diff --git a/src/jreleaser/distributions/sdkman-cli/brew/formula.rb.tpl b/src/jreleaser/distributions/sdkman-cli/brew/formula.rb.tpl
index 6904af617..7c0182b88 100644
--- a/src/jreleaser/distributions/sdkman-cli/brew/formula.rb.tpl
+++ b/src/jreleaser/distributions/sdkman-cli/brew/formula.rb.tpl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class {{brewFormulaName}} < Formula
       sdkman_insecure_ssl=false
       sdkman_rosetta2_compatible=false
       sdkman_selfupdate_feature=false
+      sdkman_silent_mode=false
     EOS
   end
 
diff --git a/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh b/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
index 5d2ce6589..fd0fab703 100644
--- a/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
+++ b/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ function __sdkman_env_restore_default_version() {
 	candidate_dir="${SDKMAN_CANDIDATES_DIR}/${candidate}/current"
 	if __sdkman_is_symlink $candidate_dir; then
 		default_version=$(basename $(readlink ${candidate_dir}))
-		__sdk_use "$candidate" "$default_version" >/dev/null &&
+		if __sdk_use "$candidate" "$default_version" >/dev/null && [[ "${sdkman_silent_mode}" == 'false' ]]; then
 			__sdkman_echo_yellow "Restored $candidate version to $default_version (default)"
+		fi
 	else
 		__sdkman_echo_yellow "No default version of $candidate was found"
 	fi
diff --git a/src/main/bash/sdkman-use.sh b/src/main/bash/sdkman-use.sh
index 3bfe1445d..b7fd38f39 100644
--- a/src/main/bash/sdkman-use.sh
+++ b/src/main/bash/sdkman-use.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ function __sdk_use() {
 		__sdkman_link_candidate_version "$candidate" "$version"
 	fi
 
-	echo ""
-	__sdkman_echo_green "Using ${candidate} version ${version} in this shell."
+	if [[ "$sdkman_silent_mode" == 'false' ]]; then
+		echo ""
+		__sdkman_echo_green "Using ${candidate} version ${version} in this shell."
+	fi
 }