diff --git a/internal/sqlquery/config.go b/internal/sqlquery/config.go
index d45fbf4a9960..ceb2b4556cfd 100644
--- a/internal/sqlquery/config.go
+++ b/internal/sqlquery/config.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -48,24 +47,24 @@ type Query struct {
 }
 
 func (q Query) Validate() error {
-	var errs error
+	var errs []error
 	if q.SQL == "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("'query.sql' cannot be empty"))
+		errs = append(errs, errors.New("'query.sql' cannot be empty"))
 	}
 	if len(q.Logs) == 0 && len(q.Metrics) == 0 {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("at least one of 'query.logs' and 'query.metrics' must not be empty"))
+		errs = append(errs, errors.New("at least one of 'query.logs' and 'query.metrics' must not be empty"))
 	}
 	for _, logs := range q.Logs {
 		if err := logs.Validate(); err != nil {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, metric := range q.Metrics {
 		if err := metric.Validate(); err != nil {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
-	return errs
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 type LogsCfg struct {
@@ -73,11 +72,11 @@ type LogsCfg struct {
 }
 
 func (config LogsCfg) Validate() error {
-	var errs error
+	var errs []error
 	if config.BodyColumn == "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("'body_column' must not be empty"))
+		errs = append(errs, errors.New("'body_column' must not be empty"))
 	}
-	return errs
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 type MetricCfg struct {
@@ -96,29 +95,29 @@ type MetricCfg struct {
 }
 
 func (c MetricCfg) Validate() error {
-	var errs error
+	var errs []error
 	if c.MetricName == "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("'metric_name' cannot be empty"))
+		errs = append(errs, errors.New("'metric_name' cannot be empty"))
 	}
 	if c.ValueColumn == "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("'value_column' cannot be empty"))
+		errs = append(errs, errors.New("'value_column' cannot be empty"))
 	}
 	if err := c.ValueType.Validate(); err != nil {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if err := c.DataType.Validate(); err != nil {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if err := c.Aggregation.Validate(); err != nil {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if c.DataType == MetricTypeGauge && c.Aggregation != "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf("aggregation=%s but data_type=%s does not support aggregation", c.Aggregation, c.DataType))
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("aggregation=%s but data_type=%s does not support aggregation", c.Aggregation, c.DataType))
 	}
 	if errs != nil && c.MetricName != "" {
-		errs = multierr.Append(fmt.Errorf("invalid metric config with metric_name '%s'", c.MetricName), errs)
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("invalid metric config with metric_name '%s'", c.MetricName))
 	}
-	return errs
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 type MetricType string
diff --git a/internal/sqlquery/db_client.go b/internal/sqlquery/db_client.go
index 9f7d00908f0f..e702a6b82923 100644
--- a/internal/sqlquery/db_client.go
+++ b/internal/sqlquery/db_client.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package sqlquery // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-co
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 
 	// register Db drivers
 	_ "github.com/SAP/go-hdb/driver"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb/integratedauth/krb5"
 	_ "github.com/sijms/go-ora/v2"
 	_ "github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (cl DbSQLClient) QueryRows(ctx context.Context, args ...any) ([]StringMap,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	scanner := newRowScanner(colTypes)
-	var warnings error
+	var warnings []error
 	for sqlRows.Next() {
 		err = scanner.scan(sqlRows)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ func (cl DbSQLClient) QueryRows(ctx context.Context, args ...any) ([]StringMap,
 		}
 		sm, scanErr := scanner.toStringMap()
 		if scanErr != nil {
-			warnings = multierr.Append(warnings, scanErr)
+			warnings = append(warnings, scanErr)
 		}
 		out = append(out, sm)
 	}
-	return out, warnings
+	return out, errors.Join(warnings...)
 }
 
 func (cl DbSQLClient) prepareQueryFields(sql string, args []any) []zap.Field {
diff --git a/internal/sqlquery/db_client_test.go b/internal/sqlquery/db_client_test.go
index a40ebd02e31f..4546886b0ec0 100644
--- a/internal/sqlquery/db_client_test.go
+++ b/internal/sqlquery/db_client_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -90,11 +89,16 @@ func TestDBSQLClient_Nulls_MultiRow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	rows, err := cl.QueryRows(context.Background())
 	assert.Error(t, err)
-	errs := multierr.Errors(err)
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, errNullValueWarning))
+
+	var e interface{ Unwrap() []error }
+	if errors.As(err, &e) {
+		uw := e.Unwrap()
+		assert.Len(t, uw, 2)
+
+		for _, err := range uw {
+			assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, errNullValueWarning))
+		}
 	}
-	assert.Len(t, errs, 2)
 	assert.Len(t, rows, 2)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, map[string]string{
 		"col_0": "42",
diff --git a/internal/sqlquery/scraper.go b/internal/sqlquery/scraper.go
index e43edf4aea34..84be8370911e 100644
--- a/internal/sqlquery/scraper.go
+++ b/internal/sqlquery/scraper.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scrapererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -84,17 +83,17 @@ func (s *Scraper) Scrape(ctx context.Context) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
 	sms := rm.ScopeMetrics()
 	sm := sms.AppendEmpty()
 	ms := sm.Metrics()
-	var errs error
+	var errs []error
 	for _, metricCfg := range s.Query.Metrics {
 		for i, row := range rows {
 			if err = rowToMetric(row, metricCfg, ms.AppendEmpty(), s.StartTime, ts, s.ScrapeCfg); err != nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("row %d: %w", i, err)
-				errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if errs != nil {
-		return out, scrapererror.NewPartialScrapeError(errs, len(multierr.Errors(errs)))
+		return out, scrapererror.NewPartialScrapeError(errors.Join(errs...), len(errs))
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }