diff --git a/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go b/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
index 7f49e88b6..458a62015 100644
--- a/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
+++ b/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) onBlock(blockData []byte, id peer.ID) {
 
 func (p *Protocol) onBlockRequest(idBytes []byte, id peer.ID) {
 	if len(idBytes) != iotago.BlockIDLength {
-		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.Errorf("failed to deserialize block request: invalid block id length"), id)
+		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.New("failed to deserialize block request: invalid block id length"), id)
 
 		return
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) onSlotCommitment(commitmentBytes []byte, id peer.ID) {
 
 func (p *Protocol) onSlotCommitmentRequest(idBytes []byte, id peer.ID) {
 	if len(idBytes) != iotago.CommitmentIDLength {
-		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.Errorf("failed to deserialize slot commitment request: invalid commitment id length"), id)
+		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.New("failed to deserialize slot commitment request: invalid commitment id length"), id)
 
 		return
 	}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) onAttestations(commitmentBytes []byte, attestationsBytes []by
 
 	attestationsCount, err := stream.PeekSize(reader, serializer.SeriLengthPrefixTypeAsUint32)
 	if err != nil {
-		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.Errorf("failed peek attestations count"), id)
+		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.New("failed peek attestations count"), id)
 
 		return
 	}
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) onAttestations(commitmentBytes []byte, attestationsBytes []by
 
 func (p *Protocol) onAttestationsRequest(commitmentIDBytes []byte, id peer.ID) {
 	if len(commitmentIDBytes) != iotago.CommitmentIDLength {
-		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.Errorf("failed to deserialize commitmentID in attestations request: invalid commitment id length"), id)
+		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.New("failed to deserialize commitmentID in attestations request: invalid commitment id length"), id)
 
 		return
 	}