diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_ADMIN_CONTAINER_METADATA b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_ADMIN_CONTAINER_METADATA
index 7d489d3738..1668e0b8dc 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_ADMIN_CONTAINER_METADATA
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_ADMIN_CONTAINER_METADATA
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ImageDigest: sha256:2f884ebc34c0f54b6d75493ba2ad645f42525d6c90fe2099ae50708de6f86152
-Tag: v0.11.6
+imageDigest: sha256:2f884ebc34c0f54b6d75493ba2ad645f42525d6c90fe2099ae50708de6f86152
+tag: v0.11.6
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_CONTROL_CONTAINER_METADATA b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_CONTROL_CONTAINER_METADATA
index fda7902298..33e794e9ea 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_CONTROL_CONTAINER_METADATA
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/BOTTLEROCKET_CONTROL_CONTAINER_METADATA
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ImageDigest: sha256:0ed73c9a2e35fab4287f3cbf18de084b740cace3234628c5e215adc407e52750
-Tag: v0.7.10
+imageDigest: sha256:0ed73c9a2e35fab4287f3cbf18de084b740cace3234628c5e215adc407e52750
+tag: v0.7.10
diff --git a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/commands/upgrade/upgrade.go b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/commands/upgrade/upgrade.go
index 4bbdd58ff1..e995edf1e3 100644
--- a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/commands/upgrade/upgrade.go
+++ b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/commands/upgrade/upgrade.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func Run(upgradeOptions *types.UpgradeOptions) error {
 			projectHasPatches = true
 			patchFiles, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(projectRootFilepath, constants.PatchesDirectory))
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("reading patch directory", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("reading patch directory: %v", err)
 			}
 			totalPatchCount = len(patchFiles)
 		}
@@ -445,13 +445,13 @@ func getLatestEKSDistroRelease(client *gogithub.Client, branch string) (int, str
 	eksDistroProdReleaseNumberFile := fmt.Sprintf(constants.EKSDistroProdReleaseNumberFileFormat, branch)
 	releaseNumber, err := github.GetFileContents(client, "aws", "eks-distro", eksDistroProdReleaseNumberFile, constants.MainBranchName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("getting contents of EKS Distro prod release number file: %v", eksDistroProdReleaseNumberFile, err)
+		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("getting contents of EKS Distro prod release number file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	kubernetesGitTagFile := fmt.Sprintf(constants.KubernetesGitTagFileFormat, branch)
 	kubeVersion, err := github.GetFileContents(client, "aws", "eks-distro", kubernetesGitTagFile, constants.MainBranchName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("getting contents of Kubernetes Git tag file: %v", eksDistroProdReleaseNumberFile, err)
+		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("getting contents of Kubernetes Git tag file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	releaseNumberInt, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimRight(string(releaseNumber), "\n"))
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ func updateBottlerocketHostContainerMetadata(client *gogithub.Client, projectRoo
 	updatedHostContainerFiles := []string{}
 	hostContainersTOMLContents, err := github.GetFileContents(client, "bottlerocket-os", "bottlerocket", constants.BottlerocketHostContainersTOMLFile, latestBottlerocketVersion)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting contents of Bottlerocket host containers file: %v", constants.BottlerocketHostContainersTOMLFile, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting contents of Bottlerocket host containers file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	var hostContainersTOMLMap interface{}
diff --git a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/github/github.go b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/github/github.go
index c969f77e5d..02bfaf373f 100644
--- a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/github/github.go
+++ b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/github/github.go
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func CreatePullRequest(client *github.Client, org, repo, title, body, baseRepoOw
 		pullRequest.Body = github.String(body)
 		pullRequest, _, err = client.PullRequests.Edit(context.Background(), baseRepoOwner, constants.BuildToolingRepoName, *pullRequest.Number, pullRequest)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("editing existing pull request %s: %v", pullRequest.HTMLURL, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("editing existing pull request %s: %v", *pullRequest.HTMLURL, err)
 		}
 
 		// If patches to the project failed to apply, check if the PR already has a comment warning about
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func CreatePullRequest(client *github.Client, org, repo, title, body, baseRepoOw
 		if addPatchWarningComment {
 			pullRequestComments, _, err := client.Issues.ListComments(context.Background(), baseRepoOwner, constants.BuildToolingRepoName, *pullRequest.Number, nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("listing comments on pull request [%s]: %v", pullRequest.HTMLURL, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("listing comments on pull request [%s]: %v", *pullRequest.HTMLURL, err)
 			}
 
 			for _, comment := range pullRequestComments {
diff --git a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/types/types.go b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/types/types.go
index a4779cbf3d..1eb8933f66 100644
--- a/tools/version-tracker/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/tools/version-tracker/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ type GoVersionSourceOfTruth struct {
 }
 
 type ImageMetadata struct {
-	Tag         string `yaml:"tag,omitempty"`
-	ImageDigest string `yaml:"imageDigest,omitempty"`
+	Tag         string `json:"tag,omitempty"`
+	ImageDigest string `json:"imageDigest,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type EKSDistroRelease struct {