diff --git a/pkg/engine/generation.go b/pkg/engine/generation.go
index dc226c61c2..577b2ec794 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/generation.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/generation.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func filterRule(rule kyverno.Rule, resource unstructured.Unstructured, admission
 
 	// add configmap json data to context
 	if err := AddResourceToContext(log, rule.Context, resCache, jsonContext); err != nil {
-		log.Info("cannot add configmaps to context", "reason", err.Error())
+		log.V(4).Info("cannot add configmaps to context", "reason", err.Error())
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/mutation.go b/pkg/webhooks/mutation.go
index 4048b88e12..43ad816c61 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/mutation.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/mutation.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) HandleMutation(
 
 		err := ws.openAPIController.ValidateResource(*engineResponse.PatchedResource.DeepCopy(), engineResponse.PatchedResource.GetKind())
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error(err, "validation error", "policy", policy.Name)
+			logger.V(4).Info("validation error", "policy", policy.Name, "error", err)
 			continue
 		}