diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-bears-trade.md b/.changeset/friendly-bears-trade.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e5df61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-bears-trade.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@emigrate/storage-fs': minor
+---
+
+Handle the serialized errors coming from Emigrate, so no need to serialize errors ourselves
diff --git a/.changeset/gold-suits-judge.md b/.changeset/gold-suits-judge.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30cc55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-suits-judge.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@emigrate/plugin-tools': minor
+---
+
+Add serializeError utility function for serializing Error instances
diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-horses-kiss.md b/.changeset/sixty-horses-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7374b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-horses-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@emigrate/cli': minor
+---
+
+Serialize errors before passing them to the storage so that storage plugins doesn't have to care about serialization of errors
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/up.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/up.ts
index 5002547..e20a926 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/up.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/up.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
-import { getOrLoadPlugins, getOrLoadReporter, getOrLoadStorage } from '@emigrate/plugin-tools';
+import { getOrLoadPlugins, getOrLoadReporter, getOrLoadStorage, serializeError } from '@emigrate/plugin-tools';
 import {
   type LoaderPlugin,
   type MigrationFunction,
@@ -219,15 +219,16 @@ export default async function upCommand({
         finishedMigrations.push(finishedMigration);
       } catch (error) {
         const errorInstance = error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));
+        const serializedError = serializeError(errorInstance);
         const duration = getDuration(start);
         const finishedMigration: MigrationMetadataFinished = {
           ...migration,
           status: 'failed',
           duration,
-          error: errorInstance,
+          error: serializedError,
         };
 
-        await storage.onError(finishedMigration, errorInstance);
+        await storage.onError(finishedMigration, serializedError);
         await reporter.onMigrationError?.(finishedMigration, errorInstance);
 
         finishedMigrations.push(finishedMigration);
diff --git a/packages/plugin-tools/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-tools/src/index.ts
index a617b3a..67a1801 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-tools/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-tools/src/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ import {
   type EmigrateStorage,
   type LoaderPlugin,
   type StringOrModule,
+  type SerializedError,
 } from './types.js';
 
+export const serializeError = (error: Error): SerializedError => {
+  return {
+    name: error.name,
+    message: error.message,
+    stack: error.stack,
+    cause: error.cause instanceof Error ? serializeError(error.cause) : error.cause,
+  };
+};
+
 export const isGeneratorPlugin = (plugin: any): plugin is GeneratorPlugin => {
   if (!plugin || typeof plugin !== 'object') {
     return false;
diff --git a/packages/plugin-tools/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-tools/src/types.ts
index 5386b4b..138fbbc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-tools/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-tools/src/types.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ export type StringOrModule<T> = string | T | (() => Awaitable<T>) | (() => Await
 
 export type MigrationStatus = 'failed' | 'done' | 'pending';
 
+export type SerializedError = {
+  name: string;
+  message: string;
+  stack?: string;
+  cause?: unknown;
+};
+
 export type MigrationHistoryEntry = {
   name: string;
   status: MigrationStatus;
   date: Date;
-  error?: unknown;
+  error?: SerializedError;
 };
 
 export type Storage = {
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ export type Storage = {
    * @param migration The name of the migration that should be marked as failed.
    * @param error The error that caused the migration to fail.
    */
-  onError(migration: MigrationMetadataFinished, error: Error): Promise<void>;
+  onError(migration: MigrationMetadataFinished, error: SerializedError): Promise<void>;
 };
 
 export type EmigrateStorage = {
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ export type MigrationMetadata = {
 export type MigrationMetadataFinished = MigrationMetadata & {
   status: MigrationStatus | 'skipped';
   duration: number;
-  error?: Error;
+  error?: SerializedError;
 };
 
 export type LoaderPlugin = {
diff --git a/packages/storage-fs/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-fs/src/index.ts
index 8b1fdc9..00ad93b 100644
--- a/packages/storage-fs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-fs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,12 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
-import { type EmigrateStorage, type MigrationStatus } from '@emigrate/plugin-tools/types';
+import { type SerializedError, type EmigrateStorage, type MigrationStatus } from '@emigrate/plugin-tools/types';
 
 export type StorageFsOptions = {
   filename: string;
 };
 
-type SerializedError = {
-  name: string;
-  message: string;
-  stack?: string;
-  cause?: unknown;
-};
-
-const serializeError = (error: Error): SerializedError => {
-  return {
-    name: error.name,
-    message: error.message,
-    stack: error.stack,
-    cause: error.cause instanceof Error ? serializeError(error.cause) : error.cause,
-  };
-};
-
 export default function storageFs({ filename }: StorageFsOptions): EmigrateStorage {
   const filePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), filename);
   const lockFilePath = `${filePath}.lock`;
@@ -42,7 +26,7 @@ export default function storageFs({ filename }: StorageFsOptions): EmigrateStora
 
   let lastUpdate: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 
-  const update = async (migration: string, status: MigrationStatus, error?: Error) => {
+  const update = async (migration: string, status: MigrationStatus, error?: SerializedError) => {
     lastUpdate = lastUpdate.then(async () => {
       const history = await read();
 
@@ -51,7 +35,7 @@ export default function storageFs({ filename }: StorageFsOptions): EmigrateStora
         [migration]: {
           status,
           date: new Date().toISOString(),
-          error: error ? serializeError(error) : undefined,
+          error,
         },
       };
 
@@ -118,7 +102,7 @@ export default function storageFs({ filename }: StorageFsOptions): EmigrateStora
               name,
               status,
               date: new Date(date),
-              error: error ? new Error(error.message) : undefined,
+              error,
             };
           }
         },