diff --git a/flow/activities/flowable.go b/flow/activities/flowable.go
index c4a286098c..a11d5f48b0 100644
--- a/flow/activities/flowable.go
+++ b/flow/activities/flowable.go
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) replicateQRepPartition(ctx context.Context,
 			tmp, err := pgConn.PullQRepRecordStream(config, partition, stream)
 			numRecords := int64(tmp)
 			if err != nil {
-				slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to pull records: %v", err))
+				slog.Error("failed to pull records", slog.Any("error", err))
 				goroutineErr = err
 			} else {
 				err = a.CatalogMirrorMonitor.UpdatePullEndTimeAndRowsForPartition(ctx, runUUID, partition, numRecords)
diff --git a/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go b/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
index 06feddfa47..48e86df3c3 100644
--- a/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
+++ b/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (a *SnapshotActivity) SetupReplication(
 		pgConn := conn.(*connpostgres.PostgresConnector)
 		err = pgConn.SetupReplication(slotSignal, config)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("failed to setup replication: %v", err))
+			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to setup replication", slog.Any("error", err))
 			replicationErr <- err
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/flow/cmd/handler.go b/flow/cmd/handler.go
index 5d10eca74f..0fafd328ef 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/handler.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/handler.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) getPeerID(ctx context.Context, peerName string) (in
 	var peerType int32
 	err := h.pool.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT id,type FROM peers WHERE name = $1", peerName).Scan(&id, &peerType)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to query peer id for peer %s: %s", peerName, err.Error()))
+		slog.Error("unable to query peer id for peer "+peerName, slog.Any("error", err))
 		return -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("unable to query peer id for peer %s: %s", peerName, err)
 	}
 	return id, peerType, nil
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) CreateCDCFlow(
 	if req.CreateCatalogEntry {
 		err := h.createCdcJobEntry(ctx, req, workflowID)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to create flow job entry: %v", err))
+			slog.Error("unable to create flow job entry", slog.Any("error", err))
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create flow job entry: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) CreateCDCFlow(
 	var err error
 	err = h.updateFlowConfigInCatalog(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to update flow config in catalog: %v", err))
+		slog.Error("unable to update flow config in catalog", slog.Any("error", err))
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to update flow config in catalog: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) CreateCDCFlow(
 		state,                              // workflow state
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to start PeerFlow workflow: %v", err))
+		slog.Error("unable to start PeerFlow workflow", slog.Any("error", err))
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to start PeerFlow workflow: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/qrep_avro_sync.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/qrep_avro_sync.go
index db44a7dc1b..9b133c85ea 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/qrep_avro_sync.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/qrep_avro_sync.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *QRepAvroSyncMethod) SyncRecords(
 	// drop the staging table
 	if err := bqClient.Dataset(datasetID).Table(stagingTable).Delete(s.connector.ctx); err != nil {
 		// just log the error this isn't fatal.
-		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to delete staging table %s", stagingTable),
+		slog.Error("failed to delete staging table "+stagingTable,
 			slog.Any("error", err),
 			slog.String("syncBatchID", fmt.Sprint(syncBatchID)),
 			slog.String("destinationTable", dstTableName))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *QRepAvroSyncMethod) SyncQRepRecords(
 	// drop the staging table
 	if err := bqClient.Dataset(datasetID).Table(stagingTable).Delete(s.connector.ctx); err != nil {
 		// just log the error this isn't fatal.
-		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to delete staging table %s", stagingTable),
+		slog.Error("failed to delete staging table "+stagingTable,
 			slog.Any("error", err),
 			flowLog)
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go b/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
index 0a57a71ab7..b2563d5638 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ func NewEventHubConnector(
 ) (*EventHubConnector, error) {
 	defaultAzureCreds, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get default azure credentials: %v", err))
+		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to get default azure credentials",
+			slog.Any("error", err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ func NewEventHubConnector(
 	pgMetadata, err := metadataStore.NewPostgresMetadataStore(ctx, config.GetMetadataDb(),
 		metadataSchemaName)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("failed to create postgres metadata store: %v", err))
+		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to create postgres metadata store",
+			slog.Any("error", err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/flow/connectors/utils/cdc_records/cdc_records_storage.go b/flow/connectors/utils/cdc_records/cdc_records_storage.go
index 025618fa6e..8f353bbff2 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/utils/cdc_records/cdc_records_storage.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/utils/cdc_records/cdc_records_storage.go
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ func (c *cdcRecordsStore) Set(key model.TableWithPkey, rec model.Record) error {
 		c.inMemoryRecords[key] = rec
 	} else {
 		if c.pebbleDB == nil {
-			slog.Info("more than %d primary keys read, spilling to disk", c.numRecordsSwitchThreshold,
+			slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("more than %d primary keys read, spilling to disk",
+				c.numRecordsSwitchThreshold),
 				slog.String("flowName", c.flowJobName))
 			err := c.initPebbleDB()
 			if err != nil {