diff --git a/hook-common/src/kafka_messages/plugin_logs.rs b/hook-common/src/kafka_messages/plugin_logs.rs
index fb83580..5a852e6 100644
--- a/hook-common/src/kafka_messages/plugin_logs.rs
+++ b/hook-common/src/kafka_messages/plugin_logs.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ where
     serializer.serialize_str(type_str)
 }
 
-fn serialize_message<S>(msg: &String, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+fn serialize_message<S>(msg: &str, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
 where
     S: Serializer,
 {