diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onewire/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onewire/internal/Util.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onewire/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onewire/internal/Util.java
index 8e963a32b3c39..fae61c43b3aba 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onewire/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onewire/internal/Util.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onewire/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onewire/internal/Util.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public static Map<String, String> readPropertiesFile(String filename) {
             return properties.entrySet().stream()
                     .collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> (String) e.getKey(), e -> (String) e.getValue()));
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.error("could not read resource file {}, binding will probably fail: {}", filename, e.getMessage());
+            LOGGER.warn("Could not read resource file {}, binding will probably fail: {}", filename, e.getMessage());
             return new HashMap<>();
         }
     }