diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/linode_common.py b/plugins/module_utils/linode_common.py
index b05dfc95..d5f35f3a 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/linode_common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/linode_common.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import polling
 from ansible_collections.linode.cloud.plugins.module_utils.linode_helper import (
-    format_api_error,
     format_generic_error,
 )
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ def __init__(
                 res = self.exec_module(**self.module.params)
             except ApiError as err:
                 # We don't want to return a stack trace for an API error
-                self.fail(msg=format_api_error(err))
+                self.fail(msg=f"Error from Linode API: {str(err)}")
             except polling.TimeoutException as err:
                 self.fail(
                     msg="failed to wait for condition: timeout period expired"
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/linode_helper.py b/plugins/module_utils/linode_helper.py
index f2d69ed4..0429881b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/linode_helper.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/linode_helper.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import linode_api4
 import polling
 from linode_api4 import (
-    ApiError,
     LinodeClient,
     LKENodePool,
     LKENodePoolNode,
@@ -329,12 +328,6 @@ def get_all_paginated(
     return result
 
 
-def format_api_error(err: ApiError) -> str:
-    """Formats an API error into a readable string"""
-
-    return f"Error from Linode API: [{err.status}] {';'.join(err.errors)}"
-
-
 def format_generic_error(err: Exception) -> str:
     """Formats a generic error into a readable string"""
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d1030e00..3490bb5b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-linode-api4>=5.22.0
+linode-api4>=5.24.0
 polling==0.3.2
 ansible-specdoc>=0.0.15
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/api_error/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/integration/targets/api_error/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afeb74b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/api_error/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- name: api_error
+  block:
+    - name: Attempt to create an instance with validation errors
+      linode.cloud.instance:
+        region: fake-region
+        type: g6-fake-plan
+        state: present
+      register: failing_request
+      failed_when: '"msg" not in failing_request'
+
+    - name: Ensure the error message is formatted as expected
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - failing_request.changed == False
+          - 'failing_request.msg.startswith("Error from Linode API: POST /v4beta/linode/instances: [400]")'
+          - '"type: A valid plan type by that ID was not found" in failing_request.msg'
+          - '"region: region is not valid" in failing_request.msg'
+
+  environment:
+    LINODE_UA_PREFIX: '{{ ua_prefix }}'
+    LINODE_API_TOKEN: '{{ api_token }}'
+    LINODE_API_URL: '{{ api_url }}'
+    LINODE_API_VERSION: '{{ api_version }}'
+    LINODE_CA: '{{ ca_file or "" }}'