diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d45991fae..95891170e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/noderesourcetopology-api v0.1.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.4
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.16.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.42.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7fe0fa3d8..d5df93501 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20220825212826-86290f6a00fb/go.m
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
diff --git a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
index 373940dc2..b5b3cb38b 100644
--- a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
+++ b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -51,18 +49,18 @@ func Write() error {
 
 	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(pidFilePath), 0755)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create PID file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create PID file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	pidFile, err = os.OpenFile(pidFilePath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create PID file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create PID file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = pidFile.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", os.Getpid())))
 	if err != nil {
 		close()
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write PID file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write PID file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -82,11 +80,11 @@ func Read() (int, error) {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return 0, nil
 		}
-		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read PID file")
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to read PID file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if pid, err = strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimRight(string(buf), "\n")); err != nil {
-		return -1, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid PID (%q) in PID file", string(buf))
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("invalid PID (%q) in PID file: %w", string(buf), err)
 	}
 
 	return pid, nil
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ func OwnerPid() (int, error) {
 
 	p, err = os.FindProcess(pid)
 	if err != nil {
-		return -1, errors.Wrapf(err, "FindProcess() failed for PID %d", pid)
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("FindProcess() failed for PID %d: %w", pid, err)
 	}
 
 	err = p.Signal(syscall.Signal(0))
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ func OwnerPid() (int, error) {
 		return pid, nil
 	}
 
-	return -1, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to check process %d", pid)
+	return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to check process %d: %w", pid, err)
 }
 
 // defaultPath returns the default pidfile path.
diff --git a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile_test.go b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile_test.go
index bf3ee2bdb..d969ed992 100644
--- a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile_test.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 package pidfile
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestOwnerPid(t *testing.T) {
 func mkTestDir(t *testing.T) (string, error) {
 	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", ".pidfile-test*")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create test directory")
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create test directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/cache/container_test.go b/pkg/resmgr/cache/container_test.go
index 633873d24..f13ec97c1 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/cache/container_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/cache/container_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 
 	nri "github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
@@ -871,9 +870,9 @@ func setupSysFsDevice(dev string) error {
 	fi, err := os.Stat(dev)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "no such file %s", dev)
+			return fmt.Errorf("no such file %s: %w", dev, err)
 		}
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to get stat for %s", dev)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get stat for %s: %w", dev, err)
 	}
 
 	devType := "block"
@@ -888,12 +887,12 @@ func setupSysFsDevice(dev string) error {
 	major := int64(unix.Major(rdev))
 	minor := int64(unix.Minor(rdev))
 	if major == 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf("%s is a virtual device node", dev)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s is a virtual device node", dev)
 	}
 
 	err = createSysFsDevice(devType, major, minor)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to find sysfs device for %s", dev)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find sysfs device for %s: %w", dev, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/nri.go b/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
index 2c27c9c1f..b8e51da78 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/resmgr/cache"
 	"github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/resmgr/events"
 	"github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/resmgr/policy"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/api"
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) createStub() error {
 	p.Info("creating plugin stub...")
 
 	if p.stub, err = stub.New(p, opts...); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create NRI plugin stub")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create NRI plugin stub: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) start() error {
 	}
 
 	if err := p.stub.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start NRI plugin")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start NRI plugin: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -199,8 +198,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) Synchronize(ctx context.Context, pods []*api.PodSandbox, con
 	}
 
 	if err := m.policy.Start(allocated, released); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err,
-			"failed to start policy %s", policy.ActivePolicy())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start policy %s: %w", policy.ActivePolicy(), err)
 	}
 
 	m.updateTopologyZones()
@@ -328,13 +326,13 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, podSandbox *api.PodSand
 
 	c, err := m.cache.InsertContainer(container)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to cache container")
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to cache container: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.UpdateState(cache.ContainerStateCreating)
 
 	if err := m.policy.AllocateResources(c); err != nil {
 		c.UpdateState(cache.ContainerStateStale)
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to allocate resources")
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate resources: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.UpdateState(cache.ContainerStateCreated)
 
@@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, podSandbox *api.PodSand
 		m.Error("%s: failed to run post-allocate hooks for %s: %v",
 			event, container.GetName(), err)
 		p.runPostReleaseHooks(event, c)
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to allocate container resources")
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate container resources: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	m.policy.ExportResourceData(c)
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) UpdateContainer(ctx context.Context, pod *api.PodSandbox, co
 	//r := cache.EstimateResourceRequirements(res, c.GetQOSClass())
 
 	if err := m.policy.UpdateResources(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to update resources")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update resources: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return p.getPendingUpdates(nil), nil
@@ -473,7 +471,7 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) StopContainer(ctx context.Context, pod *api.PodSandbox, cont
 	}
 
 	if err := m.policy.ReleaseResources(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to release resources")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to release resources: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	c.UpdateState(cache.ContainerStateExited)
diff --git a/pkg/topology/go.mod b/pkg/topology/go.mod
index 0cd38e599..9abf59a3c 100644
--- a/pkg/topology/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/topology/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@ module github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/topology
 
 go 1.19
 
-require (
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0
-)
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0
diff --git a/pkg/topology/go.sum b/pkg/topology/go.sum
index 3e48b7dad..b69ea8575 100644
--- a/pkg/topology/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/topology/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 h1:kunALQeHf1/185U1i0GOB/fy1IPRDDpuoOOqRReG57U=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/pkg/topology/topology.go b/pkg/topology/topology.go
index 27f34f29c..8dc90c227 100644
--- a/pkg/topology/topology.go
+++ b/pkg/topology/topology.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -73,11 +72,11 @@ func ResetLogger() {
 func getDevicesFromVirtual(realDevPath string) (devs []string, err error) {
 	relPath, err := filepath.Rel("/sys/devices/virtual", realDevPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to find relative path")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find relative path: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(relPath, "..") {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("%s is not a virtual device", realDevPath)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not a virtual device", realDevPath)
 	}
 
 	dir, file := filepath.Split(relPath)
@@ -86,12 +85,12 @@ func getDevicesFromVirtual(realDevPath string) (devs []string, err error) {
 		iommuGroup := filepath.Join(sysRoot, "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups", file, "devices")
 		files, err := os.ReadDir(iommuGroup)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to read IOMMU group %s", iommuGroup)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read IOMMU group %s: %w", iommuGroup, err)
 		}
 		for _, file := range files {
 			realDev, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(filepath.Join(iommuGroup, file.Name()))
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get real path for %s", file.Name())
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get real path for %s: %w", file.Name(), err)
 			}
 			devs = append(devs, realDev)
 		}
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ func NewTopologyHints(devPath string) (hints Hints, err error) {
 	hints = make(Hints)
 	realDevPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(devPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed get realpath for %s", devPath)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed get realpath for %s: %w", devPath, err)
 	}
 	for p := realDevPath; strings.HasPrefix(p, sysRoot+"/sys/devices/"); p = filepath.Dir(p) {
 		hint, err := getTopologyHint(p)
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ func FindSysFsDevice(dev string) (string, error) {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return "", nil
 		}
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to get stat for %s", dev)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get stat for %s: %w", dev, err)
 	}
 
 	devType := "block"
@@ -245,12 +244,12 @@ func FindSysFsDevice(dev string) (string, error) {
 	major := int64(unix.Major(rdev))
 	minor := int64(unix.Minor(rdev))
 	if major == 0 {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("%s is a virtual device node", dev)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is a virtual device node: %w", dev, err)
 	}
 
 	realDevPath, err := findSysFsDevice(devType, major, minor)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to find sysfs device for %s", dev)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to find sysfs device for %s: %w", dev, err)
 	}
 
 	return realDevPath, nil
@@ -271,8 +270,8 @@ func FindGivenSysFsDevice(devType string, major, minor int64) (string, error) {
 
 	realDevPath, err := findSysFsDevice(devType, major, minor)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed find sysfs device for %s device %d/%d",
-			devType, major, minor)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed find sysfs device for %s device %d/%d: %w",
+			devType, major, minor, err)
 	}
 
 	return realDevPath, nil
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ func findSysFsDevice(devType string, major, minor int64) (string, error) {
 	devPath := fmt.Sprintf("/sys/dev/%s/%d:%d", devType, major, minor)
 	realDevPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(devPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get realpath for %s", devPath)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get realpath for %s: %w", devPath, err)
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(sysRoot, realDevPath), nil
 }
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ func readFilesInDirectory(fileMap map[string]*string, dir string) error {
 			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				continue
 			}
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "%s: unable to read file %q", dir, k)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: unable to read file %q: %w", dir, k, err)
 		}
 		*v = strings.TrimSpace(string(b))
 	}