diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a36f1c4b..56831aa5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator
 go 1.22.2
 
 require (
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.10.1
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 77e0c90a..b0b2d0c5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func main() {
 	zapOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&zapOptions)))
+	ctrl.SetLogger(controllers.FilteredLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&zapOptions))))
 	klog.SetLogger(ctrl.Log)
 
 	setupLog.Info("Build info",
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/support.go b/pkg/controllers/support.go
index 61ba32d2..f3f5fbec 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/support.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/support.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	rayv1 "github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator/apis/ray/v1"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	networkingv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1"
@@ -172,3 +174,41 @@ func withEnvVarName(name string) compare[corev1.EnvVar] {
 		return e1.Name == name
 	}
 }
+
+// logSink implements a log sink with an error log filter
+type logSink struct {
+	sink logr.LogSink
+}
+
+func (l logSink) Init(info logr.RuntimeInfo) {
+	l.sink.Init(info)
+}
+
+func (l logSink) Enabled(level int) bool {
+	return l.sink.Enabled(level)
+}
+func (l logSink) Info(level int, msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
+	l.sink.Info(level, msg, keysAndValues...)
+}
+
+func (l logSink) Error(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...any) {
+	// downgrade StatusReasonConflict errors to debug messages
+	if errors.IsConflict(err) {
+		l.sink.Info(1, msg, append(keysAndValues, "error", err.Error())...)
+	} else {
+		l.sink.Error(err, msg, keysAndValues...)
+	}
+}
+
+func (l logSink) WithValues(keysAndValues ...any) logr.LogSink {
+	return logSink{l.sink.WithValues(keysAndValues...)}
+}
+
+func (l logSink) WithName(name string) logr.LogSink {
+	return logSink{l.sink.WithName(name)}
+}
+
+// FilteredLogger returns a copy of the logger with an error log filter
+func FilteredLogger(logger logr.Logger) logr.Logger {
+	return logger.WithSink(logSink{logger.GetSink()})
+}