diff --git a/agent/consul/rate/handler.go b/agent/consul/rate/handler.go
index 52fe2366b4..087cb83fa2 100644
--- a/agent/consul/rate/handler.go
+++ b/agent/consul/rate/handler.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Allow(op Operation) error {
 		// TODO(NET-1382): is this the correct log-level?
 
 		enforced := l.mode == ModeEnforcing
-		h.logger.Warn("RPC exceeded allowed rate limit",
+		h.logger.Debug("RPC exceeded allowed rate limit",
 			"rpc", op.Name,
 			"source_addr", op.SourceAddr,
 			"limit_type", l.desc,
diff --git a/test/integration/consul-container/test/ratelimit/ratelimit_test.go b/test/integration/consul-container/test/ratelimit/ratelimit_test.go
index 119a74f2f3..bde1b44be9 100644
--- a/test/integration/consul-container/test/ratelimit/ratelimit_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/consul-container/test/ratelimit/ratelimit_test.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestServerRequestRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 					// putting this last as there are cases where logs
 					// were not present in consumer when assertion was made.
 					checkLogsForMessage(r, logConsumer.Msgs,
-						fmt.Sprintf("[WARN]  agent.server.rpc-rate-limit: RPC exceeded allowed rate limit: rpc=%s", op.action.rateLimitOperation),
+						fmt.Sprintf("[DEBUG] agent.server.rpc-rate-limit: RPC exceeded allowed rate limit: rpc=%s", op.action.rateLimitOperation),
 						op.action.rateLimitOperation, "exceeded", op.expectExceededLog)
 
 				})