diff --git a/payment/src/main/java/org/killbill/billing/payment/core/sm/RetryOperationCallback.java b/payment/src/main/java/org/killbill/billing/payment/core/sm/RetryOperationCallback.java
index b7f6310..580e180 100644
--- a/payment/src/main/java/org/killbill/billing/payment/core/sm/RetryOperationCallback.java
+++ b/payment/src/main/java/org/killbill/billing/payment/core/sm/RetryOperationCallback.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public abstract class RetryOperationCallback extends OperationCallbackBase<Payme
@Override
protected OperationException wrapTimeoutException(final PaymentStateContext paymentStateContext, final TimeoutException e) {
- logger.error("RetryOperationCallback call TIMEOUT for account {}", paymentStateContext.getAccount().getExternalKey());
+ logger.warn("RetryOperationCallback call TIMEOUT for account {}", paymentStateContext.getAccount().getExternalKey());
return new OperationException(e, getOperationResultOnException(paymentStateContext));
}