diff --git a/core/common/src/DateTimePeriod.kt b/core/common/src/DateTimePeriod.kt
index 418e364e..b54f183f 100644
--- a/core/common/src/DateTimePeriod.kt
+++ b/core/common/src/DateTimePeriod.kt
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ public fun Duration.toDateTimePeriod(): DateTimePeriod = buildDateTimePeriod(tot
  */
 @Deprecated(
     "Adding periods is not a well-defined operation. See https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime/issues/381",
-    level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR
+    level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
 )
 public operator fun DateTimePeriod.plus(other: DateTimePeriod): DateTimePeriod = buildDateTimePeriod(
     safeAdd(totalMonths, other.totalMonths),
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ public operator fun DateTimePeriod.plus(other: DateTimePeriod): DateTimePeriod =
  */
 @Deprecated(
     "Adding periods is not a well-defined operation. See https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime/issues/381",
-    level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR
+    level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
 )
 public operator fun DatePeriod.plus(other: DatePeriod): DatePeriod = DatePeriod(
     safeAdd(totalMonths, other.totalMonths),