diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eefb7bf95f269..f26a3f505bf6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.4
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
 	github.com/r3labs/diff v1.1.0
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index c67a816c16d54..750e8c04369eb 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	netCtx "context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	goio "io"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -61,8 +62,6 @@ import (
 	accountpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/account"
 	applicationpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/application"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	applicationsetpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/applicationset"
 	certificatepkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/certificate"
 	clusterpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/cluster"
diff --git a/util/kube/portforwarder.go b/util/kube/portforwarder.go
index c661cb6f850a7..1ea6e0fdadbef 100644
--- a/util/kube/portforwarder.go
+++ b/util/kube/portforwarder.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func PortForward(targetPort int, namespace string, overrides *clientcmd.ConfigOv
 
 	transport, upgrader, err := spdy.RoundTripperFor(config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "Could not create round tripper")
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("could not create round tripper: %w", err)
 	}
 	dialer := spdy.NewDialer(upgrader, &http.Client{Transport: transport}, "POST", url)
 
diff --git a/util/kustomize/kustomize.go b/util/kustomize/kustomize.go
index cff45b88f61a0..ff2cf3b8e8867 100644
--- a/util/kustomize/kustomize.go
+++ b/util/kustomize/kustomize.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package kustomize
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func getSemver() (*semver.Version, error) {
 
 // getSemverSafe returns parsed kustomize version;
 // if version cannot be parsed assumes that "kustomize version" output format changed again
-//  and fallback to latest ( v99.99.99 )
+// and fallback to latest ( v99.99.99 )
 func getSemverSafe() *semver.Version {
 	if semVer == nil {
 		semVerLock.Lock()