diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/auth/BackendRegistry.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/auth/BackendRegistry.java
index c16f90fb6a..3877df4130 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/auth/BackendRegistry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/auth/BackendRegistry.java
@@ -282,7 +282,10 @@ && isBlocked(((InetSocketAddress) request.getHttpChannel().getRemoteAddress()).g
 
                 if (authDomain.isChallenge() && httpAuthenticator.reRequestAuthentication(channel, null)) {
                     auditLog.logFailedLogin("<NONE>", false, null, request);
-                    log.warn("No 'Authorization' header, send 401 and 'WWW-Authenticate Basic'");
+                    if (isTraceEnabled) {
+                        log.trace(
+                            "No 'Authorization' header, send 401 and 'WWW-Authenticate Basic'");
+                    }
                     return false;
                 } else {
                     // no reRequest possible