diff --git a/exporter/syslogexporter/config.go b/exporter/syslogexporter/config.go
index adc2606b81a5..237278ef2c79 100644
--- a/exporter/syslogexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/syslogexporter/config.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 	}
 
 	if len(invalidFields) > 0 {
-		return multierr.Combine(invalidFields...)
+		return errors.Join(invalidFields...)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/exporter/syslogexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/syslogexporter/config_test.go
index c25a0a946868..870a83b96786 100644
--- a/exporter/syslogexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/syslogexporter/config_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				Protocol: "rfc542",
 				Network:  "udp",
 			},
-			err: "unsupported port: port is required, must be in the range 1-65535; " +
+			err: "unsupported port: port is required, must be in the range 1-65535" + "\n" +
 				"unsupported protocol: Only rfc5424 and rfc3164 supported",
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/exporter/syslogexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/syslogexporter/exporter.go
index de8f5e6ba455..566f2190e59b 100644
--- a/exporter/syslogexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/syslogexporter/exporter.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package syslogexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collec
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (se *syslogexporter) exportNonBatch(logs plog.Logs) error {
 
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		errs = deduplicateErrors(errs)
-		return consumererror.NewLogs(multierr.Combine(errs...), droppedLogs)
+		return consumererror.NewLogs(errors.Join(errs...), droppedLogs)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/exporter/syslogexporter/go.mod b/exporter/syslogexporter/go.mod
index 3a7ec2401804..e7fd6f3f8df8 100644
--- a/exporter/syslogexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/syslogexporter/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect