diff --git a/.changelog/11191.txt b/.changelog/11191.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebe2513ed7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11191.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+server: Log client node plan rejection at INFO instead of DEBUG
+```
diff --git a/nomad/plan_apply.go b/nomad/plan_apply.go
index 19c8f1b56a6..8a6593470a5 100644
--- a/nomad/plan_apply.go
+++ b/nomad/plan_apply.go
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func evaluatePlanPlacements(pool *EvaluatePool, snap *state.StateSnapshot, plan
 		if !fit {
 			// Log the reason why the node's allocations could not be made
 			if reason != "" {
-				logger.Debug("plan for node rejected", "node_id", nodeID, "reason", reason, "eval_id", plan.EvalID)
+				logger.Info("plan for node rejected", "node_id", nodeID, "reason", reason, "eval_id", plan.EvalID)
 			}
 			// Set that this is a partial commit
 			partialCommit = true