diff --git a/receiver/chronyreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/chronyreceiver/go.mod
index 39f8be6e6dbc..a0117f1d5b04 100644
--- a/receiver/chronyreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/chronyreceiver/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.48.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.26.0 // indirect
+	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
diff --git a/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/client.go b/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/client.go
index 81b36838b7a3..159ed37f3959 100644
--- a/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/client.go
+++ b/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/client.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/facebook/time/ntp/chrony"
 	"github.com/tilinna/clock"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -80,11 +79,11 @@ func (c *client) GetTrackingData(ctx context.Context) (*Tracking, error) {
 	packet.SetSequence(uint32(clock.Now(ctx).UnixNano()))
 
 	if err := binary.Write(sock, binary.BigEndian, packet); err != nil {
-		return nil, multierr.Combine(err, sock.Close())
+		return nil, errors.Join(err, sock.Close())
 	}
 	data := make([]uint8, 1024)
 	if _, err := sock.Read(data); err != nil {
-		return nil, multierr.Combine(err, sock.Close())
+		return nil, errors.Join(err, sock.Close())
 	}
 
 	if err := sock.Close(); err != nil {
diff --git a/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/util.go b/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/util.go
index 86932714fcd3..3e7db9ecbfb4 100644
--- a/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/util.go
+++ b/receiver/chronyreceiver/internal/chrony/util.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ func SplitNetworkEndpoint(addr string) (network, endpoint string, err error) {
 	case "udp":
 		host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(endpoint)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("issue parsing endpoint: %w", multierr.Combine(ErrInvalidNetwork, err))
+			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("issue parsing endpoint: %w", errors.Join(ErrInvalidNetwork, err))
 		}
 		if host == "" {
 			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("missing hostname: %w", ErrInvalidNetwork)