diff --git a/sdk/voice/pyproject.toml b/sdk/voice/pyproject.toml
index ef0fa8e..9006bd1 100644
--- a/sdk/voice/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdk/voice/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ keywords = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 smart = [
     "certifi>=2025.10.5",
-    "onnxruntime>=1.19.0,<2",
+    "onnxruntime>=1.20.1,<2",
     "transformers>=4.57.0,<5",
 ]
 dev = [
diff --git a/sdk/voice/speechmatics/voice/_logging.py b/sdk/voice/speechmatics/voice/_logging.py
index 5df400e..cf68e2d 100644
--- a/sdk/voice/speechmatics/voice/_logging.py
+++ b/sdk/voice/speechmatics/voice/_logging.py
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ def get_logger(name: str) -> logging.Logger:
             # Or for specific components:
             logging.getLogger('speechmatics.batch').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     """
+
+    # Lower RT logging to INFO to reduce noise
+    logging.getLogger("speechmatics.rt").setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    # Logging for Voice SDK
     module_logger = logging.getLogger(name)
     module_logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
     return module_logger