diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
index b25ad95109..575c82edb2 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ private RuntimeException doInvokeRecordListener(final ConsumerRecord<K, V> recor
 				}
 				catch (KafkaException ke) {
 					if (ke.contains(KafkaBackoffException.class)) {
-						this.logger.warn(ke.getMessage());
+						this.logger.debug(ke.getMessage());
 					}
 					else {
 						ke.selfLog(ERROR_HANDLER_THREW_AN_EXCEPTION, this.logger);