diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
index eaa866882..be41cc0f5 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ class Connection(object):
             },
         )
 
-        LOG.info(_LI('Connecting to AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)s'),
-                 self.connection.info())
+        LOG.debug('Connecting to AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)s',
+                  self.connection.info())
 
         # NOTE(sileht): kombu recommend to run heartbeat_check every
         # seconds, but we use a lock around the kombu connection
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ class Connection(object):
         if purpose == rpc_amqp.PURPOSE_SEND:
             self._heartbeat_start()
 
-        LOG.info(_LI('Connected to AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)s'),
-                 self.connection.info())
+        LOG.debug('Connected to AMQP server on %(hostname)s:%(port)s',
+                  self.connection.info())
 
         # NOTE(sileht): value chosen according the best practice from kombu
         # http://kombu.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/kombu.common.html#kombu.common.eventloop
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
index 915715450..06c78982a 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
@@ -91,10 +91,12 @@ class TestHeartbeat(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
         if not heartbeat_side_effect:
             self.assertEqual(1, fake_ensure_connection.call_count)
-            self.assertEqual(2, fake_logger.info.call_count)
+            self.assertEqual(2, fake_logger.debug.call_count)
+            self.assertEqual(0, fake_logger.info.call_count)
         else:
             self.assertEqual(2, fake_ensure_connection.call_count)
-            self.assertEqual(3, fake_logger.info.call_count)
+            self.assertEqual(2, fake_logger.debug.call_count)
+            self.assertEqual(1, fake_logger.info.call_count)
             self.assertIn(mock.call(info, mock.ANY),
                           fake_logger.info.mock_calls)