diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91df1e32..818683b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 6.1.4
+ - Fix: reduce error logging on connection resets [#424](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/pull/424)
+
 ## 6.1.3
  - Fix: safe-guard byte buf allocation [#420](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/pull/420) 
  - Updated Jackson dependencies
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 88d06f10..c0f25bae 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.3
+6.1.4
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/logstash/beats/BeatsHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/logstash/beats/BeatsHandler.java
index 16564222..9e96bcf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/logstash/beats/BeatsHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/logstash/beats/BeatsHandler.java
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
-import io.netty.util.AttributeKey;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
 
 
     @Override
-    public void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Batch batch) throws Exception {
+    public void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Batch batch) {
         if(logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             logger.debug(format("Received a new payload"));
         }
@@ -81,19 +81,37 @@ public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws E
             if (!(cause instanceof SSLHandshakeException)) {
                 messageListener.onException(ctx, cause);
             }
-            final Throwable realCause = extractCause(cause, 0);
-            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()){
-                logger.debug(format("Handling exception: " + cause + " (caused by: " + realCause + ")"), cause);
+            if (isNoisyException(cause)) {
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    logger.info(format("closing"), cause);
+                } else {
+                    logger.info(format("closing (" + cause.getMessage() + ")"));
+                }
             } else {
-                logger.info(format("Handling exception: " + cause + " (caused by: " + realCause + ")"));
+                final Throwable realCause = extractCause(cause, 0);
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()){
+                    logger.info(format("Handling exception: " + cause + " (caused by: " + realCause + ")"), cause);
+                } else {
+                    logger.info(format("Handling exception: " + cause + " (caused by: " + realCause + ")"));
+                }
+                super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
             }
-        } finally{
-            super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
+        } finally {
             ctx.flush();
             ctx.close();
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean isNoisyException(final Throwable ex) {
+        if (ex instanceof IOException) {
+            final String message = ex.getMessage();
+            if ("Connection reset by peer".equals(message)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private boolean needAck(Message message) {
         return message.getSequence() == message.getBatch().getHighestSequence();
     }