diff --git a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggableExceptions.java b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggableExceptions.java
index e61cc235a..3e29f4266 100644
--- a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggableExceptions.java
+++ b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggableExceptions.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         name = "PreferSafeLoggableExceptions",
         link = "https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline#baseline-error-prone-checks",
         linkType = BugPattern.LinkType.CUSTOM,
-        severity = BugPattern.SeverityLevel.SUGGESTION,
+        severity = BugPattern.SeverityLevel.WARNING,
         summary = "Throw SafeLoggable exceptions to ensure the exception message will not be redacted")
 public final class PreferSafeLoggableExceptions extends BugChecker implements BugChecker.NewClassTreeMatcher {
 
diff --git a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions.java b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions.java
index 334799640..10e4233a4 100644
--- a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions.java
+++ b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         name = "PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions",
         link = "https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline#baseline-error-prone-checks",
         linkType = BugPattern.LinkType.CUSTOM,
-        severity = BugPattern.SeverityLevel.SUGGESTION,
+        severity = BugPattern.SeverityLevel.WARNING,
         summary = "Precondition and similar checks with a constant message and no parameters should use equivalent "
                 + "checks from com.palantir.logsafe.Preconditions for standardization as functionality is the same.")
 public final class PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions extends BugChecker implements BugChecker.MethodInvocationTreeMatcher {
diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-697.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-697.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..348438077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-697.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: The severity of PreferSafeLoggableExceptions and PreferSafeLoggingPreconditions is now WARNING.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/704