diff --git a/services.install b/services.install
index a905bbcf6d297a71a90b411981b7d074851027e7..198c274b5338304972c896da4c56c911159af386 100644
--- a/services.install
+++ b/services.install
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function services_requirements($phase) {
     if (count($items)) {
       $requirements['services'] = array(
         'description' => $t('Services authentication mechanism has not been enabled for the following endpoints. Requests to these endpoints will always be anonymous.'),
-        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
+        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_WARNING,
         'value' => $endpoints,
         'title' => 'Services Authentication Mechanism',
       );