diff --git a/src/sap_cloud_sdk/core/auditlog_ng/client.py b/src/sap_cloud_sdk/core/auditlog_ng/client.py
index 196ca2e9..a3f63c04 100644
--- a/src/sap_cloud_sdk/core/auditlog_ng/client.py
+++ b/src/sap_cloud_sdk/core/auditlog_ng/client.py
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ def _fill_common_from_auth_context(event: Message) -> None:
         common.timestamp.FromDatetime(datetime.now(timezone.utc))
 
 
+def _strip_message_context_text(event: Message) -> None:
+    """Remove free-text fields from an event's ``message_context``, if present.
+
+    Several AI audit events embed an ``AiMessageContext`` (proto field
+    ``message_context``) whose ``prompt_text`` and ``response_text`` fields hold
+    the verbatim model input/output and may contain sensitive data. We never
+    forward that content to the audit log; correlation fields (uid, name,
+    ai_role_id) and token counts are left intact.
+
+    Safe to call on any event: events without a ``message_context`` field, or
+    with one that was never set, are left untouched (we only act when the field
+    is actually present, so we never auto-create an empty sub-message).
+    """
+    if not hasattr(event, "message_context"):
+        return
+    event_any = cast(Any, event)
+    if not event_any.HasField("message_context"):
+        return
+    message_context = event_any.message_context
+    message_context.ClearField("prompt_text")
+    message_context.ClearField("response_text")
+
+
 def _create_log_exporter(
     config: AuditLogNGConfig,
     credentials: Optional[grpc.ChannelCredentials],
@@ -216,6 +239,7 @@ def send(
             raise ValueError("format must be 'protobuf-binary' or 'json'")
 
         _fill_common_from_auth_context(event)
+        _strip_message_context_text(event)
 
         try:
             protovalidate.validate(event)
diff --git a/tests/core/unit/auditlog_ng/unit/test_client.py b/tests/core/unit/auditlog_ng/unit/test_client.py
index af77c61e..60df54a6 100644
--- a/tests/core/unit/auditlog_ng/unit/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/core/unit/auditlog_ng/unit/test_client.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from sap_cloud_sdk.core.auditlog_ng.client import (
     AuditClient,
     _fill_common_from_auth_context,
+    _strip_message_context_text,
 )
 from sap_cloud_sdk.core.auditlog_ng.config import AuditLogNGConfig, SCHEMA_URL
 from sap_cloud_sdk.core.auditlog_ng.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -401,3 +402,56 @@ def test_does_not_overwrite_explicit_timestamp(self):
     def test_event_without_common_field_is_skipped(self):
         event = MagicMock(spec=[])  # no 'common' attribute
         _fill_common_from_auth_context(event)  # must not raise
+
+
+class TestStripMessageContextText:
+    def test_strips_prompt_and_response_text(self):
+        event = pb.AiPromptReceived()
+        event.message_context.prompt_text = "verbatim user prompt"
+        event.message_context.response_text = "verbatim model response"
+        _strip_message_context_text(event)
+        assert event.message_context.prompt_text == ""
+        assert event.message_context.response_text == ""
+
+    def test_preserves_correlation_and_token_fields(self):
+        event = pb.AiPromptReceived()
+        event.message_context.prompt_text = "secret"
+        event.message_context.response_text = "secret"
+        event.message_context.uid = "conversation-123"
+        event.message_context.name = "thread-name"
+        event.message_context.prompt_tokens = 42
+        event.message_context.completion_tokens = 7
+        event.message_context.total_tokens = 49
+        _strip_message_context_text(event)
+        assert event.message_context.uid == "conversation-123"
+        assert event.message_context.name == "thread-name"
+        assert event.message_context.prompt_tokens == 42
+        assert event.message_context.completion_tokens == 7
+        assert event.message_context.total_tokens == 49
+
+    def test_unset_message_context_is_not_created(self):
+        event = pb.AiPromptReceived()
+        _strip_message_context_text(event)
+        assert not event.HasField("message_context")
+
+    def test_event_without_message_context_field_is_skipped(self):
+        # AiSkillSelected has no message_context field at all.
+        event = pb.AiSkillSelected()
+        _strip_message_context_text(event)  # must not raise
+
+    def test_send_strips_message_context_text_before_emit(self):
+        client, mock_logger, _, _, patcher, _ = _make_mocked_client()
+        try:
+            event = pb.AiPromptReceived()
+            event.common.tenant_id = "tenant-123"
+            event.message_context.prompt_text = "sensitive prompt"
+            event.message_context.response_text = "sensitive response"
+
+            client.send(event)
+
+            # The event object itself is scrubbed in place before serialization.
+            assert event.message_context.prompt_text == ""
+            assert event.message_context.response_text == ""
+            mock_logger.emit.assert_called_once()
+        finally:
+            patcher.stop()