diff --git a/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
index 0aa68a19a9c..a66d992e56b 100644
--- a/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.11\...8.12[View commits]
 ==== Bug fixes
 - Switch built-in ILM rollover policies from max_size to max_primary_shard_size {pull}11729[11729].
 - Handle empty request bodies gracefully {pull}12242[12242].
+- Wrap processor errors to provide more details {pull}12242[12242].
 
 [float]
 ==== Added
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0568891de59..506078a1d9f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.2007.3-0.20201012072640-f5a7e0a1c83b
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6
-	github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231023025237-39e2a3ca9117
+	github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231109140428-5541ce489bcb
 	github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231218141841-a633696068ed
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.5.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.7.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1d5499bd60..12d7ea2041f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFP
 github.com/eknkc/amber v0.0.0-20171010120322-cdade1c07385/go.mod h1:0vRUJqYpeSZifjYj7uP3BG/gKcuzL9xWVV/Y+cK33KM=
 github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6 h1:Js+C3HEE0a5BDFmhEmJV/Uo4uzj/paHjd7yl6+KYguw=
 github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6/go.mod h1:ba3gaJCuhxXN/O5AuiI56xxd6DukQdVOK0NfpzBntNo=
-github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231023025237-39e2a3ca9117 h1:qglWR4P715EJJD1CnrmKtWm1PaizFSpjhSP+h9+I3xE=
-github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231023025237-39e2a3ca9117/go.mod h1:z4iJVl8vyQa5v5o7UapWGHTsycBKsKfJfILuf2TZpYo=
+github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231109140428-5541ce489bcb h1:EQu3AMZgLoWyvpKhlaHCjW0hPoPi/cJ3x2E8wfB2WZ0=
+github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231109140428-5541ce489bcb/go.mod h1:z4iJVl8vyQa5v5o7UapWGHTsycBKsKfJfILuf2TZpYo=
 github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231218141841-a633696068ed h1:2ABWyeeCuBbi4ReJFeEAvfPUctfYLc0x5x3ZaQCAuWs=
 github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231218141841-a633696068ed/go.mod h1:IyDGwc1d+ERmSiMOZZ2mJIJfCnFnIl85zQP7ZvtkSfY=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.6.5 h1:5DeMpuNc8c/tN6HN0A4A2uOFTNFHSg7xrKApzfhvF1U=
diff --git a/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueue.approved.json b/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueue.approved.json
index ce2dd7e6357..c163b675ec7 100644
--- a/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueue.approved.json
+++ b/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueue.approved.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "accepted": 0,
     "errors": [
         {
-            "message": "queue is full"
+            "message": "cannot handle stream: cannot process batch: queue is full"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueueLegacy.approved.json b/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueueLegacy.approved.json
index ce2dd7e6357..c163b675ec7 100644
--- a/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueueLegacy.approved.json
+++ b/internal/beater/api/intake/test_approved/FullQueueLegacy.approved.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "accepted": 0,
     "errors": [
         {
-            "message": "queue is full"
+            "message": "cannot handle stream: cannot process batch: queue is full"
         }
     ]
 }