diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 874fd8bb8..f8b8da42e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/schema/cel/compilation.go b/pkg/apiserver/schema/cel/compilation.go
index ff931c5f5..1f61a87fa 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/schema/cel/compilation.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/schema/cel/compilation.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cel
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/cel"
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/checker"
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/common/types"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	apiextensions "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func Compile(s *schema.Structural, declType *apiservercel.DeclType, perCallLimit
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	if declType == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("Failed to convert to declType for CEL validation rules")
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to convert to declType for CEL validation rules")
 	}
 	celRules := s.XValidations