diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a625023c..9dc1f9f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/bbs v0.0.0-20231204223625-b4a8e8d97ad9
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.14.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver v0.16.0
-	code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.7.0
+	code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.8.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/localip v0.12.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/locket v0.0.0-20230406154009-5e8522d975d2
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/runtimeschema v0.0.0-20231214123546-c95bb31afd3e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3ff7f0f9..13a55097 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ code.cloudfoundry.org/go-diodes v0.0.0-20220325013804-800fb6f70e2f h1:BMwVyadJ0d
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-diodes v0.0.0-20220325013804-800fb6f70e2f/go.mod h1:cCrRt/O3uipyXfV4hZsKe5WyRNgFTgiMHnwAQqFlNjM=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v8 v8.0.5 h1:p1rrGxTwUqLjlUVtbjTAvKOSGNmPuBja8LeQOQgRrBc=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v8 v8.0.5/go.mod h1:mLlJ1ZyG6gVvBEtYypvbztRvFeCtBsTxE9tt+85tS6Y=
-code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.7.0 h1:Ock99/CnBfKdrt7CK8R+MuJ3iwdfvt1a6oAfOglq37w=
-code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.7.0/go.mod h1:mjCN1W7Jdy2PLFbSN/kX3NpR3wMi+JZfp3aFd2h3n+8=
+code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.8.0 h1:Lq5xSm+C6BLQ7cXJbmqw3dTnkigAXcsxVwXoxLO5PzI=
+code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.8.0/go.mod h1:mjCN1W7Jdy2PLFbSN/kX3NpR3wMi+JZfp3aFd2h3n+8=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/localip v0.12.0 h1:84DumGmIoDCbhSMqrZLILm8Eogbm8MgEweUyhpQPrOU=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/localip v0.12.0/go.mod h1:hA9L0BB6hdw2nBU5lF8X9qq7zBTVXD/CJMhuh6QE1xg=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/locket v0.0.0-20230406154009-5e8522d975d2 h1:tUpafuylA0aTl6sdQnf20OsO/ipCvdNSZlWOB1cHhz8=
diff --git a/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3/handler.go b/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3/handler.go
index 2cdaf7c3..092799b2 100644
--- a/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3/handler.go
+++ b/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3/handler.go
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ func processAttr(attr slog.Attr, target map[string]any) {
 	case attr.Key == "":
 		// skip
 	default:
-		target[attr.Key] = rv.Any()
+		if rvAsError, isError := rv.Any().(error); isError {
+			target[attr.Key] = rvAsError.Error()
+		} else {
+			target[attr.Key] = rv.Any()
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c947f5de..9c558a60 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ code.cloudfoundry.org/go-diodes
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v8
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v8/rfc5424
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v8/rpc/loggregator_v2
-# code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.7.0
+# code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.8.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3
 code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3/internal/truncate