diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/mod.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/mod.rs
index 511a7104b1..8e6c91983c 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/mod.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use std::{any::Any, sync::Arc};
+use std::{error::Error, fmt::Display, sync::Arc};
+
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub mod row;
 pub mod value;
@@ -8,5 +10,11 @@ pub use writers::{
     BufBackedCellValueBuilder, BufBackedCellWriter, BufBackedRowWriter, CellValueBuilder,
     CellWriter, CountingWriter, RowWriter,
 };
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Error)]
+pub struct SerializationError(Arc<dyn Error + Send + Sync>);
 
-type SerializationError = Arc<dyn Any + Send + Sync>;
+impl Display for SerializationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "SerializationError: {}", self.0)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/row.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/row.rs
index fe91585c8c..e58bd6d32e 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/row.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/row.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub fn serialize_legacy_row<T: ValueList>(
     writer: &mut impl RowWriter,
 ) -> Result<(), SerializationError> {
     let serialized =
-        <T as ValueList>::serialized(r).map_err(|err| Arc::new(err) as SerializationError)?;
+        <T as ValueList>::serialized(r).map_err(|err| SerializationError(Arc::new(err)))?;
 
     let mut append_value = |value: RawValue| {
         let cell_writer = writer.make_cell_writer();
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ pub fn serialize_legacy_row<T: ValueList>(
 
         for col in ctx.columns() {
             let val = values_by_name.get(col.name.as_str()).ok_or_else(|| {
-                Arc::new(ValueListToSerializeRowAdapterError::NoBindMarkerWithName {
-                    name: col.name.clone(),
-                }) as SerializationError
+                SerializationError(Arc::new(
+                    ValueListToSerializeRowAdapterError::NoBindMarkerWithName {
+                        name: col.name.clone(),
+                    },
+                ))
             })?;
             append_value(*val);
         }
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
index 25d605d13d..fde7067265 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/types/serialize/value.rs
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ pub fn serialize_legacy_value<T: Value, W: CellWriter>(
 ) -> Result<W::WrittenCellProof, SerializationError> {
     // It's an inefficient and slightly tricky but correct implementation.
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
-    <T as Value>::serialize(v, &mut buf).map_err(|err| Arc::new(err) as SerializationError)?;
+    <T as Value>::serialize(v, &mut buf).map_err(|err| SerializationError(Arc::new(err)))?;
 
     // Analyze the output.
     // All this dance shows how unsafe our previous interface was...
     if buf.len() < 4 {
-        return Err(Arc::new(ValueToSerializeCqlAdapterError::TooShort {
-            size: buf.len(),
-        }));
+        return Err(SerializationError(Arc::new(
+            ValueToSerializeCqlAdapterError::TooShort { size: buf.len() },
+        )));
     }
 
     let (len_bytes, contents) = buf.split_at(4);
@@ -66,19 +66,19 @@ pub fn serialize_legacy_value<T: Value, W: CellWriter>(
         -1 => Ok(writer.set_null()),
         len if len >= 0 => {
             if contents.len() != len as usize {
-                Err(Arc::new(
+                Err(SerializationError(Arc::new(
                     ValueToSerializeCqlAdapterError::DeclaredVsActualSizeMismatch {
                         declared: len as usize,
                         actual: contents.len(),
                     },
-                ))
+                )))
             } else {
                 Ok(writer.set_value(contents))
             }
         }
-        _ => Err(Arc::new(
+        _ => Err(SerializationError(Arc::new(
             ValueToSerializeCqlAdapterError::InvalidDeclaredSize { size: len },
-        )),
+        ))),
     }
 }