Print warning instead of error on incompatible version

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/client/go/cmd/log_test.go b/client/go/cmd/log_test.go
index 4a6bd89c12d..fb08474dd4d 100644
--- a/client/go/cmd/log_test.go
+++ b/client/go/cmd/log_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ func TestLogOldClient(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, cli.Run("auth", "cert", pkgDir))
 
 	assert.Nil(t, cli.Run("log"))
-	expected := "Error: client version 7.0.0 is less than the minimum supported version: 8.0.0\nHint: This is not a fatal error, but this version may not work as expected\nHint: Try 'vespa version' to check for a new version\n"
+	expected := "Warning: client version 7.0.0 is less than the minimum supported version: 8.0.0\nHint: This version may not work as expected\nHint: Try 'vespa version' to check for a new version\n"
 	assert.Contains(t, stderr.String(), expected)
 }
diff --git a/client/go/cmd/root.go b/client/go/cmd/root.go
index 2dbc0e89e0f..e74bfc99e2b 100644
--- a/client/go/cmd/root.go
+++ b/client/go/cmd/root.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (c *CLI) target(opts targetOptions) (vespa.Target, error) {
 	}
 	if !c.isCloudCI() { // Vespa Cloud always runs an up-to-date version
 		if err := target.CheckVersion(c.version); err != nil {
-			c.printErrHint(err, "This is not a fatal error, but this version may not work as expected", "Try 'vespa version' to check for a new version")
+			c.printWarning(err.Error(), "This version may not work as expected", "Try 'vespa version' to check for a new version")
 		}
 	}
 	return target, nil