diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 4d5298cd57d..1f3ecff2d4d 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ linters:
             #   pointerPolicy: SuggestFix # Defaults to `SuggestFix`. We want our required fields to not be pointers.
     depguard:
       rules:
-        main:
+        go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all
             - "!$test"
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
+        pkg-errors:
+          files:
+            - $all
+            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
+              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index 842ace600f2..423fd4fa207 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ linters:
             #   pointerPolicy: SuggestFix # Defaults to `SuggestFix`. We want our required fields to not be pointers.
     depguard:
       rules:
-        main:
+        go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all
             - "!$test"
@@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
+        pkg-errors:
+          files:
+            - $all
+            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
+              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml.in b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
index 706bc36f77a..cff3c272098 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml.in
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ linters:
           {{include "hack/kube-api-linter/kube-api-linter.yaml" | indent 10 | trim}}
     depguard:
       rules:
-        main:
+        go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all
             - "!$test"
@@ -198,6 +198,13 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
+        pkg-errors:
+          files:
+            - $all
+            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
+              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go b/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go
index 641d17ad5b3..d4e75dc0f42 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ func extractObservedBackoff(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podName
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return r, errors.Errorf("Could not find container status for container %s in pod %s", containerName, podName)
+	return r, fmt.Errorf("Could not find container status for container %s in pod %s", containerName, podName)
 }
 
 func newFailAlwaysPod() *v1.Pod {
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_pull_test.go b/test/e2e_node/image_pull_test.go
index 7c3f3bf1054..b8f7b8bb637 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_pull_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_pull_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package e2enode
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ type pulledStruct struct {
 func getDurationsFromPulledEventMsg(msg string) (*pulledStruct, error) {
 	splits := strings.Split(msg, " ")
 	if len(splits) != 13 {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("pull event message should be spilted to 13: %d", len(splits))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pull event message should be spilted to 13: %d", len(splits))
 	}
 	pulledDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(splits[5])
 	if err != nil {