diff --git a/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php b/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
index 4c3670667..998c840e5 100644
--- a/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
+++ b/src/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListener.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use GraphQL\Error\UserError;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserWarning;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Event\ErrorFormattingEvent;
+use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Validator\Exception\ArgumentsValidationException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
 use Psr\Log\NullLogger;
@@ -50,6 +51,15 @@ public function onErrorFormatting(ErrorFormattingEvent $event): void
             return;
         }
 
+        // Validation failures are client faults, so handle them like UserError.
+        if ($exception instanceof ArgumentsValidationException) {
+            if ($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..978fad7d5 100644
--- a/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/EventListener/ErrorLoggerListenerTest.php
@@ -6,21 +6,28 @@
 
 use Exception;
 use Generator;
+use GraphQL\Error\ClientAware;
 use GraphQL\Error\Error;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserError;
 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
 {
+    private const CLIENT_SAFE_INTERNAL_MESSAGE = 'Safe internal error';
+
     private ErrorLoggerListener $listener;
 
     /**
@@ -60,6 +67,12 @@ public function testOnErrorFormatting(Error $error, $expectedLoggerCalls, array
     public static function onErrorFormattingDataProvider(): Generator
     {
         $exception = new Exception('Ko!');
+        $clientSafeInternalException = new class(self::CLIENT_SAFE_INTERNAL_MESSAGE) extends Exception implements ClientAware {
+            public function isClientSafe(): bool
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        };
 
         yield [
             new Error('Basic error'),
@@ -95,6 +108,23 @@ public static function onErrorFormattingDataProvider(): Generator
             ],
         ];
 
+        yield [
+            new Error('Wrapped client-safe internal exception', null, null, [], null, $clientSafeInternalException),
+            fn (TestCase $test) => $test->once(),
+            [
+                LogLevel::CRITICAL,
+                sprintf(
+                    '[GraphQL] %s: %s[%d] (caught throwable) at %s line %s.',
+                    $clientSafeInternalException::class,
+                    self::CLIENT_SAFE_INTERNAL_MESSAGE,
+                    $clientSafeInternalException->getCode(),
+                    __FILE__,
+                    $clientSafeInternalException->getLine()
+                ),
+                ['exception' => $clientSafeInternalException],
+            ],
+        ];
+
         yield [
             new Error('Wrapped Base UserError with previous', null, null, [], null, new UserError('User error message', 0, $exception)),
             fn (TestCase $test) => $test->once(),
@@ -124,5 +154,29 @@ public static function onErrorFormattingDataProvider(): Generator
                 ['exception' => $exception],
             ],
         ];
+
+        // ArgumentsValidationException requires the optional Symfony validator
+        // component, so skip these cases when it is absent.
+        if (class_exists(Validation::class)) {
+            // Argument validation without a previous cause must NOT be logged
+            // (before the fix it was logged as CRITICAL). See #1193.
+            yield [
+                new Error('Wrapped ArgumentsValidationException without previous', null, null, [], null, new ArgumentsValidationException(new ConstraintViolationList())),
+                fn (TestCase $test) => $test->never(),
+                [fn (TestCase $test) => $test->anything()],
+            ];
+
+            // Argument validation with a previous cause is logged at ERROR,
+            // like a UserError — not CRITICAL. See #1193.
+            yield [
+                new Error('Wrapped ArgumentsValidationException 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],
+                ],
+            ];
+        }
     }
 }