diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e46cf86..87d6cae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.3.3] - 2023-08-16
+### Fixed
+- First error inconsistently wrapped with error and prefix instead of err then prefix in the chain.
+
 ## [5.3.2] - 2023-08-16
 ### Fixed
 - Link Error output missing error when prefix was blank.
@@ -41,7 +45,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated deps.
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.3.2...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.3.3...HEAD
+[5.3.3]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.3.2...v5.3.3
 [5.3.2]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.3.1...v5.3.2
 [5.3.1]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.3.0...v5.3.1
 [5.3.0]: https://github.com/go-playground/errors/compare/v5.2.3...v5.3.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ea2e72..f5c0368 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package errors
 ============
-![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-5.3.2-green.svg)
+![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-5.3.3-green.svg)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-playground/errors.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-playground/errors)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/go-playground/errors)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/go-playground/errors)
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-playground/errors?status.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-playground/errors/v5)
diff --git a/chain.go b/chain.go
index ff800ea..f6d6f8c 100644
--- a/chain.go
+++ b/chain.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (c Chain) Is(target error) bool {
 		}
 		target = innerErr[0].Err
 	}
-	return stderrors.Is(c[0].Err, target)
+	return stderrors.Is(c[len(c)-1].Err, target)
 }
 
 // As finds the first error in the error chain that matches target, and if so, sets
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (c Chain) As(target any) bool {
 	if len(c) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	return stderrors.As(c[0].Err, target)
+	return stderrors.As(c[len(c)-1].Err, target)
 }
 
 func defaultFormatFn(c Chain) string {
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index ce5c19b..201b501 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package errors
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ func RegisterErrorFormatFn(fn ErrorFormatFn) {
 
 // New creates an error with the provided text and automatically wraps it with line information.
 func New(s string) Chain {
-	return wrap(errors.New(s), "", 3)
+	return wrap(stderrors.New(s), "", 3)
 }
 
 // Newf creates an error with the provided text and automatically wraps it with line information.