diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 8ecf9be0c4a..c8d5ad14cbf 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ Other Changes
 * SOLR-11606: Disable tests automatically if Mockito does not work with Java runtime (Java 10).
   (Uwe Schindler)
 
+* SOLR-11618: Tone down verbosity of BackupManager logging (Varun Thacker)
+
 ==================  7.1.0 ==================
 
 Consult the LUCENE_CHANGES.txt file for additional, low level, changes in this release.
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/backup/BackupManager.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/backup/BackupManager.java
index 726e5b9799c..d2094d6ac52 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/backup/BackupManager.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/backup/BackupManager.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class BackupManager {
       for (String file : files) {
         List<String> children = zkClient.getChildren(zkPath + "/" + file, null, true);
         if (children.size() == 0) {
-          log.info("Writing file {}", file);
+          log.debug("Writing file {}", file);
           byte[] data = zkClient.getData(zkPath + "/" + file, null, null, true);
           try (OutputStream os = repository.createOutput(repository.resolve(dir, file))) {
             os.write(data);