diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 698a03e0..b6a2a8ed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
-	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 07740778..75e940e8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.1.0/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWmnc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
diff --git a/pkg/stores/partition/store.go b/pkg/stores/partition/store.go
index f42b65e6..144e2dd4 100644
--- a/pkg/stores/partition/store.go
+++ b/pkg/stores/partition/store.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package partition
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func toAPIEvent(apiOp *types.APIRequest, schema *types.APISchema, event watch.Ev
 
 	if event.Type == watch.Error {
 		status, _ := event.Object.(*metav1.Status)
-		apiEvent.Error = fmt.Errorf(status.Message)
+		apiEvent.Error = errors.New(status.Message)
 		return apiEvent
 	}