diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go b/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
index b28eb899..958ace93 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/containers/skopeo/cmd/skopeo/inspect"
 	v1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 		src, err = parseImageSource(ctx, opts.image, imageName)
 		return err
 	}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error parsing image name %q", imageName)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing image name %q: %w", imageName, err)
 	}
 
 	defer func() {
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 		rawManifest, _, err = src.GetManifest(ctx, nil)
 		return err
 	}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error retrieving manifest for image")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving manifest for image: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if opts.raw && !opts.config {
 		_, err := stdout.Write(rawManifest)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error writing manifest to standard output: %v", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error writing manifest to standard output: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 
 	img, err := image.FromUnparsedImage(ctx, sys, image.UnparsedInstance(src, nil))
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error parsing manifest for image")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing manifest for image: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if opts.config && opts.raw {
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 			configBlob, err = img.ConfigBlob(ctx)
 			return err
 		}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error reading configuration blob")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error reading configuration blob: %w", err)
 		}
 		_, err = stdout.Write(configBlob)
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error writing configuration blob to standard output")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error writing configuration blob to standard output: %w", err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	} else if opts.config {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 			config, err = img.OCIConfig(ctx)
 			return err
 		}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error reading OCI-formatted configuration data")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error reading OCI-formatted configuration data: %w", err)
 		}
 		if report.IsJSON(opts.format) || opts.format == "" {
 			var out []byte
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 			err = printTmpl(row, data)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error writing OCI-formatted configuration data to standard output")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error writing OCI-formatted configuration data to standard output: %w", err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 	}
 	outputData.Digest, err = manifest.Digest(rawManifest)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error computing manifest digest")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error computing manifest digest: %w", err)
 	}
 	if dockerRef := img.Reference().DockerReference(); dockerRef != nil {
 		outputData.Name = dockerRef.Name()
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (opts *inspectOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error)
 			// In addition, AWS ECR rejects it with 403 (Forbidden) if the "ecr:ListImages"
 			// action is not allowed.
 			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "401") && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "403") {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error determining repository tags")
+				return fmt.Errorf("Error determining repository tags: %w", err)
 			}
 			logrus.Warnf("Registry disallows tag list retrieval; skipping")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go b/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
index bceb6f71..fa13ef92 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/pkg/blobinfocache"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (opts *layersOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error) {
 		return err
 	}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
 		if closeErr := rawSource.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, " (closing image source: %v)", closeErr)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w (closing image source: %v)", err, closeErr)
 		}
 
 		return err
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (opts *layersOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error) {
 		}
 		if _, err := dest.PutBlob(ctx, r, types.BlobInfo{Digest: bd.digest, Size: blobSize}, cache, bd.isConfig); err != nil {
 			if closeErr := r.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, " (close error: %v)", closeErr)
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w (close error: %v)", err, closeErr)
 			}
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/list_tags.go b/cmd/skopeo/list_tags.go
index 1a4d6423..a5337168 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/list_tags.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/list_tags.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sort"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ See skopeo-list-tags(1) section "REPOSITORY NAMES" for the expected format
 // Would really love to not have this, but needed to enforce tag-less and digest-less names
 func parseDockerRepositoryReference(refString string) (types.ImageReference, error) {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(refString, docker.Transport.Name()+"://") {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("docker: image reference %s does not start with %s://", refString, docker.Transport.Name())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("docker: image reference %s does not start with %s://", refString, docker.Transport.Name())
 	}
 
 	parts := strings.SplitN(refString, ":", 2)
 	if len(parts) != 2 {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf(`Invalid image name "%s", expected colon-separated transport:reference`, refString)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`Invalid image name "%s", expected colon-separated transport:reference`, refString)
 	}
 
 	ref, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(strings.TrimPrefix(parts[1], "//"))
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func listDockerTags(ctx context.Context, sys *types.SystemContext, imgRef types.
 
 	tags, err := docker.GetRepositoryTags(ctx, sys, imgRef)
 	if err != nil {
-		return ``, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error listing repository tags: %v", err)
+		return ``, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error listing repository tags: %w", err)
 	}
 	return repositoryName, tags, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/sync.go b/cmd/skopeo/sync.go
index 9bcdc382..8a523bc5 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/sync.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func newSourceConfig(yamlFile string) (sourceConfig, error) {
 	}
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(source, &cfg)
 	if err != nil {
-		return cfg, errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to unmarshal %q", yamlFile)
+		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal %q: %w", yamlFile, err)
 	}
 	return cfg, nil
 }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func parseRepositoryReference(input string) (reference.Named, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !reference.IsNameOnly(ref) {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("input names a reference, not a repository")
+		return nil, errors.New("input names a reference, not a repository")
 	}
 	return ref, nil
 }
@@ -176,24 +176,24 @@ func destinationReference(destination string, transport string) (types.ImageRefe
 	case directory.Transport.Name():
 		_, err := os.Stat(destination)
 		if err == nil {
-			return nil, errors.Errorf("Refusing to overwrite destination directory %q", destination)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Refusing to overwrite destination directory %q", destination)
 		}
 		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Destination directory could not be used")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Destination directory could not be used: %w", err)
 		}
 		// the directory holding the image must be created here
 		if err = os.MkdirAll(destination, 0755); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error creating directory for image %s", destination)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating directory for image %s: %w", destination, err)
 		}
 		imageTransport = directory.Transport
 	default:
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("%q is not a valid destination transport", transport)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid destination transport", transport)
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("Destination for transport %q: %s", transport, destination)
 
 	destRef, err := imageTransport.ParseReference(destination)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q", imageTransport.Name(), destination)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q: %w", imageTransport.Name(), destination, err)
 	}
 
 	return destRef, nil
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func getImageTags(ctx context.Context, sysCtx *types.SystemContext, repoRef refe
 		// Gracefully allow the sync to continue in this case.
 		logrus.Warnf("Registry disallows tag list retrieval: %s", err)
 	default:
-		return tags, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error determining repository tags for image %s", name)
+		return tags, fmt.Errorf("Error determining repository tags for image %s: %w", name, err)
 	}
 
 	return tags, nil
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@ func imagesToCopyFromRepo(sys *types.SystemContext, repoRef reference.Named) ([]
 	for _, tag := range tags {
 		taggedRef, err := reference.WithTag(repoRef, tag)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error creating a reference for repository %s and tag %q", repoRef.Name(), tag)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating a reference for repository %s and tag %q: %w", repoRef.Name(), tag, err)
 		}
 		ref, err := docker.NewReference(taggedRef)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %s", docker.Transport.Name(), taggedRef.String())
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %s: %w", docker.Transport.Name(), taggedRef.String(), err)
 		}
 		sourceReferences = append(sourceReferences, ref)
 	}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func imagesToCopyFromDir(dirPath string) ([]types.ImageReference, error) {
 			dirname := filepath.Dir(path)
 			ref, err := directory.Transport.ParseReference(dirname)
 			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q", directory.Transport.Name(), dirname)
+				return fmt.Errorf("Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q: %w", directory.Transport.Name(), dirname, err)
 			}
 			sourceReferences = append(sourceReferences, ref)
 			return filepath.SkipDir
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func imagesToCopyFromDir(dirPath string) ([]types.ImageReference, error) {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return sourceReferences,
-			errors.Wrapf(err, "Error walking the path %q", dirPath)
+			fmt.Errorf("Error walking the path %q: %w", dirPath, err)
 	}
 
 	return sourceReferences, nil
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 		}
 		named, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(source) // May be a repository or an image.
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q", docker.Transport.Name(), source)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q: %w", docker.Transport.Name(), source, err)
 		}
 		imageTagged := !reference.IsNameOnly(named)
 		logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 		if imageTagged {
 			srcRef, err := docker.NewReference(named)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q", docker.Transport.Name(), named.String())
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot obtain a valid image reference for transport %q and reference %q: %w", docker.Transport.Name(), named.String(), err)
 			}
 			desc.ImageRefs = []types.ImageReference{srcRef}
 		} else {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 				return descriptors, err
 			}
 			if len(desc.ImageRefs) == 0 {
-				return descriptors, errors.Errorf("No images to sync found in %q", source)
+				return descriptors, fmt.Errorf("No images to sync found in %q", source)
 			}
 		}
 		descriptors = append(descriptors, desc)
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 		}
 
 		if _, err := os.Stat(source); err != nil {
-			return descriptors, errors.Wrap(err, "Invalid source directory specified")
+			return descriptors, fmt.Errorf("Invalid source directory specified: %w", err)
 		}
 		desc.DirBasePath = source
 		var err error
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 			return descriptors, err
 		}
 		if len(desc.ImageRefs) == 0 {
-			return descriptors, errors.Errorf("No images to sync found in %q", source)
+			return descriptors, fmt.Errorf("No images to sync found in %q", source)
 		}
 		descriptors = append(descriptors, desc)
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func imagesToCopy(source string, transport string, sourceCtx *types.SystemContex
 
 			descs, err := imagesToCopyFromRegistry(registryName, registryConfig, *sourceCtx)
 			if err != nil {
-				return descriptors, errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to retrieve list of images from registry %q", registryName)
+				return descriptors, fmt.Errorf("Failed to retrieve list of images from registry %q: %w", registryName, err)
 			}
 			descriptors = append(descriptors, descs...)
 		}
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func (opts *syncOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error) {
 
 	policyContext, err := opts.global.getPolicyContext()
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error loading trust policy")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error loading trust policy: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if err := policyContext.Destroy(); err != nil {
@@ -532,14 +532,14 @@ func (opts *syncOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error) {
 		return errors.New("A source transport must be specified")
 	}
 	if !contains(opts.source, []string{docker.Transport.Name(), directory.Transport.Name(), "yaml"}) {
-		return errors.Errorf("%q is not a valid source transport", opts.source)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid source transport", opts.source)
 	}
 
 	if len(opts.destination) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("A destination transport must be specified")
 	}
 	if !contains(opts.destination, []string{docker.Transport.Name(), directory.Transport.Name()}) {
-		return errors.Errorf("%q is not a valid destination transport", opts.destination)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid destination transport", opts.destination)
 	}
 
 	if opts.source == opts.destination && opts.source == directory.Transport.Name() {
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ func (opts *syncOptions) run(args []string, stdout io.Writer) (retErr error) {
 					return err
 				}, opts.retryOpts); err != nil {
 					if !opts.keepGoing {
-						return errors.Wrapf(err, "Error copying ref %q", transports.ImageName(ref))
+						return fmt.Errorf("Error copying ref %q: %w", transports.ImageName(ref), err)
 					}
 					// log the error, keep a note that there was a failure and move on to the next
 					// image ref
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go b/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
index b44b17b8..6585e749 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/unshare"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/syndtr/gocapability/capability"
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func maybeReexec() error {
 	// if we already have the capabilities we need.
 	capabilities, err := capability.NewPid(0)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading the current capabilities sets")
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading the current capabilities sets: %w", err)
 	}
 	for _, cap := range neededCapabilities {
 		if !capabilities.Get(capability.EFFECTIVE, cap) {
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/utils.go b/cmd/skopeo/utils.go
index 17b6c990..1500f130 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	imgspecv1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2f4a0f49..a2c7ef91 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.3-0.20211202193544-a5463b7f9c84
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-tools v1.0.0-rc3
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ostreedev/ostree-go v0.0.0-20210805093236-719684c64e4f // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/proglottis/gpgme v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1 // indirect