diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index 4f97edead..1883ac072 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ func (h *Handler) finalizeResponse(
 		// we'll just log the error and abort the stream here and panic just as
 		// the standard lib's proxy to propagate the stream error.
 		// see issue https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/5951
-		logger.Error("aborting with incomplete response", zap.Error(err))
+		logger.Warn("aborting with incomplete response", zap.Error(err))
 		// no extra logging from stdlib
 		panic(http.ErrAbortHandler)
 	}