diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
index 0eb6eb6c2c..43aef0d57a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   auto container = this_update->request_parent_->get(this_update->source_url_);
 
   if (container == nullptr || container->status_code != HTTP_STATUS_OK) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to fetch manifest from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to fetch manifest from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
     this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   uint8_t *data = allocator.allocate(container->content_length);
   if (data == nullptr) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate %zu bytes for manifest", container->content_length);
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to allocate %zu bytes for manifest", container->content_length);
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
     this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     container->end();
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   }
 
   if (!valid) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
     this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;