diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Trace/Sinks/Trace/TraceSink.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Trace/Sinks/Trace/TraceSink.cs
index 8dfa960..2ac8862 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Trace/Sinks/Trace/TraceSink.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Trace/Sinks/Trace/TraceSink.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public TraceSink(ITextFormatter textFormatter)
     public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent)
     {
         if (logEvent == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logEvent));
-        var sr = new StringWriter();
+        using var sr = new StringWriter();
         _textFormatter.Format(logEvent, sr);
 
         var text = sr.ToString().Trim();