diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89ea385d80..6731a3ca9f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-jsonnet v0.18.0
 	github.com/jsonnet-bundler/jsonnet-bundler v0.4.1-0.20200708074244-ada055a225fa
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220315160706-3147a52a75dd // indirect
diff --git a/internal/store/builder.go b/internal/store/builder.go
index 783cfeea87..70f658dfdd 100644
--- a/internal/store/builder.go
+++ b/internal/store/builder.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (b *Builder) WithMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) {
 func (b *Builder) WithEnabledResources(r []string) error {
 	for _, col := range r {
 		if !resourceExists(col) {
-			return errors.Errorf("resource %s does not exist. Available resources: %s", col, strings.Join(availableResources(), ","))
+			return fmt.Errorf("resource %s does not exist. Available resources: %s", col, strings.Join(availableResources(), ","))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/store/cronjob.go b/internal/store/cronjob.go
index cf43eadf91..f7b82deb86 100644
--- a/internal/store/cronjob.go
+++ b/internal/store/cronjob.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ func createCronJobListWatch(kubeClient clientset.Interface, ns string, fieldSele
 func getNextScheduledTime(schedule string, lastScheduleTime *metav1.Time, createdTime metav1.Time) (time.Time, error) {
 	sched, err := cron.ParseStandard(schedule)
 	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to parse cron job schedule '%s'", schedule)
+		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse cron job schedule '%s': %w", schedule, err)
 	}
 	if !lastScheduleTime.IsZero() {
 		return sched.Next(lastScheduleTime.Time), nil
diff --git a/internal/store/testutils.go b/internal/store/testutils.go
index 4b8e569ca1..8de6c52ae2 100644
--- a/internal/store/testutils.go
+++ b/internal/store/testutils.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric"
 )
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func (testCase *generateMetricsTestCase) run() error {
 	out := headers + "\n" + metrics
 
 	if err := compareOutput(testCase.Want, out); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "expected wanted output to equal output")
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected wanted output to equal output: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func compareOutput(expected, actual string) error {
 	}
 
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(entities[0], entities[1]); diff != "" {
-		return errors.Errorf("(-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/allowdenylist/allowdenylist.go b/pkg/allowdenylist/allowdenylist.go
index 27188018ef..bf6a427d53 100644
--- a/pkg/allowdenylist/allowdenylist.go
+++ b/pkg/allowdenylist/allowdenylist.go
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package allowdenylist
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	generator "k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric_generator"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // AllowDenyList encapsulates the logic needed to filter based on a string.
diff --git a/pkg/app/server.go b/pkg/app/server.go
index d8205de28f..2f97c42cdb 100644
--- a/pkg/app/server.go
+++ b/pkg/app/server.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ func createKubeClient(apiserver string, kubeconfig string, factories ...customre
 	klog.Infof("Testing communication with server")
 	v, err := kubeClient.Discovery().ServerVersion()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error while trying to communicate with apiserver")
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error while trying to communicate with apiserver: %w", err)
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Running with Kubernetes cluster version: v%s.%s. git version: %s. git tree state: %s. commit: %s. platform: %s",
 		v.Major, v.Minor, v.GitVersion, v.GitTreeState, v.GitCommit, v.Platform)
diff --git a/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go b/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
index e08d1f21fc..c1f8705c74 100644
--- a/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ package metricshandler
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func (m *MetricsHandler) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	klog.Infof("Auto detecting sharding settings.")
 	ss, err := detectStatefulSet(m.kubeClient, m.opts.Pod, m.opts.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "detect StatefulSet")
+		return fmt.Errorf("detect StatefulSet: %w", err)
 	}
 	statefulSetName := ss.Name
 
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ func (m *MetricsHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func shardingSettingsFromStatefulSet(ss *appsv1.StatefulSet, podName string) (nominal int32, totalReplicas int, err error) {
 	nominal, err = detectNominalFromPod(ss.Name, podName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, errors.Wrap(err, "detecting Pod nominal")
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("detecting Pod nominal: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	totalReplicas = 1
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ func detectNominalFromPod(statefulSetName, podName string) (int32, error) {
 	nominalString := strings.TrimPrefix(podName, statefulSetName+"-")
 	nominal, err := strconv.Atoi(nominalString)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to detect shard index for Pod %s of StatefulSet %s, parsed %s", podName, statefulSetName, nominalString)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to detect shard index for Pod %s of StatefulSet %s, parsed %s: %w", podName, statefulSetName, nominalString, err)
 	}
 
 	return int32(nominal), nil
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ func detectNominalFromPod(statefulSetName, podName string) (int32, error) {
 func detectStatefulSet(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, podName, namespaceName string) (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
 	p, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespaceName).Get(context.TODO(), podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "retrieve pod %s for sharding", podName)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieve pod %s for sharding: %w", podName, err)
 	}
 
 	owners := p.GetOwnerReferences()
@@ -247,11 +248,11 @@ func detectStatefulSet(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, podName, namespaceName s
 
 		ss, err := kubeClient.AppsV1().StatefulSets(namespaceName).Get(context.TODO(), o.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "retrieve shard's StatefulSet: %s/%s", namespaceName, o.Name)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieve shard's StatefulSet: %s/%s: %w", namespaceName, o.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		return ss, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil, errors.Errorf("no suitable statefulset found for auto detecting sharding for Pod %s/%s", namespaceName, podName)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no suitable statefulset found for auto detecting sharding for Pod %s/%s", namespaceName, podName)
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/framework/framework.go b/tests/e2e/framework/framework.go
index c8fd75ffd4..65e37463fa 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package framework
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 )
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (f *Framework) ParseMetrics(metrics func(io.Writer) error) (map[string]*dto
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	err := metrics(buf)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to get metrics")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get metrics: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	parser := &expfmt.TextParser{}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/main_test.go b/tests/e2e/main_test.go
index 363997ca49..5594207750 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil/promlint"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func getLabelsDocumentation() (map[string][]string, error) {
 	docPath := "../../docs/"
 	docFiles, err := os.ReadDir(docPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read documentation directory")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read documentation directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Match file names such as daemonset-metrics.md
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ func getLabelsDocumentation() (map[string][]string, error) {
 		filePath := path.Join(docPath, file.Name())
 		f, err := os.Open(filePath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot read file %s", filePath)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read file %s: %w", filePath, err)
 		}
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ func getLabelsDocumentation() (map[string][]string, error) {
 			labelPatterns := make([]string, len(labels))
 			for i, l := range labels {
 				if len(l) <= 1 {
-					return nil, errors.Errorf("Label documentation %s did not match regex", labelsDoc)
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Label documentation %s did not match regex", labelsDoc)
 				}
 				labelPatterns[i] = patternRe.ReplaceAllString(l[1], "_.*")
 			}