diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
index 20b680997..e523efb8f 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ fn invoke_log(sandbox: &TestEnv, id: &str) {
         .assert()
         .success()
         .stderr(predicates::str::contains(
-            "INFO contract_event: soroban_cli::log::event: 1: DiagnosticEvent {",
+            "INFO contract_event: soroban_cli::log::event: 1:",
         ))
-        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("StringM(hello)"))
+        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("hello"))
         .stderr(predicates::str::contains(
-            "INFO log_event: soroban_cli::log::event: 2: DiagnosticEvent",
+            "INFO log_event: soroban_cli::log::event: 2:",
         ))
-        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("StringM(hello {})"))
-        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("StringM(world)"));
+        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("hello {}"))
+        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("world"));
 }
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/log/event.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/log/event.rs
index 8a4fedfbf..4ff7debb9 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/log/event.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/log/event.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use tracing::{debug, info, span, Level};
 
 use crate::xdr;
+use xdr::WriteXdr;
 
 pub fn events(events: &[xdr::DiagnosticEvent]) {
     for (i, event) in events.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -14,10 +15,12 @@ pub fn events(events: &[xdr::DiagnosticEvent]) {
 
         let _enter = span.enter();
 
+        let xdr = event.to_xdr_base64(xdr::Limits::none()).unwrap();
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(event).unwrap();
         if span.metadata().unwrap().level() == &Level::INFO {
-            info!("{i}: {event:#?}");
+            info!("{i}: {xdr} {json}");
         } else {
-            debug!("{i}: {event:#?}");
+            debug!("{i}: {xdr} {json}");
         }
     }
 }