diff --git a/cmd/krel/cmd/ci_build.go b/cmd/krel/cmd/ci_build.go
index 06bc82ed96a..069c7d0e772 100644
--- a/cmd/krel/cmd/ci_build.go
+++ b/cmd/krel/cmd/ci_build.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"k8s.io/release/pkg/build"
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ var ciBuildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	SilenceErrors: true,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err := runCIBuild(ciBuildOpts); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to run")
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9406a10951..b8a777fefea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/nozzle/throttler v0.0.0-20180817012639-2ea982251481
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/psampaz/go-mod-outdated v0.8.0
 	github.com/saschagrunert/go-modiff v1.3.0
 	github.com/sendgrid/rest v2.6.9+incompatible
@@ -209,6 +208,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/package-url/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20220203205134-d70459300c8a // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect