diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3035755d..e55474fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if (NOT TARGET libzmq AND NOT TARGET libzmq-static)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "cppzmq v${cppzmq_VERSION}")
+message(DEBUG "cppzmq v${cppzmq_VERSION}")
 
 set(CPPZMQ_HEADERS
     zmq.hpp
diff --git a/cmake/DetectCPPZMQVersion.cmake b/cmake/DetectCPPZMQVersion.cmake
index 99ed9bf5..3e1adafd 100644
--- a/cmake/DetectCPPZMQVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DetectCPPZMQVersion.cmake
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define CPPZMQ_VERSION_MINOR ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" DETECTED_
 string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define CPPZMQ_VERSION_PATCH ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION_PATCH "${_CPPZMQ_H_CONTENTS}")
 set(DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION "${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}.${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
-message(STATUS "Detected CPPZMQ Version - ${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION}")
+message(DEBUG "Detected CPPZMQ Version - ${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION}")