diff --git a/cache/refs.go b/cache/refs.go
index 3bd534854..220c629f7 100644
--- a/cache/refs.go
+++ b/cache/refs.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cache
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 	"os"
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/snapshots"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/labels"
 	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/config"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/identity"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/session"
@@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ type diffParents struct {
 }
 
 // caller must hold cacheManager.mu
-func (p parentRefs) release(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
+func (p parentRefs) release(ctx context.Context) error {
+	var errs []error
 	switch {
 	case p.layerParent != nil:
 		p.layerParent.mu.Lock()
 		defer p.layerParent.mu.Unlock()
-		rerr = p.layerParent.release(ctx)
+		if err := p.layerParent.release(ctx); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
 	case len(p.mergeParents) > 0:
 		for i, parent := range p.mergeParents {
 			if parent == nil {
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ func (p parentRefs) release(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
 			}
 			parent.mu.Lock()
 			if err := parent.release(ctx); err != nil {
-				rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 			} else {
 				p.mergeParents[i] = nil
 			}
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ func (p parentRefs) release(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
 			p.diffParents.lower.mu.Lock()
 			defer p.diffParents.lower.mu.Unlock()
 			if err := p.diffParents.lower.release(ctx); err != nil {
-				rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 			} else {
 				p.diffParents.lower = nil
 			}
@@ -179,14 +182,14 @@ func (p parentRefs) release(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
 			p.diffParents.upper.mu.Lock()
 			defer p.diffParents.upper.mu.Unlock()
 			if err := p.diffParents.upper.release(ctx); err != nil {
-				rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 			} else {
 				p.diffParents.upper = nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (p parentRefs) cloneParentRefs() parentRefs {
@@ -598,18 +601,19 @@ func (cr *cacheRecord) layerDigestChain() []digest.Digest {
 
 type RefList []ImmutableRef
 
-func (l RefList) Release(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
+func (l RefList) Release(ctx context.Context) error {
+	var errs []error
 	for i, r := range l {
 		if r == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := r.Release(ctx); err != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		} else {
 			l[i] = nil
 		}
 	}
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (sr *immutableRef) LayerChain() RefList {
diff --git a/cmd/buildctl/prunehistories.go b/cmd/buildctl/prunehistories.go
index 9c88b4fc3..e63e27889 100644
--- a/cmd/buildctl/prunehistories.go
+++ b/cmd/buildctl/prunehistories.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	controlapi "github.com/moby/buildkit/api/services/control"
 	bccommon "github.com/moby/buildkit/cmd/buildctl/common"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/util/appcontext"
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ func pruneHistories(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var rerr error
 	if format := clicontext.String("format"); format != "" {
 		tmpl, err := bccommon.ParseTemplate(format)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		var errs []error
 		for {
 			ev, err := resp.Recv()
 			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func pruneHistories(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
 				Ref:    ev.Record.Ref,
 				Delete: true,
 			}); err != nil {
-				rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+				errs = append(errs, err)
 				continue
 			}
 			if err := tmpl.Execute(clicontext.App.Writer, ev); err != nil {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func pruneHistories(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		return rerr
+		return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 	}
 	return pruneHistoriesWithTableOutput(ctx, clicontext.App.Writer, controlClient, resp)
 }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func pruneHistoriesWithTableOutput(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, controlClie
 ) error {
 	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(w, 1, 8, 1, '\t', 0)
 	fmt.Fprintln(tw, "TYPE\tREF\tCREATED\tCOMPLETED\tGENERATION")
-	var rerr error
+	var errs []error
 	for {
 		ev, err := eventReceiver.Recv()
 		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func pruneHistoriesWithTableOutput(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, controlClie
 			Ref:    ev.Record.Ref,
 			Delete: true,
 		}); err != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err).ErrorOrNil()
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		var (
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ func pruneHistoriesWithTableOutput(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, controlClie
 		tw.Flush()
 	}
 	tw.Flush()
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/buildkitd/main.go b/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
index 64bc581a5..7caa1b40e 100644
--- a/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/buildkitd/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/platforms"
 	sddaemon "github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/daemon"
 	"github.com/gofrs/flock"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/remotecache"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/remotecache/azblob"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/remotecache/gha"
@@ -415,12 +415,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	app.After = func(_ *cli.Context) (err error) {
+		var errs []error
 		for _, c := range closers {
 			if e := c(context.TODO()); e != nil {
-				err = multierror.Append(err, e)
+				errs = append(errs, e)
 			}
 		}
-		return err
+		return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 	}
 
 	profiler.Attach(app)
diff --git a/control/control.go b/control/control.go
index 15aba411d..83a7f795c 100644
--- a/control/control.go
+++ b/control/control.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package control
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime/trace"
 	"strconv"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/services/content/contentserver"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2"
 	controlapi "github.com/moby/buildkit/api/services/control"
 	apitypes "github.com/moby/buildkit/api/types"
@@ -138,17 +138,20 @@ func NewController(opt Opt) (*Controller, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) Close() error {
-	rerr := c.opt.HistoryDB.Close()
+	var errs []error
+	if err := c.opt.HistoryDB.Close(); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
 	if err := c.opt.WorkerController.Close(); err != nil {
-		rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if err := c.opt.CacheStore.Close(); err != nil {
-		rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if err := c.solver.Close(); err != nil {
-		rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) Register(server *grpc.Server) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e744a923d..98a1ad130 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix/v2 v2.1.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.9.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.6.3 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/mount v0.3.4 // indirect
diff --git a/snapshot/diffapply_linux.go b/snapshot/diffapply_linux.go
index 6ddc06c66..ec218783d 100644
--- a/snapshot/diffapply_linux.go
+++ b/snapshot/diffapply_linux.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	gofs "io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/snapshots/overlay/overlayutils"
 	"github.com/containerd/continuity/fs"
 	"github.com/containerd/continuity/sysx"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/identity"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/util/bklog"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/util/leaseutil"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (sn *mergeSnapshotter) diffApply(ctx context.Context, dest Mountable, diffs
 	defer func() {
 		releaseErr := a.Release()
 		if releaseErr != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, errors.Wrapf(releaseErr, "failed to release applier")).ErrorOrNil()
+			rerr = stderrors.Join(rerr, errors.Wrapf(releaseErr, "failed to release applier"))
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (sn *mergeSnapshotter) diffApply(ctx context.Context, dest Mountable, diffs
 			return snapshots.Usage{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create differ")
 		}
 		defer func() {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, d.Release()).ErrorOrNil()
+			rerr = stderrors.Join(rerr, d.Release())
 		}()
 		if err := d.HandleChanges(ctx, a.Apply); err != nil {
 			return snapshots.Usage{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to handle changes")
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func applierFor(dest Mountable, tryCrossSnapshotLink, userxattr bool) (_ *applie
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if rerr != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, a.Release()).ErrorOrNil()
+			rerr = stderrors.Join(rerr, a.Release())
 		}
 	}()
 	if tryCrossSnapshotLink {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func applierFor(dest Mountable, tryCrossSnapshotLink, userxattr bool) (_ *applie
 		prevRelease := a.release
 		a.release = func() error {
 			err := mnter.Unmount()
-			return multierror.Append(err, prevRelease()).ErrorOrNil()
+			return stderrors.Join(err, prevRelease())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func differFor(lowerMntable, upperMntable Mountable) (_ *differ, rerr error) {
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if rerr != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, d.Release()).ErrorOrNil()
+			rerr = stderrors.Join(rerr, d.Release())
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -541,8 +541,7 @@ func differFor(lowerMntable, upperMntable Mountable) (_ *differ, rerr error) {
 		d.lowerRoot = root
 		lowerMnts = mnts
 		d.releaseLower = func() error {
-			err := mounter.Unmount()
-			return multierror.Append(err, release()).ErrorOrNil()
+			return stderrors.Join(mounter.Unmount(), release())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -560,8 +559,7 @@ func differFor(lowerMntable, upperMntable Mountable) (_ *differ, rerr error) {
 		d.upperRoot = root
 		upperMnts = mnts
 		d.releaseUpper = func() error {
-			err := mounter.Unmount()
-			return multierror.Append(err, release()).ErrorOrNil()
+			return stderrors.Join(mounter.Unmount(), release())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -779,7 +777,7 @@ func (d *differ) Release() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if d.releaseUpper != nil {
-		err = multierror.Append(err, d.releaseUpper()).ErrorOrNil()
+		err = stderrors.Join(err, d.releaseUpper())
 		if err == nil {
 			d.releaseUpper = nil
 		}
diff --git a/util/tracing/multi_span_exporter.go b/util/tracing/multi_span_exporter.go
index d856de3b7..533e80d94 100644
--- a/util/tracing/multi_span_exporter.go
+++ b/util/tracing/multi_span_exporter.go
@@ -2,35 +2,29 @@ package tracing
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
 
 type MultiSpanExporter []sdktrace.SpanExporter
 
-func (m MultiSpanExporter) ExportSpans(ctx context.Context, spans []sdktrace.ReadOnlySpan) (err error) {
+func (m MultiSpanExporter) ExportSpans(ctx context.Context, spans []sdktrace.ReadOnlySpan) error {
+	var errs []error
 	for _, exp := range m {
 		if e := exp.ExportSpans(ctx, spans); e != nil {
-			if err != nil {
-				err = multierror.Append(err, e)
-				continue
-			}
-			err = e
+			errs = append(errs, e)
 		}
 	}
-	return err
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
-func (m MultiSpanExporter) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+func (m MultiSpanExporter) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	var errs []error
 	for _, exp := range m {
 		if e := exp.Shutdown(ctx); e != nil {
-			if err != nil {
-				err = multierror.Append(err, e)
-				continue
-			}
-			err = e
+			errs = append(errs, e)
 		}
 	}
-	return err
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
diff --git a/worker/base/worker.go b/worker/base/worker.go
index 1922b9dc6..7ad6db92c 100644
--- a/worker/base/worker.go
+++ b/worker/base/worker.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package base
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/remotes/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/gc"
 	"github.com/containerd/platforms"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache/metadata"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client"
@@ -222,21 +222,21 @@ func (w *Worker) GarbageCollect(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (w *Worker) Close() error {
-	var rerr error
+	var errs []error
 	if err := w.MetadataStore.Close(); err != nil {
-		rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	for _, provider := range w.NetworkProviders {
 		if err := provider.Close(); err != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
 	if w.ResourceMonitor != nil {
 		if err := w.ResourceMonitor.Close(); err != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (w *Worker) ContentStore() *containerdsnapshot.Store {
diff --git a/worker/workercontroller.go b/worker/workercontroller.go
index 1a1b568e2..79906a07e 100644
--- a/worker/workercontroller.go
+++ b/worker/workercontroller.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package worker
 
 import (
+	stderrors "errors"
+
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/filters"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/cache"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -16,13 +17,13 @@ type Controller struct {
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) Close() error {
-	var rerr error
+	var errs []error
 	for _, w := range c.workers {
 		if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
-			rerr = multierror.Append(rerr, err)
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}
-	return rerr
+	return stderrors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 // Add adds a local worker.