diff --git a/lib/datasource/git-refs/index.ts b/lib/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
index a1dfc904480f562ab42fd2b0f0d4d5ea5be5429b..afd75aed8c0bd0418da369e511d8ac04c01a60df 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function getRawRefs({
     await globalCache.set(cacheNamespace, lookupName, refs, cacheMinutes);
     return refs;
   } catch (err) {
-    logger.error({ err }, `Git-Raw-Refs lookup error in ${lookupName}`);
+    logger.info({ err }, `Git-Raw-Refs lookup error in ${lookupName}`);
   }
   return null;
 }