diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
index 1ec786a198..cb7386f3da 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ResponseHandler : public http_client::EventHandler
       {
         log_message = BuildResponseLogMessage(response, body_);
 
-        OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_ERROR("ES Log Exporter] Export failed, " << log_message);
+        OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_ERROR("[ES Log Exporter] Export failed, " << log_message);
       }
 
       if (console_debug_)
diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
index 3412a8cc61..0e7c3b0344 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+#include <chrono>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
 #include "opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_recordable.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/logs/severity.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/variant.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/instrumentationscope/instrumentation_scope.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/resource/resource.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/span_id.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/trace_flags.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/trace_id.h"
 
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+template <>
+struct adl_serializer<opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue>
+{
+  static void to_json(json &j, const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &v)
+  {
+    opentelemetry::nostd::visit([&j](const auto &value) { j = value; }, v);
+  }
+};
+
+template <>
+struct adl_serializer<opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue>
+{
+  static void to_json(json &j, const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &v)
+  {
+    opentelemetry::nostd::visit([&j](const auto &value) { j = value; }, v);
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace exporter
 {
@@ -18,146 +45,13 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteValue(
     const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &value,
     const std::string &name)
 {
-  namespace common = opentelemetry::sdk::common;
-  switch (value.index())
-  {
-    case common::kTypeBool:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<bool>(value) ? true : false;
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeInt:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeInt64:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeUInt:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<unsigned int>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeUInt64:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<uint64_t>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeDouble:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<double>(value);
-      return;
-    case common::kTypeString:
-      json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<std::string>(value).data();
-      return;
-    default:
-      return;
-  }
+  json_[name] = value;
 }
 
 void ElasticSearchRecordable::WriteValue(const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &value,
                                          const std::string &name)
 {
-
-  // Assert size of variant to ensure that this method gets updated if the variant
-  // definition changes
-
-  if (nostd::holds_alternative<bool>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<bool>(value) ? true : false;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<int>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int>(value);
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<int64_t>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(value);
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<unsigned int>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<unsigned int>(value);
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<uint64_t>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<uint64_t>(value);
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<double>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = opentelemetry::nostd::get<double>(value);
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<const char *>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = std::string(nostd::get<const char *>(value));
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::string_view>(value))
-  {
-    json_[name] = static_cast<std::string>(opentelemetry::nostd::get<nostd::string_view>(value));
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const uint8_t>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const uint8_t>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const bool>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const bool>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const int>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const int>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const int64_t>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const int64_t>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const unsigned int>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const unsigned int>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const uint64_t>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const uint64_t>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const double>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const double>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(val);
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
-  else if (nostd::holds_alternative<nostd::span<const nostd::string_view>>(value))
-  {
-    nlohmann::json array_value = nlohmann::json::array();
-    for (const auto &val : nostd::get<nostd::span<const nostd::string_view>>(value))
-    {
-      array_value.push_back(static_cast<std::string>(val));
-    }
-    json_[name] = array_value;
-  }
+  json_[name] = value;
 }
 
 ElasticSearchRecordable::ElasticSearchRecordable() noexcept : sdk::logs::Recordable()
@@ -180,27 +74,19 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetTimestamp(
 #if __cplusplus >= 202002L
   const std::string dateStr = std::format("{:%FT%T%Ez}", timePoint);
 #else
-  const static int dateToSecondsSize = 19;
-  const static int millisecondsSize  = 8;
-  const static int timeZoneSize      = 1;
-  const static int dateSize          = dateToSecondsSize + millisecondsSize + timeZoneSize;
-
   std::time_t time = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(timePoint);
   std::tm tm       = *std::gmtime(&time);
-
-  char bufferDate[dateSize];  // example: 2024-10-18T07:26:00.123456Z
-  std::strftime(bufferDate, sizeof(bufferDate), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", &tm);
   auto microseconds =
       std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timePoint.time_since_epoch()) %
       std::chrono::seconds(1);
 
-  char bufferMilliseconds[millisecondsSize];
-  std::snprintf(bufferMilliseconds, sizeof(bufferMilliseconds), ".%06ld",
+  // `sizeof()` includes the null terminator
+  constexpr auto dateSize = sizeof("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.uuuuuuZ");
+  char bufferDate[dateSize];
+  auto offset = std::strftime(bufferDate, sizeof(bufferDate), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", &tm);
+  std::snprintf(bufferDate + offset, sizeof(bufferDate) - offset, ".%06ldZ",
                 static_cast<long>(microseconds.count()));
 
-  std::strcat(bufferDate, bufferMilliseconds);
-  std::strcat(bufferDate, "Z");
-
   const std::string dateStr(bufferDate);
 #endif
 
@@ -221,9 +107,8 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetSeverity(opentelemetry::logs::Severity severity
   std::uint32_t severity_index = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(severity);
   if (severity_index >= std::extent<decltype(opentelemetry::logs::SeverityNumToText)>::value)
   {
-    std::stringstream sout;
-    sout << "Invalid severity(" << severity_index << ")";
-    severityField = sout.str();
+    severityField =
+        std::string("Invalid severity(").append(std::to_string(severity_index)).append(")");
   }
   else
   {
@@ -240,7 +125,7 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetTraceId(const opentelemetry::trace::TraceId &tr
 {
   if (trace_id.IsValid())
   {
-    char trace_buf[32];
+    char trace_buf[opentelemetry::trace::TraceId::kSize * 2];
     trace_id.ToLowerBase16(trace_buf);
     json_["traceid"] = std::string(trace_buf, sizeof(trace_buf));
   }
@@ -254,7 +139,7 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetSpanId(const opentelemetry::trace::SpanId &span
 {
   if (span_id.IsValid())
   {
-    char span_buf[16];
+    char span_buf[opentelemetry::trace::SpanId::kSize * 2];
     span_id.ToLowerBase16(span_buf);
     json_["spanid"] = std::string(span_buf, sizeof(span_buf));
   }
@@ -282,7 +167,7 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetAttribute(
 void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetResource(
     const opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource &resource) noexcept
 {
-  for (auto &attribute : resource.GetAttributes())
+  for (const auto &attribute : resource.GetAttributes())
   {
     WriteValue(attribute.second, attribute.first);
   }