diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/encoder_test.go b/bridges/otelzap/encoder_test.go
index 358e9bda632..f9b57b6c480 100644
--- a/bridges/otelzap/encoder_test.go
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/encoder_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ func (t turduckens) MarshalLogArray(enc zapcore.ArrayEncoder) error {
 	var err error
 	tur := turducken{}
 	for i := 0; i < int(t); i++ {
-		err = multierr.Append(err, enc.AppendObject(tur))
+		err = errors.Join(err, enc.AppendObject(tur))
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/go.mod b/bridges/otelzap/go.mod
index a8014330deb..4daadc84d72 100644
--- a/bridges/otelzap/go.mod
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.3.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
@@ -17,5 +16,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.27.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )