diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9876a686..0fc86c4b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.8.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2-0.20190823105129-775207bd45b6
 	github.com/opencontainers/umoci v0.4.6
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/build.go b/internal/pkg/container/build.go
index 99f3fe76..ade41bed 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/build.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/build.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
index 9ec62988..3b2f0d48 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
-
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/drivers/copy"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/oci"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func ImportDocker(uri string, name string, sCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/util.go b/internal/pkg/container/util.go
index 34e65de1..c8f53703 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/util.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/util.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/errors/errors.go b/internal/pkg/errors/errors.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cf7c75d..00000000
--- a/internal/pkg/errors/errors.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package errors
-
-type error interface {
-	Error() string
-}
-
-// errorString is a trivial implementation of error.
-type errorString struct {
-	s string
-}
-
-func (e *errorString) Error() string {
-	return e.s
-}
-
-// New returns an error that formats as the given text.
-func New(text string) error {
-	return &errorString{text}
-}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/kernel/kernel.go b/internal/pkg/kernel/kernel.go
index 961041c4..9a8e1eae 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
index 4209ba30..473c249d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
 
 const ConfigFile = "/etc/warewulf/nodes.conf"
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go b/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
index 7abdd7e5..bdde2e9f 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package node
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
 
 /****
diff --git a/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go b/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
index 167c084c..fb151716 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/node"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
index 02204df5..1c434407 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package warewulfd
 import (
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/node"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/util.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/util.go
index 95de631e..74ee9242 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/util.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/util.go
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/node"
 )