diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/_load.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/_load.py
index fab95bf843..a7da398467 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/_load.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/_load.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def _load_instrumentors(distro):
             # environment regarding python version, libc, etc... In this case it's better
             # to skip the single instrumentation rather than failing to load everything
             # so treat differently ImportError than the rest of exceptions
-            _logger.exception(
+            _logger.warning(
                 "Importing of %s failed, skipping it", entry_point.name
             )
             continue
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/tests/auto_instrumentation/test_load.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/tests/auto_instrumentation/test_load.py
index c192c819b1..2e211aafde 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/tests/auto_instrumentation/test_load.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/tests/auto_instrumentation/test_load.py
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def test_load_instrumentors_import_error_does_not_stop_everything(
             ]
         )
         self.assertEqual(distro_mock.load_instrumentor.call_count, 2)
-        mock_logger.exception.assert_any_call(
+        mock_logger.warning.assert_any_call(
             "Importing of %s failed, skipping it",
             ep_mock1.name,
         )