diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
index 1e19fd2f2e..a96bce4778 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ def _run_query(
             logging.error(e)
             sys.exit(1)
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            logging.warning("No metadata.yaml found for {}", query_file)
+            logging.warning("No metadata.yaml found for %s", query_file)
 
         if not use_public_table and destination_table is not None:
             # destination table was parsed by argparse, however if it wasn't modified to
diff --git a/bigquery_etl/public_data/publish_json.py b/bigquery_etl/public_data/publish_json.py
index 8a3d80c572..b297e869c6 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/public_data/publish_json.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/public_data/publish_json.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class JsonPublisher:
             self.table = query_file_re.group(2)
             self.version = query_file_re.group(3)
         else:
-            logging.error("Invalid file naming format: {}", self.query_file)
+            logging.error("Invalid file naming format: %s", self.query_file)
             sys.exit(1)
 
     def _clear_stage_directory(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_entrypoint.py b/tests/test_entrypoint.py
index 2f05d8cd05..cf740c2235 100644
--- a/tests/test_entrypoint.py
+++ b/tests/test_entrypoint.py
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ class TestEntrypoint:
                 b"+---+-----+\n| a |  b  |\n+---+-----+\n| 1 | abc |\n+---+-----+\n"
                 in result
             )
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in result
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in result
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             # running bq in CircleCI will fail since it's not installed
             # but the error output can be checked for whether bq was called
             assert b"No such file or directory: 'bq'" in e.output
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in e.output
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in e.output
             assert (
                 b'subprocess.check_call(["bq"] + query_arguments, stdin=query_stream)'
                 in e.output
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ class TestEntrypoint:
                 b"+---+---+---+\n| a | b | c |\n+---+---+---+\n| a | b | c |\n+---+---+---+"
                 in result
             )
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in result
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in result
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             # running bq in CircleCI will fail since it's not installed
             # but the error output can be checked for whether bq was called
             assert b"No such file or directory: 'bq'" in e.output
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in e.output
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in e.output
             assert (
                 b'subprocess.check_call(["bq"] + query_arguments, stdin=query_stream)'
                 in e.output
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TestEntrypoint:
                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             )
             assert b"Current status: DONE" in result
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in result
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in result
 
             result = bigquery_client.query(
                 f"SELECT a FROM {project_id}.{temporary_dataset}.query_v1"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class TestEntrypoint:
                 assert row.a == "foo"
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             assert b"No such file or directory: 'bq'" in e.output
-            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for {}" in e.output
+            assert b"No metadata.yaml found for " in e.output
             assert (
                 b'subprocess.check_call(["bq"] + query_arguments, stdin=query_stream)'
                 in e.output