diff --git a/eventloop.go b/eventloop.go
index cfd42d8..7177195 100644
--- a/eventloop.go
+++ b/eventloop.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/wagoodman/go-partybus"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/go-logger"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ func eventloop(ctx context.Context, log logger.Logger, subscription *partybus.Su
 		break
 	}
 
-	var retErr error
+	var retErr []error
 	var forceTeardown bool
 
 	for {
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func eventloop(ctx context.Context, log logger.Logger, subscription *partybus.Su
 			}
 			if err != nil {
 				// capture the error from the worker and unsubscribe to complete a graceful shutdown
-				retErr = multierror.Append(retErr, err)
+				retErr = append(retErr, err)
 				if subscription != nil {
 					_ = subscription.Unsubscribe()
 				}
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ func eventloop(ctx context.Context, log logger.Logger, subscription *partybus.Su
 				if errors.Is(err, partybus.ErrUnsubscribe) {
 					events = nil
 				} else {
-					retErr = multierror.Append(retErr, err)
+					retErr = append(retErr, err)
 					// TODO: should we unsubscribe? should we try to halt execution? or continue?
 				}
 			}
@@ -123,9 +122,9 @@ func eventloop(ctx context.Context, log logger.Logger, subscription *partybus.Su
 	}
 	if ux != nil {
 		if err := ux.Teardown(forceTeardown); err != nil {
-			retErr = multierror.Append(retErr, err)
+			retErr = append(retErr, err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return retErr
+	return errors.Join(retErr...)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 713c6e4..ec994e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/fangs v0.0.0-20230807173929-13c94c86f47e
 	github.com/anchore/go-logger v0.0.0-20230725134548-c21dafa1ec5a
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0
 	github.com/pborman/indent v1.2.1
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.7.0
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20211214055906-6f57359322fd // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ebc89a0..d3af217 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5m
 github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go-testing v0.0.0-20200911160855-bcd43fbb19e8/go.mod h1:dvDLG8qkwmyD9a/MJJN3XJcT3xFxOKAvTZGvuZmac9g=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4 h1:FZmqs7XOyGgCAxmWyPslpiok1k05wmY3SJTytgvYFs0=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4/go.mod h1:pZJOeOS8DM43rXbp4AZo1n9zCU2qjpcRko0b6/QJi9w=
-github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 h1:hLrqtEDnRye3+sgx6z4qVLNuviH3MR5aQ0ykNJa/UYA=
-github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 h1:H5DkEtf6CXdFp0N0Em5UCwQpXMWke8IA0+lD48awMYo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1/go.mod h1:iw975J/qwKPdAO1clOe2L8331t/9/fmwbPZ6JB6eMoM=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=