diff --git a/singer_sdk/_singerlib/encoding/_base.py b/singer_sdk/_singerlib/encoding/_base.py
index e541fa6cd..404c6ed6c 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/_singerlib/encoding/_base.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/_singerlib/encoding/_base.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def listen(self, file_input: t.IO[T] | None = None) -> None:
         try:
             self._process_lines(file_input or self.default_input)
         except Exception:
-            logger.info(
+            logger.debug(
                 "Failed while processing Singer message: %s",
                 self._current_message,
             )
diff --git a/tests/core/test_io.py b/tests/core/test_io.py
index bb6ef7696..4f8b20199 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_io.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _process_record_message(self, message_dict: dict) -> None:  # noqa: ARG002
     input_lines = io.StringIO(json.dumps(message.to_dict()) + "\n")
 
     reader = ErrorReader()
-    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO), pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Bad record"):
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG), pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Bad record"):
         reader.listen(input_lines)
 
     assert caplog.records