diff --git a/models/src/agent_control_models/errors.py b/models/src/agent_control_models/errors.py
index ba1d0641..2022a271 100644
--- a/models/src/agent_control_models/errors.py
+++ b/models/src/agent_control_models/errors.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 """
 
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic import Field
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 from .base import BaseModel
 
 
-class ErrorCode(str, Enum):
+class ErrorCode(StrEnum):
     """
     Standardized error codes following OPA-style semantic naming.
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ErrorCode(str, Enum):
     EVALUATION_FAILED = "EVALUATION_FAILED"
 
 
-class ErrorReason(str, Enum):
+class ErrorReason(StrEnum):
     """
     Kubernetes-style reason codes for error categorization.