diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec/codec.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec/codec.go
index 37e8269106f..6f12c4671c5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec/codec.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec/codec.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package codec
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	// ensure the core apis are installed
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ func DecodeKubeletConfiguration(kubeletCodecs *serializer.CodecFactory, data []b
 		// decoder, which has only v1beta1 registered, and log a warning.
 		// The lenient path is to be dropped when support for v1beta1 is dropped.
 		if !runtime.IsStrictDecodingError(err) {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to decode")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		var lenientErr error
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go b/pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
index db6e8d41acb..3941d5de738 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager/operationexecutor/operation_generator.go
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ package operationexecutor
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	registerapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/pluginregistration/v1"
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (og *operationGenerator) notifyPlugin(client registerapi.RegistrationClient
 	}
 
 	if _, err := client.NotifyRegistrationStatus(ctx, status); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, errStr)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", errStr, err)
 	}
 
 	if errStr != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
index 77e4fe7268c..0e6d90f4150 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	restful "github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
 	cadvisorv2 "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v2"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ func (h *handler) handleSummary(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Resp
 	onlyCPUAndMemory := false
 	err := request.Request.ParseForm()
 	if err != nil {
-		handleError(response, "/stats/summary", errors.Wrapf(err, "parse form failed"))
+		handleError(response, "/stats/summary", fmt.Errorf("parse form failed: %w", err))
 		return
 	}
 	if onlyCluAndMemoryParam, found := request.Request.Form["only_cpu_and_memory"]; found &&