diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Infrastructure/RelationalOptionsExtension.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Infrastructure/RelationalOptionsExtension.cs
index a052b74c1eb..aae9b10e890 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Infrastructure/RelationalOptionsExtension.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Infrastructure/RelationalOptionsExtension.cs
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ public static CoreOptionsExtension WithDefaultWarningConfiguration(CoreOptionsEx
                 .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.IndexPropertiesMappedToNonOverlappingTables, WarningBehavior.Throw)
                 .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.ForeignKeyPropertiesMappedToUnrelatedTables, WarningBehavior.Throw)
                 .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.StoredProcedureConcurrencyTokenNotMapped, WarningBehavior.Throw)
-                .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.PendingModelChangesWarning, WarningBehavior.Throw));
+                .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.PendingModelChangesWarning, WarningBehavior.Throw)
+                .TryWithExplicit(RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound, WarningBehavior.Throw));
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Information/metadata for a <see cref="RelationalOptionsExtension" />.
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.Designer.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.Designer.cs
index d1324086fae..64f9c161bfc 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -3794,7 +3794,7 @@ public static EventDefinition<string> LogNoMigrationsFound(IDiagnosticsLogger lo
                     static logger => new EventDefinition<string>(
                         logger.Options,
                         RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound,
-                        LogLevel.Information,
+                        LogLevel.Error,
                         "RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound",
                         level => LoggerMessage.Define<string>(
                             level,
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.resx b/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.resx
index 37b6701ce00..c703161ce00 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.resx
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Properties/RelationalStrings.resx
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
   </data>
   <data name="LogNoMigrationsFound" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>No migrations were found in assembly '{migrationsAssembly}'. A migration needs to be added before the database can be updated.</value>
-    <comment>Information RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound string</comment>
+    <comment>Error RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound string</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="LogNoModelSnapshotFound" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Model snapshot was not found in assembly '{migrationsAssembly}'. Skipping pending model changes check.</value>
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/OperationExecutorTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/OperationExecutorTest.cs
index 7e185a7610b..e4fad62bc83 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/OperationExecutorTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/OperationExecutorTest.cs
@@ -1306,7 +1306,8 @@ private static SqliteConnection CreateOpenConnection()
         protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
             => optionsBuilder
                 .UseSqlite(_connection)
-                .ReplaceService<IMigrationsIdGenerator, FakeMigrationsIdGenerator>();
+                .ReplaceService<IMigrationsIdGenerator, FakeMigrationsIdGenerator>()
+                .ConfigureWarnings(w => w.Ignore(RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound));
 
         private class FakeMigrationsIdGenerator : MigrationsIdGenerator
         {
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Migrations/MigrationsInfrastructureSqlServerTest.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Migrations/MigrationsInfrastructureSqlServerTest.cs
index d0f28e435dd..eb15e30459b 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Migrations/MigrationsInfrastructureSqlServerTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Migrations/MigrationsInfrastructureSqlServerTest.cs
@@ -690,8 +690,7 @@ public void Throws_when_no_migrations()
         {
             using var context = new DbContext(
                 Fixture.TestStore.AddProviderOptions(
-                    new DbContextOptionsBuilder().EnableServiceProviderCaching(false)
-                        .ConfigureWarnings(e => e.Throw(RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound))).Options);
+                    new DbContextOptionsBuilder().EnableServiceProviderCaching(false)).Options);
 
             context.Database.EnsureDeleted();
             GiveMeSomeTime(context);
@@ -710,8 +709,7 @@ public async Task Throws_when_no_migrations_async()
         {
             using var context = new DbContext(
                 Fixture.TestStore.AddProviderOptions(
-                    new DbContextOptionsBuilder().EnableServiceProviderCaching(false)
-                        .ConfigureWarnings(e => e.Throw(RelationalEventId.MigrationsNotFound))).Options);
+                    new DbContextOptionsBuilder().EnableServiceProviderCaching(false)).Options);
 
             await context.Database.EnsureDeletedAsync();
             await GiveMeSomeTimeAsync(context);