diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14d59640..669b1f80 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 12.1.1
+ - Remove duplicated deprecation log entry [#1232](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/1232)
+
 ## 12.1.0
  - Add drop_error_types config option to not retry after certain error types [#1228](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/1228)
 
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb
index e98f392a..934feda5 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ def register
       log_message = "'failure_type_logging_whitelist' is deprecated and in a future version of Elasticsearch " +
         "output plugin will be removed, please use 'silence_errors_in_log' instead."
       @deprecation_logger.deprecated log_message
-      @logger.warn log_message
       @silence_errors_in_log = silence_errors_in_log | failure_type_logging_whitelist
     end
 
diff --git a/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec b/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
index f884bdeb..31e82ac1 100644
--- a/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-output-elasticsearch'
-  s.version         = '12.1.0'
+  s.version         = '12.1.1'
   s.licenses        = ['apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Stores logs in Elasticsearch"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"