diff --git a/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp b/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
index 8ed9fa3f87..0560f1b475 100644
--- a/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ void CST816Touchscreen::continue_setup_() {
       case CST816T_CHIP_ID:
         break;
       default:
-        this->status_set_error(str_sprintf("Unknown chip ID 0x%02X", this->chip_id_).c_str());
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unknown chip ID: 0x%02X", this->chip_id_);
+        this->status_set_error("Unknown chip ID");
         this->mark_failed();
         return;
     }
diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
index 06aa6da6a4..9dbf8d181a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ 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) {
-    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to fetch manifest from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "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.c_str()); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to fetch manifest"); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
 
   RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   uint8_t *data = allocator.allocate(container->content_length);
   if (data == nullptr) {
-    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to allocate %zu bytes for manifest", container->content_length);
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "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.c_str()); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to allocate memory for manifest"); });
     container->end();
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   }
 
   if (!valid) {
-    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "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.c_str()); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to parse manifest JSON"); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }