diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a6c4b01e..ee496552 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Demote "explicit deny" logs from the Info log level to Info minus one. To get those logs back, set `SLOG_LEVEL=INFO-1` in your environment variables.
+
 <!-- This changes the project to: -->
 
 ## v1.24.0 [pre1]: Y'shtola Rhul
diff --git a/lib/anubis.go b/lib/anubis.go
index feff53a3..0fcdebb3 100644
--- a/lib/anubis.go
+++ b/lib/anubis.go
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func (s *Server) checkRules(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, cr policy.Ch
 		return true
 	case config.RuleDeny:
 		s.ClearCookie(w, CookieOpts{Path: cookiePath, Host: r.Host})
-		lg.Info("explicit deny")
+		lg.Log(r.Context(), slog.LevelInfo-slog.Level(1), "explicit deny")
 		if rule == nil {
 			lg.Error("rule is nil, cannot calculate checksum")
 			s.respondWithError(w, r, fmt.Sprintf("%s \"maybeReverseProxy.RuleDeny\"", localizer.T("internal_server_error")), makeCode(ErrActualAnubisBug))