diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 415ecdc..397e5b3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.67.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0
 	github.com/package-url/packageurl-go v0.1.3
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0
 	github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/sigstore/rekor v1.3.6
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/oci/layout.go b/pkg/oci/layout.go
index eecc79e..2349ad8 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/layout.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/layout.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	att "github.com/docker/attest/pkg/attestation"
 	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1/layout"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // implementation of AttestationResolver that closes over attestations from an oci layout
@@ -140,5 +139,5 @@ func attestationManifestFromOCILayout(path string, platform *v1.Platform) (*atte
 		}
 		return attest, nil
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("attestation manifest not found")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("attestation manifest not found")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/oci/oci.go b/pkg/oci/oci.go
index 438348f..d96c63b 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/oci.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang/in_toto/slsa_provenance/common"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/package-url/packageurl-go"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // ParsePlatform parses the provided platform string or attempts to obtain
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func imageDescriptor(ix *v1.IndexManifest, platform *v1.Platform) (*v1.Descripto
 			return &m, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("no image found for platform %v", platform))
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no image found for platform %v", platform)
 }
 
 func attestationDigestForDigest(ix *v1.IndexManifest, imageDigest string, attestType string) (string, error) {
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func attestationDigestForDigest(ix *v1.IndexManifest, imageDigest string, attest
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return "", errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("no attestation found for image %s", imageDigest))
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no attestation found for image %s", imageDigest)
 }
 
 func RefToPURL(ref string, platform *v1.Platform) (string, bool, error) {