diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandler.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandler.java
index 0cff79d85d..58d8592338 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.security.config;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -77,17 +78,16 @@ public final class SecurityNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHandler {
 
 	public SecurityNamespaceHandler() {
 		String coreVersion = SpringSecurityCoreVersion.getVersion();
+		String configVersion = configVersion();
+		if (!Objects.equals(coreVersion, configVersion)) {
+			String message = "You are attempting to run spring-security-core:%s with spring-security-config:%s";
+			this.logger.error(String.format(message, coreVersion, configVersion));
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static String configVersion() {
 		Package pkg = SpringSecurityCoreVersion.class.getPackage();
-		if (pkg == null || coreVersion == null) {
-			this.logger.info("Couldn't determine package version information.");
-			return;
-		}
-		String version = pkg.getImplementationVersion();
-		this.logger.info("Spring Security 'config' module version is " + version);
-		if (version.compareTo(coreVersion) != 0) {
-			this.logger
-				.error("You are running with different versions of the Spring Security 'core' and 'config' modules");
-		}
+		return (pkg != null) ? pkg.getImplementationVersion() : null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandlerTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandlerTests.java
index c4be43c569..1d9740a925 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandlerTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/SecurityNamespaceHandlerTests.java
@@ -16,17 +16,25 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.config;
 
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+import ch.qos.logback.core.Appender;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.Answers;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.security.config.util.InMemoryXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.security.config.util.SpringSecurityVersions;
+import org.springframework.security.core.SpringSecurityCoreVersion;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
@@ -35,6 +43,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 
 /**
@@ -63,8 +73,26 @@ public class SecurityNamespaceHandlerTests {
 	private MockedStatic<ClassUtils> classUtils;
 
 	@Test
-	public void constructionSucceeds() {
+	public void constructionWhenVersionsMatchThenLogsNothing() {
+		Appender<ILoggingEvent> appender = mock(Appender.class);
+		Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(SecurityNamespaceHandler.class);
+		logger.addAppender(appender);
 		assertThat(new SecurityNamespaceHandler()).isNotNull();
+		verify(appender, never()).doAppend(any(ILoggingEvent.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenDetectsMismatchingVersionsThenLogsError() {
+		Appender<ILoggingEvent> appender = mock(Appender.class);
+		Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(SecurityNamespaceHandler.class);
+		logger.addAppender(appender);
+		try (MockedStatic<SpringSecurityCoreVersion> core = Mockito.mockStatic(SpringSecurityCoreVersion.class)) {
+			core.when(SpringSecurityCoreVersion::getVersion).thenReturn("mismatching");
+			assertThat(new SecurityNamespaceHandler()).isNotNull();
+			ArgumentCaptor<ILoggingEvent> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ILoggingEvent.class);
+			verify(appender).doAppend(captor.capture());
+			assertThat(captor.getValue().getLevel()).isEqualTo(Level.ERROR);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test