diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
index 5cccddc6b4..c8e2399fe8 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import time
 from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import Mapping
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import Enum, StrEnum
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class HttpMethod(str, Enum):
+class HttpMethod(StrEnum):
     GET = "GET"
     HEAD = "HEAD"
     POST = "POST"
diff --git a/pyiceberg/manifest.py b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
index 88ca051015..0881273c45 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/manifest.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 from copy import copy
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import Enum, StrEnum
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"ManifestEntryStatus.{self.name}"
 
 
-class FileFormat(str, Enum):
+class FileFormat(StrEnum):
     AVRO = "AVRO"
     PARQUET = "PARQUET"
     ORC = "ORC"
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/refs.py b/pyiceberg/table/refs.py
index 0cbc11689a..ccb5a6cf99 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/refs.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/refs.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Annotated
 
 from pydantic import Field, model_validator
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 MAIN_BRANCH = "main"
 
 
-class SnapshotRefType(str, Enum):
+class SnapshotRefType(StrEnum):
     BRANCH = "branch"
     TAG = "tag"
 
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """Return the string representation of the SnapshotRefType class."""
         return f"SnapshotRefType.{self.name}"
 
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        """Return the string representation of the SnapshotRefType class."""
-        return self.value
-
 
 class SnapshotRef(IcebergBaseModel):
     snapshot_id: int = Field(alias="snapshot-id")
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/snapshots.py b/pyiceberg/table/snapshots.py
index 0450df2861..66d3d7f239 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/snapshots.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/snapshots.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import Enum, StrEnum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from pydantic import Field, PrivateAttr, model_serializer
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"Operation.{self.name}"
 
 
-class IsolationLevel(str, Enum):
+class IsolationLevel(StrEnum):
     """Transaction isolation level for concurrent write validation."""
 
     SERIALIZABLE = "serializable"