diff --git a/notation.go b/notation.go
index bb051d13..294664b0 100644
--- a/notation.go
+++ b/notation.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func Sign(ctx context.Context, signer Signer, repo registry.Repository, signOpts
 		}
 		// artifactRef is a tag
 		logger.Warnf("Always sign the artifact using digest(`@sha256:...`) rather than a tag(`:%s`) because tags are mutable and a tag reference can point to a different artifact than the one signed", artifactRef)
-		logger.Infof("Resolved artifact tag `%s` to digest `%s` before signing", artifactRef, targetDesc.Digest.String())
+		logger.Infof("Resolved artifact tag `%s` to digest `%v` before signing", artifactRef, targetDesc.Digest)
 	}
 	descToSign, err := addUserMetadataToDescriptor(ctx, targetDesc, signOpts.UserMetadata)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func Verify(ctx context.Context, verifier Verifier, repo registry.Repository, ve
 	}
 	if ref.ValidateReferenceAsDigest() != nil {
 		// artifactRef is not a digest reference
-		logger.Infof("Resolved artifact tag `%s` to digest `%s` before verification", ref.Reference, artifactDescriptor.Digest.String())
+		logger.Infof("Resolved artifact tag `%s` to digest `%v` before verification", ref.Reference, artifactDescriptor.Digest)
 		logger.Warn("The resolved digest may not point to the same signed artifact, since tags are mutable")
 	} else if ref.Reference != artifactDescriptor.Digest.String() {
 		return ocispec.Descriptor{}, nil, ErrorSignatureRetrievalFailed{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("user input digest %s does not match the resolved digest %s", ref.Reference, artifactDescriptor.Digest.String())}
diff --git a/verifier/verifier.go b/verifier/verifier.go
index e1d06528..b50869ba 100644
--- a/verifier/verifier.go
+++ b/verifier/verifier.go
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ func revocationFinalResult(certResults []*revocationresult.CertRevocationResult,
 		certResult := certResults[i]
 		if certResult.RevocationMethod == revocationresult.RevocationMethodOCSPFallbackCRL {
 			// log the fallback warning
-			logger.Warnf("OCSP check failed with unknown error and fallback to CRL check for certificate #%d in chain with subject %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject.String())
+			logger.Warnf("OCSP check failed with unknown error and fallback to CRL check for certificate #%d in chain with subject %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject)
 		}
 		for _, serverResult := range certResult.ServerResults {
 			if serverResult.Error != nil {
@@ -687,10 +687,10 @@ func revocationFinalResult(certResults []*revocationresult.CertRevocationResult,
 					// when the final revocation method is OCSPFallbackCRL,
 					// the OCSP server results should not be logged as an error
 					// since the CRL revocation check can succeed.
-					logger.Debugf("Certificate #%d in chain with subject %v encountered an error for revocation method %s at URL %q: %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject.String(), revocationresult.RevocationMethodOCSP, serverResult.Server, serverResult.Error)
+					logger.Debugf("Certificate #%d in chain with subject %v encountered an error for revocation method %s at URL %q: %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject, revocationresult.RevocationMethodOCSP, serverResult.Server, serverResult.Error)
 					continue
 				}
-				logger.Errorf("Certificate #%d in chain with subject %v encountered an error for revocation method %s at URL %q: %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject.String(), serverResult.RevocationMethod, serverResult.Server, serverResult.Error)
+				logger.Errorf("Certificate #%d in chain with subject %v encountered an error for revocation method %s at URL %q: %v", (i + 1), cert.Subject, serverResult.RevocationMethod, serverResult.Server, serverResult.Error)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func revocationFinalResult(certResults []*revocationresult.CertRevocationResult,
 		}
 
 		if i < len(certResults)-1 && certResult.Result == revocationresult.ResultNonRevokable {
-			logger.Warnf("Certificate #%d in the chain with subject %v neither has an OCSP nor a CRL revocation method.", (i + 1), cert.Subject.String())
+			logger.Warnf("Certificate #%d in the chain with subject %v neither has an OCSP nor a CRL revocation method.", (i + 1), cert.Subject)
 		}
 	}
 	if revokedFound {