diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/plugins/PluginManager.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/plugins/PluginManager.tsx
index ac12b5ba5..23ee8d606 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/plugins/PluginManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/plugins/PluginManager.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class PluginManager {
         return await installPluginFromFile(tmpFile);
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error(
+      console.warn(
         `Failed to download plugin "${title}" v${version} from "${downloadUrl}" to "${installationDir}".`,
         error,
       );
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
index 8c71f71f7..af3397dc2 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async function handlePluginDownload(
       `Successfully downloaded and installed plugin "${title}" v${version} from "${downloadUrl}".`,
     );
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error(
+    console.warn(
       `Failed to download plugin "${title}" v${version} from "${downloadUrl}".`,
       error,
     );