diff --git a/pkg/admission/conf/am_conf.go b/pkg/admission/conf/am_conf.go
index e78d16699..fd2edf670 100644
--- a/pkg/admission/conf/am_conf.go
+++ b/pkg/admission/conf/am_conf.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package conf
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func NewAdmissionControllerConf(configMaps []*v1.ConfigMap) *AdmissionController
 func (acc *AdmissionControllerConf) RegisterHandlers(configMaps informersv1.ConfigMapInformer) error {
 	_, err := configMaps.Informer().AddEventHandler(&configMapUpdateHandler{conf: acc})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create register handlers: %w", err)
+		return errors.Join(errors.New("failed to create register handlers: "), err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/admission/namespace_cache.go b/pkg/admission/namespace_cache.go
index 963ffc27b..3d281f75c 100644
--- a/pkg/admission/namespace_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/admission/namespace_cache.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package admission
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	informersv1 "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func NewNamespaceCache(namespaces informersv1.NamespaceInformer) (*NamespaceCach
 	if namespaces != nil {
 		_, err := namespaces.Informer().AddEventHandler(&namespaceUpdateHandler{cache: nsc})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create namespace cache: %w", err)
+			return nil, errors.Join(errors.New("failed to create namespace cache: "), err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nsc, nil
diff --git a/pkg/admission/priority_class_cache.go b/pkg/admission/priority_class_cache.go
index 87a4dd873..94de30172 100644
--- a/pkg/admission/priority_class_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/admission/priority_class_cache.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package admission
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	schedulingv1 "k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1"
 	informersv1 "k8s.io/client-go/informers/scheduling/v1"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewPriorityClassCache(priorityClasses informersv1.PriorityClassInformer) (*
 	if priorityClasses != nil {
 		_, err := priorityClasses.Informer().AddEventHandler(&priorityClassUpdateHandler{cache: pcc})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a new cache and register the handler: %w", err)
+			return nil, errors.Join(errors.New("failed to create a new cache and register the handler: "), err)
 		}
 	}
 	return pcc, nil
diff --git a/pkg/client/apifactory.go b/pkg/client/apifactory.go
index 050b380dc..3f1cb2b76 100644
--- a/pkg/client/apifactory.go
+++ b/pkg/client/apifactory.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package client
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (s *APIFactory) AddEventHandler(handlers *ResourceEventHandlers) error {
 
 	log.Log(log.ShimClient).Info("registering event handler", zap.Stringer("type", handlers.Type))
 	if err := s.addEventHandlers(handlers.Type, h, 0); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize event handlers: %w", err)
+		return errors.Join(errors.New("failed to initialize event handlers: "), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (s *APIFactory) addEventHandlers(
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add event handlers: %w", err)
+		return errors.Join(errors.New("failed to add event handlers: "), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/predicates/predicate_manager.go b/pkg/plugin/predicates/predicate_manager.go
index d2db4675d..b20af3276 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/predicates/predicate_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/predicates/predicate_manager.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (p *predicateManagerImpl) runPreFilterPlugins(ctx context.Context, state *f
 				zap.String("pluginName", plugin),
 				zap.String("pod", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)),
 				zap.Error(err))
-			return framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("running PreFilter plugin %q: %w", plugin, err)), plugin, skip
+			return framework.AsStatus(errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("running PreFilter plugin %q: ", plugin), err)), plugin, skip
 		}
 		// Merge is nil safe and returns a new PreFilterResult result if mergedNodes was nil
 		mergedNodes = mergedNodes.Merge(nodes)