diff --git a/packages/logger/src/formatter/LogFormatter.ts b/packages/logger/src/formatter/LogFormatter.ts
index 27af856835..9b9eea671a 100644
--- a/packages/logger/src/formatter/LogFormatter.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/src/formatter/LogFormatter.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ abstract class LogFormatter {
       name,
       location: this.getCodeLocation(error.stack),
       message,
-      stack,
+      stack:
+        this.envVarsService?.isDevMode() && typeof stack === 'string'
+          ? stack?.split('\n')
+          : stack,
       cause:
         error.cause instanceof Error
           ? this.formatError(error.cause)
diff --git a/packages/logger/tests/unit/initializeLogger.test.ts b/packages/logger/tests/unit/initializeLogger.test.ts
index 689c954493..e133ae71f0 100644
--- a/packages/logger/tests/unit/initializeLogger.test.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/tests/unit/initializeLogger.test.ts
@@ -163,4 +163,27 @@ describe('Log levels', () => {
 
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
+
+  it('splits the stack trace into an array when POWERTOOLS_DEV is set', () => {
+    // Prepare
+    const logger = new Logger();
+    const err = new Error('Hello, world!');
+
+    // Act
+    logger.error('Error occured', err);
+
+    // Assess
+    expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(console.error).toHaveLoggedNth(
+      1,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        error: {
+          location: expect.any(String),
+          message: 'Hello, world!',
+          name: 'Error',
+          stack: expect.any(Array),
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/logger/tests/unit/workingWithkeys.test.ts b/packages/logger/tests/unit/workingWithkeys.test.ts
index 94c388fc55..e4d4bbc1ec 100644
--- a/packages/logger/tests/unit/workingWithkeys.test.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/tests/unit/workingWithkeys.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Working with keys', () => {
           location: expect.any(String),
           message: 'Something happened!',
           name: 'Error',
-          stack: expect.any(String),
+          stack: expect.any(Array),
         },
       },
       info: 'adds the message and error',
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Working with keys', () => {
           location: expect.any(String),
           message: 'Something happened!',
           name: 'Error',
-          stack: expect.any(String),
+          stack: expect.any(Array),
         },
       },
       info: 'adds the message and custom error',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('Working with keys', () => {
               location: expect.any(String),
               message: 'Arbitrary object error',
               name: 'Error',
-              stack: expect.any(String),
+              stack: expect.any(Array),
             },
           },
         },