diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/sqs/SqsSinkBatch.java b/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/sqs/SqsSinkBatch.java
index b04ba0b1fd..914532cff0 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/sqs/SqsSinkBatch.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/sqs/SqsSinkBatch.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.sqs;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sqs.model.BatchResultErrorEntry;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.codec.OutputCodec;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.OutputCodecContext;
@@ -30,7 +32,10 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 
+import static org.opensearch.dataprepper.logging.DataPrepperMarkers.NOISY;
+
 public class SqsSinkBatch {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SqsSinkBatch.class);
     public static final int MAX_MESSAGES_PER_BATCH = 10;
     public static final int MAX_BATCH_SIZE_BYTES = 256*1024;
     private static final String SQS_FIFO_SUFFIX = ".fifo";
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ public boolean flushOnce() {
             sinkMetrics.recordRequestSize((double)requestSize);
 
         } catch (SqsException e) {
+            LOG.error(NOISY, "Failed to send messages to SQS: {}", e.getMessage());
             sinkMetrics.incrementRequestsFailedCounter(1);
             sinkMetrics.incrementEventsFailedCounter(entries.size());
             if (!isRetryableException(e)) {