diff --git a/metricdef/metricdef_es.go b/metricdef/metricdef_es.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/metricdef/metricdef_es.go
+++ b/metricdef/metricdef_es.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (d *DefsEs) processEsResponse(body []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if response.Errors {
-		log.Warn("ES: Bulk Insertion: some operations failed. to be retried.")
+		log.Debug("ES: Bulk Insertion: some operations failed. to be retried.")
 	} else {
 		log.Debug("ES: Bulk Insertion: all operations succeeded")
 	}
only need to see this in debug mode. we have metrics to report these
- very common - types of issues