diff --git a/syft/format/internal/backfill.go b/syft/format/internal/backfill.go
index 7bfa0aa2b..b8cc66f9f 100644
--- a/syft/format/internal/backfill.go
+++ b/syft/format/internal/backfill.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Backfill(p *pkg.Package) {
 
 	purl, err := packageurl.FromString(p.PURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug("unable to parse purl: %s: %w", p.PURL, err)
+		log.Debugf("unable to parse purl: %s: %w", p.PURL, err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/syft/format/syftjson/model/package.go b/syft/format/syftjson/model/package.go
index bd0af3dc5..8c06a1584 100644
--- a/syft/format/syftjson/model/package.go
+++ b/syft/format/syftjson/model/package.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func newModelLicensesFromValues(licenses []string) (ml []License) {
 	for _, v := range licenses {
 		expression, err := license.ParseExpression(v)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Trace("could not find valid spdx expression for %s: %w", v, err)
+			log.Tracef("could not find valid spdx expression for %s: %w", v, err)
 		}
 		ml = append(ml, License{
 			Value:          v,
diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/deferred.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/deferred.go
index df5cfd055..2441158e9 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/deferred.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/deferred.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (d *Deferred) FileContentsByLocation(location file.Location) (io.ReadCloser
 func (d *Deferred) HasPath(s string) bool {
 	r, err := d.getResolver()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug("unable to get resolver: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("unable to get resolver: %v", err)
 		return false
 	}
 	return r.HasPath(s)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (d *Deferred) RelativeFileByPath(location file.Location, path string) *file
 func (d *Deferred) AllLocations(ctx context.Context) <-chan file.Location {
 	r, err := d.getResolver()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug("unable to get resolver: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("unable to get resolver: %v", err)
 		return nil
 	}
 	return r.AllLocations(ctx)
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/dotnet/parse_packages_lock.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/dotnet/parse_packages_lock.go
index 069d898c7..97bb4df86 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/dotnet/parse_packages_lock.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/dotnet/parse_packages_lock.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func parseDotnetPackagesLock(_ context.Context, _ file.Resolver, _ *generic.Envi
 	for depNameVersion, dep := range allDependencies {
 		parentPkg, ok := pkgMap[depNameVersion]
 		if !ok {
-			log.Debug("package \"%s\" not found in map of all pacakges", depNameVersion)
+			log.Debugf("package \"%s\" not found in map of all pacakges", depNameVersion)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func parseDotnetPackagesLock(_ context.Context, _ file.Resolver, _ *generic.Envi
 				// no exact match found, lets match on name only, lockfile will contain other version of pkg
 				cpkg, ok := findPkgByName(childDepName, pkgMap)
 				if !ok {
-					log.Debug("dependency \"%s\" of package \"%s\" not found in map of all packages", childDepNameVersion, depNameVersion)
+					log.Debugf("dependency \"%s\" of package \"%s\" not found in map of all packages", childDepNameVersion, depNameVersion)
 					continue
 				}
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/licenses.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/licenses.go
index 4adcef374..48294378b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/licenses.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/licenses.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func newGoLicenseResolver(catalogerName string, opts CatalogerConfig) goLicenseR
 		if vendorDir == "" {
 			wd, err := os.Getwd()
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Debug("unable to get CWD while resolving the local go vendor dir: %v", err)
+				log.Debugf("unable to get CWD while resolving the local go vendor dir: %v", err)
 			} else {
 				vendorDir = filepath.Join(wd, "vendor")
 			}
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_pom_xml.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_pom_xml.go
index dc4922774..2fead9fe5 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_pom_xml.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_pom_xml.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func newPackageFromMavenPom(ctx context.Context, r *maven.Resolver, pom *maven.P
 	if err != nil {
 		// this is expected in many cases, there will be no network access and the maven resolver is unable to
 		// look up information, so we can continue with what little information we have
-		log.Trace("unable to resolve parent due to: %v", err)
+		log.Tracef("unable to resolve parent due to: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	var javaPomParent *pkg.JavaPomParent
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/cataloger.go
index 877e9819b..2be082ab0 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/cataloger.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func createKernelToModuleRelationships(kernelPackages, modulePackages []pkg.Pack
 	for idx, p := range modulePackages {
 		m, ok := p.Metadata.(pkg.LinuxKernelModule)
 		if !ok {
-			log.Debug("linux-kernel-module package found without metadata: %s@%s", p.Name, p.Version)
+			log.Debugf("linux-kernel-module package found without metadata: %s@%s", p.Name, p.Version)
 			continue
 		}
 		modulesByKernelVersion[m.KernelVersion] = append(modulesByKernelVersion[m.KernelVersion], &modulePackages[idx])
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/python/parse_poetry_lock.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/python/parse_poetry_lock.go
index e7ba52e3e..48b4a5afa 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/python/parse_poetry_lock.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/python/parse_poetry_lock.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func poetryLockPackages(reader file.LocationReadCloser) ([]pkg.Package, error) {
 			case md.PrimitiveDecode(du, &multiObj) == nil:
 				dependencies[pkgName] = append(dependencies[pkgName], multiObj...)
 			default:
-				log.Trace("failed to decode poetry lock package dependencies for %s; skipping", pkgName)
+				log.Tracef("failed to decode poetry lock package dependencies for %s; skipping", pkgName)
 			}
 		}
 		metadata.Packages[i].Dependencies = dependencies