diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.spec.ts
index 161c11ca4e252750afca1a444a59103319e51d40..c4736f9813fbae84d101e377286f02f783a26daa 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.spec.ts
@@ -293,12 +293,8 @@ describe('modules/manager/bazel/common', () => {
   });
 
   describe('extractDepFromTarget', () => {
-    it('returns null and warns for unknown rule type', () => {
+    it('returns null for unknown rule type', () => {
       expect(extractDepFromTarget({ rule: 'foo', name: 'bar' })).toBeNull();
-
-      expect(logger.logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        'Bazel dependency extractor function not found for foo'
-      );
     });
 
     it('extracts from git_repository', () => {
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.ts
index 3767b5f057083c0cba6308f2a77c3389bf1918dc..9272032dd4b5803faf3ef88c5c7bcaeba561b9e2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bazel/common.ts
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export const supportedRulesRegex = regEx(`^${supportedRules.join('|')}$`);
 export function extractDepFromTarget(target: Target): PackageDependency | null {
   const dependencyExtractor = dependencyExtractorRegistry[target.rule];
   if (!dependencyExtractor) {
-    logger.warn(
+    logger.debug(
       `Bazel dependency extractor function not found for ${target.rule}`
     );
     return null;