received invalid JSON from runner management', extra: {event:})
+      Sentry.capture_message('Received invalid JSON from runner management', extra: {event:}) unless @strategy.instance_of?(Runner::Strategy::DockerContainerPool)
       return
     end