diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
index d81af2439331..bddc1c4dbc7a 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
@@ -37,20 +36,20 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Validate validates the configuration by checking for missing or invalid fields
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
-	var err error
+	var err []error
 	if cfg.Username == "" {
-		err = multierr.Append(err, errMissingUsername)
+		err = append(err, errMissingUsername)
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Password == "" {
-		err = multierr.Append(err, errMissingPassword)
+		err = append(err, errMissingPassword)
 	}
 
 	_, parseErr := url.Parse(cfg.Endpoint)
 	if parseErr != nil {
 		wrappedErr := fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", errInvalidEndpoint.Error(), parseErr)
-		err = multierr.Append(err, wrappedErr)
+		err = append(err, wrappedErr)
 	}
 
-	return err
+	return errors.Join(err...)
 }
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config_test.go
index c914ebc30973..c1e333cbfaf1 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package rabbitmqreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver"
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 					Endpoint: "invalid://endpoint:  12efg",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: multierr.Combine(
+			expectedErr: errors.Join(
 				errMissingUsername,
 				errMissingPassword,
-				fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInvalidEndpoint, `parse "invalid://endpoint:  12efg": invalid port ":  12efg" after host`),
-			),
+				fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInvalidEndpoint, `parse "invalid://endpoint:  12efg": invalid port ":  12efg" after host`)),
 		},
 		{
 			desc: "missing password and invalid endpoint",
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 					Endpoint: "invalid://endpoint:  12efg",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: multierr.Combine(
+			expectedErr: errors.Join(
 				errMissingPassword,
 				fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInvalidEndpoint, `parse "invalid://endpoint:  12efg": invalid port ":  12efg" after host`),
 			),
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 					Endpoint: "invalid://endpoint:  12efg",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: multierr.Combine(
+			expectedErr: errors.Join(
 				errMissingUsername,
 				fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInvalidEndpoint, `parse "invalid://endpoint:  12efg": invalid port ":  12efg" after host`),
 			),
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 					Endpoint: "invalid://endpoint:  12efg",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: multierr.Combine(
+			expectedErr: errors.Join(
 				fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInvalidEndpoint, `parse "invalid://endpoint:  12efg": invalid port ":  12efg" after host`),
 			),
 		},
diff --git a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
index a4f31f96aecf..392b4cac0353 100644
--- a/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/rabbitmqreceiver/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.46.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect