diff --git a/pkg/distributor/otel.go b/pkg/distributor/otel.go
index 7f8d859f66f..bf101833572 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/otel.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/otel.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func otlpHandler(
 			if err := parser(ctx, r, maxRecvMsgSize, rb, &req, logger); err != nil {
 				// Check for httpgrpc error, default to client error if parsing failed
 				if _, ok := httpgrpc.HTTPResponseFromError(err); !ok {
-					err = httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+					err = httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, "%s", err.Error())
 				}
 
 				rb.CleanUp()
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_native_histogram_metrics_test.go b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_native_histogram_metrics_test.go
index a4e37346263..12f6e1ddf97 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_native_histogram_metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_native_histogram_metrics_test.go
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func TestShardActiveNativeHistogramMetricsMiddlewareMergeResponseContextCancella
 	}()
 
 	cancelCause := "request canceled while streaming response"
-	cancel(fmt.Errorf(cancelCause))
+	cancel(fmt.Errorf("%s", cancelCause))
 
 	g.Wait()
 
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_series_test.go b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_series_test.go
index f94f6aa813c..cb226e1d2d3 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_series_test.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/shard_active_series_test.go
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func runTestShardActiveSeriesMiddlewareMergeResponseContextCancellation(t *testi
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	cancelCause := "request canceled while streaming response"
-	cancel(fmt.Errorf(cancelCause))
+	cancel(fmt.Errorf("%s", cancelCause))
 
 	_, err = io.Copy(&buf, resp.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go b/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
index c30efc1fa32..4c86ae32691 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	errCanceled              = httpgrpc.Errorf(StatusClientClosedRequest, context.Canceled.Error())
-	errDeadlineExceeded      = httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusGatewayTimeout, context.DeadlineExceeded.Error())
+	errCanceled              = httpgrpc.Errorf(StatusClientClosedRequest, "%s", context.Canceled.Error())
+	errDeadlineExceeded      = httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusGatewayTimeout, "%s", context.DeadlineExceeded.Error())
 	errRequestEntityTooLarge = httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, "http: request body too large")
 )