diff --git a/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php b/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
index 4c3670667..807a28fb2 100644
--- a/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
+++ b/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Overblog\GraphQLBundle\EventListener;
 
+use GraphQL\Error\ClientAware;
 use GraphQL\Error\UserError;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserWarning;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Event\ErrorFormattingEvent;
@@ -50,6 +51,17 @@ public function onErrorFormatting(ErrorFormattingEvent $event): void
             return;
         }
 
+        // A client-safe exception (e.g. ArgumentsValidationException) is a client
+        // fault, not an internal server error, so it must not be logged as CRITICAL.
+        // Handle it like a UserError: log its previous cause (if any) at ERROR.
+        if ($exception instanceof ClientAware && $exception->isClientSafe()) {
+            if ($exception->getPrevious()) {
+                $this->log($exception->getPrevious());
+            }
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         $this->log($exception, LogLevel::CRITICAL);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php b/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php
index c374fa298..a78f58fdb 100644
--- a/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserWarning;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Event\ErrorFormattingEvent;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\EventListener\ErrorLoggerListener;
+use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Validator\Exception\ArgumentsValidationException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationList;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation;
 
+use function class_exists;
 use function sprintf;
 
 final class ErrorLoggerListenerTest extends TestCase
@@ -124,5 +128,29 @@ public static function onErrorFormattingDataProvider(): Generator
                 ['exception' => $exception],
             ],
         ];
+
+        // The following cases exercise ArgumentsValidationException, which lives in
+        // the optional Symfony validator component; skip them when it is absent.
+        if (class_exists(Validation::class)) {
+            // A client-safe exception without a previous cause must NOT be logged
+            // (before the fix it was logged as CRITICAL). See #1193.
+            yield [
+                new Error('Wrapped ClientSafe exception without previous', null, null, [], null, new ArgumentsValidationException(new ConstraintViolationList())),
+                fn (TestCase $test) => $test->never(),
+                [fn (TestCase $test) => $test->anything()],
+            ];
+
+            // A client-safe exception with a previous cause is logged at ERROR,
+            // like a UserError — not CRITICAL. See #1193.
+            yield [
+                new Error('Wrapped ClientSafe exception with previous', null, null, [], null, new ArgumentsValidationException(new ConstraintViolationList(), $exception)),
+                fn (TestCase $test) => $test->once(),
+                [
+                    LogLevel::ERROR,
+                    sprintf('[GraphQL] Exception: Ko![0] (caught throwable) at %s line %s.', __FILE__, $exception->getLine()),
+                    ['exception' => $exception],
+                ],
+            ];
+        }
     }
 }