diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocation_cache.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocation_cache.go
index d01af7ac7b..1ffdfec649 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocation_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocation_cache.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 	informerv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/agones/v1"
 	listerv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/listers/agones/v1"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/gameservers"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/errors"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/logfields"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/workerqueue"
 	"github.com/heptiolabs/healthcheck"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type AllocationCache struct {
 	workerqueue      *workerqueue.WorkerQueue
 	counter          *gameservers.PerNodeCounter
 	matcher          matcher
+	errs             *errors.Errors
 }
 
 // NewAllocationCache creates a new instance of AllocationCache
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ func NewAllocationCache(informer informerv1.GameServerInformer, counter *gameser
 	})
 
 	c.baseLogger = runtime.NewLoggerWithType(c)
+	c.errs = errors.FromStruct(c)
 	c.workerqueue = workerqueue.NewWorkerQueue(c.SyncGameServers, c.baseLogger, logfields.GameServerKey, agones.GroupName+".AllocationCache")
 	health.AddLivenessCheck("allocationcache-workerqueue", healthcheck.Check(c.workerqueue.Healthy))
 
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ func (c *AllocationCache) RemoveGameServer(gs *agonesv1.GameServer) error {
 func (c *AllocationCache) Sync(ctx context.Context) error {
 	c.baseLogger.Debug("Wait for AllocationCache cache sync")
 	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done(), c.gameServerSynced) {
-		return errors.New("failed to wait for caches to sync")
+		return c.errs.New("failed to wait for caches to sync")
 	}
 
 	// build the cache
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ func (c *AllocationCache) syncCache() error {
 	// build the cache
 	gsList, err := c.gameServerLister.List(labels.Everything())
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not list GameServers")
+		return c.errs.Wrap(err, "could not list GameServers")
 	}
 
 	// convert list of current gameservers to map for faster access
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ func (c *AllocationCache) getKey(gs *agonesv1.GameServer) (string, bool) {
 	var err error
 	if key, err = cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(gs); err != nil {
 		ok = false
-		err = errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating key for object")
+		err = c.errs.Wrap(err, "Error creating key for object")
 		runtime.HandleError(c.baseLogger.WithField("obj", gs), err)
 	}
 	return key, ok
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
index c2a884de2c..b8683670fd 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 	multiclusterinformerv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/multicluster/v1"
 	multiclusterlisterv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/listers/multicluster/v1"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/apiserver"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/errors"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/logfields"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"go.opencensus.io/tag"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ import (
 var (
 	// ErrNoGameServer is returned when there are no Allocatable GameServers
 	// available
-	ErrNoGameServer = errors.New("Could not find an Allocatable GameServer")
+	ErrNoGameServer = errs.New("Could not find an Allocatable GameServer")
 	// ErrConflictInGameServerSelection is returned when the candidate gameserver already allocated
-	ErrConflictInGameServerSelection = errors.New("The Gameserver was already allocated")
+	ErrConflictInGameServerSelection = errs.New("The Gameserver was already allocated")
 	// ErrTotalTimeoutExceeded is used to signal that total retry timeout has been exceeded and no additional retries should be made
 	ErrTotalTimeoutExceeded = status.Errorf(codes.DeadlineExceeded, "remote allocation total timeout exceeded")
 	// ErrGameServerUpdateConflict is returned when the game server selected for applying the allocation cannot be updated
-	ErrGameServerUpdateConflict = errors.New("could not update the selected GameServer")
+	ErrGameServerUpdateConflict = errs.New("could not update the selected GameServer")
 )
 
 const (
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ var remoteAllocationRetry = wait.Backoff{
 }
 
 // Allocator handles game server allocation
+//
+//nolint:govet // fieldalignment: struct alignment is not critical for our use case
 type Allocator struct {
 	baseLogger                   *logrus.Entry
 	allocationPolicyLister       multiclusterlisterv1.GameServerAllocationPolicyLister
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ type Allocator struct {
 	remoteAllocationTimeout      time.Duration
 	totalRemoteAllocationTimeout time.Duration
 	batchWaitTime                time.Duration
+	errs                         *errors.Errors
 }
 
 // request is an async request for allocation
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ func NewAllocator(policyInformer multiclusterinformerv1.GameServerAllocationPoli
 	}
 
 	ah.baseLogger = runtime.NewLoggerWithType(ah)
+	ah.errs = errors.FromStruct(ah)
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(ah.baseLogger.Debugf)
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&typedcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: kubeClient.CoreV1().Events("")})
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ func (c *Allocator) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (c *Allocator) Sync(ctx context.Context) error {
 	c.baseLogger.Debug("Wait for Allocator cache sync")
 	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done(), c.secretSynced, c.allocationPolicySynced) {
-		return errors.New("failed to wait for caches to sync")
+		return c.errs.New("failed to wait for caches to sync")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ func (c *Allocator) Allocate(ctx context.Context, gsa *allocationv1.GameServerAl
 		var gvks []schema.GroupVersionKind
 		gvks, _, err := apiserver.Scheme.ObjectKinds(s)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not find objectkinds for status")
+			return nil, c.errs.Wrap(err, "could not find objectkinds for status")
 		}
 
 		c.loggerForGameServerAllocation(gsa).Debug("GameServerAllocation is invalid")
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@ func (c *Allocator) applyMultiClusterAllocation(ctx context.Context, gsa *alloca
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if len(policies) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("no multi-cluster allocation policy is specified")
+		return nil, c.errs.New("no multi-cluster allocation policy is specified")
 	}
 
 	it := multiclusterv1.NewConnectionInfoIterator(policies)
@@ -426,7 +430,7 @@ func (c *Allocator) createRemoteClusterDialOption(namespace string, connectionIn
 		// This is required for self-signed certs.
 		tlsConfig.RootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
 		if len(connectionInfo.ServerCA) != 0 && !tlsConfig.RootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(connectionInfo.ServerCA) {
-			return nil, errors.New("only PEM format is accepted for server CA")
+			return nil, c.errs.New("only PEM format is accepted for server CA")
 		}
 		// Add client CA cert, which can be used instead of / as well as the specified ServerCA cert
 		if len(caCert) != 0 {
@@ -608,7 +612,7 @@ func (c *Allocator) allocationUpdateWorkers(ctx context.Context, workerCount int
 				case res := <-updateQueue:
 					gs, err := c.applyAllocationToGameServer(ctx, res.request.gsa.Spec.MetaPatch, res.gs, res.request.gsa)
 					if err != nil {
-						if !k8serrors.IsConflict(errors.Cause(err)) {
+						if !k8serrors.IsConflict(err) {
 							// since we could not allocate, we should put it back
 							// but not if it's a conflict, as the cache is no longer up to date, and
 							// we should wait for it to get updated with fresh info.
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller.go
index 56795206e9..e1550cfd96 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	gwruntime "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/runtime"
 	"github.com/heptiolabs/healthcheck"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/gameserverallocations/processor"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/gameservers"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/apiserver"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/errors"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/https"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/runtime"
 )
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Extensions struct {
 	recorder        record.EventRecorder
 	allocator       *Allocator
 	processorClient processor.Client
+	errs            *errors.Errors
 }
 
 // NewExtensions returns the extensions controller for a GameServerAllocation
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ func NewExtensions(apiServer *apiserver.APIServer,
 		allocationBatchWaitTime)
 
 	c.baseLogger = runtime.NewLoggerWithType(c)
+	c.errs = errors.FromStruct(c)
 
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(c.baseLogger.Debugf)
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ func NewProcessorExtensions(apiServer *apiserver.APIServer, kubeClient kubernete
 	}
 
 	c.baseLogger = runtime.NewLoggerWithType(c)
+	c.errs = errors.FromStruct(c)
 
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(c.baseLogger.Debugf)
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ func (c *Extensions) allocationDeserialization(r *http.Request, namespace string
 
 	gvks, _, err := scheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(gsa)
 	if err != nil {
-		return gsa, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting objectkinds for gameserverallocation")
+		return gsa, c.errs.Wrap(err, "error getting objectkinds for gameserverallocation")
 	}
 
 	gsa.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: gvks[0].Kind, APIVersion: gvks[0].Version}
@@ -220,23 +223,23 @@ func (c *Extensions) allocationDeserialization(r *http.Request, namespace string
 	mediaTypes := scheme.Codecs.SupportedMediaTypes()
 	mt, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return gsa, errors.Wrap(err, "error parsing mediatype from a request header")
+		return gsa, c.errs.Wrap(err, "error parsing mediatype from a request header")
 	}
 	info, ok := k8sruntime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(mediaTypes, mt)
 	if !ok {
-		return gsa, errors.New("Could not find deserializer")
+		return gsa, c.errs.New("Could not find deserializer")
 	}
 
 	b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return gsa, errors.Wrap(err, "could not read body")
+		return gsa, c.errs.Wrap(err, "could not read body")
 	}
 
 	gvk := allocationv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("GameServerAllocation")
 	_, _, err = info.Serializer.Decode(b, &gvk, gsa)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.baseLogger.WithField("body", string(b)).Error("error decoding body")
-		return gsa, errors.Wrap(err, "error decoding body")
+		return gsa, c.errs.Wrap(err, "error decoding body")
 	}
 
 	gsa.ObjectMeta.Namespace = namespace
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *Extensions) allocationDeserialization(r *http.Request, namespace string
 func (c *Extensions) serialisation(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, obj k8sruntime.Object, statusCode int, codecs serializer.CodecFactory) error {
 	info, err := apiserver.AcceptedSerializer(r, codecs)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to find serialisation info for %T object", obj)
+		return c.errs.Wrapf(err, "failed to find serialisation info for %T object", obj)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", info.MediaType)
@@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ func (c *Extensions) serialisation(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, obj k
 	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 
 	err = info.Serializer.Encode(obj, w)
-	return errors.Wrapf(err, "error encoding %T", obj)
+	return c.errs.Wrapf(err, "error encoding %T", obj)
 }
 
 // convertProcessorError handles processor client errors and converts them to appropriate responses
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
index 96bf48b12d..9893242101 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/apiserver"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"github.com/heptiolabs/healthcheck"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func TestMultiClusterAllocationFromRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 		_, err = executeAllocation(gsa, c)
 		if assert.Error(t, err) {
-			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "test error message")
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "test error message")
 		}
 		assert.Greaterf(t, retry, 1, "Retry count %v. Expecting to retry on error.", retry)
 	})
@@ -788,7 +788,10 @@ func executeAllocation(gsa *allocationv1.GameServerAllocation, c *Extensions) (*
 	ret := &allocationv1.GameServerAllocation{}
 	jsn := rec.Body.Bytes()
 	err = json.Unmarshal(jsn, ret)
-	return ret, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal allocation response: %s", jsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ret, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal allocation response: %s: %w", jsn, err)
+	}
+	return ret, nil
 }
 
 func addReactorForGameServer(m *agtesting.Mocks) string {
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/find.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/find.go
index 6a39847966..3561491e53 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/find.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/find.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	agonesv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/apis/agones/v1"
 	allocationv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/apis/allocation/v1"
 	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // findGameServerForAllocation finds an optimal gameserver, given the
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ func findGameServerForAllocation(gsa *allocationv1.GameServerAllocation, list []
 			}
 		}
 	default:
-		return nil, -1, errors.Errorf("scheduling strategy of '%s' is not supported", gsa.Spec.Scheduling)
+		return nil, -1, errs.Errorf("scheduling strategy of '%s' is not supported", gsa.Spec.Scheduling)
 	}
 
 	loop(list, func(i int, gs *agonesv1.GameServer) {
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/gameserverallocations.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/gameserverallocations.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4564ba538a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/gameserverallocations.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright Contributors to Agones a Series of LF Projects, LLC.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package gameserverallocations
+
+import "agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/errors"
+
+var errs = errors.FromPackage()
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/processor/client.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/processor/client.go
index 9b8a437952..122dbdab6e 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/processor/client.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/processor/client.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/util/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type client struct {
 	batchMutex sync.RWMutex
 	// requestIDMapping is a map to correlate request IDs to pendingRequest objects for response handling
 	requestIDMapping map[string]*pendingRequest
+	errs             *errors.Errors
 }
 
 // pendingRequest represents a request waiting for processing
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ func NewClient(config Config, logger logrus.FieldLogger) Client {
 		config.ClientID = string(uuid.NewUUID())
 	}
 
-	return &client{
+	c := &client{
 		config: config,
 		logger: logger,
 		hotBatch: &allocationpb.BatchRequest{
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ func NewClient(config Config, logger logrus.FieldLogger) Client {
 		pendingRequests:  make([]*pendingRequest, 0, config.MaxBatchSize),
 		requestIDMapping: make(map[string]*pendingRequest),
 	}
+	c.errs = errors.FromStruct(c)
+	return c
 }
 
 // Run starts the processor client and manages the connection lifecycle
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ func (p *client) handleStream(ctx context.Context, stream allocationpb.Processor
 				return ctx.Err()
 			}
 			p.logger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to receive message from processor")
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "stream recv error")
+			return p.errs.Wrap(err, "stream recv error")
 		}
 
 		// Handle message based on its payload type
@@ -481,7 +484,7 @@ func (p *client) connectAndRun(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Connect to the processor
 	conn, err := p.connect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to connect")
+		return p.errs.Wrap(err, "failed to connect")
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = conn.Close() }()
 
@@ -491,12 +494,12 @@ func (p *client) connectAndRun(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Open a streaming RPC to the processor
 	stream, err := client.StreamBatches(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create stream")
+		return p.errs.Wrap(err, "failed to create stream")
 	}
 
 	// Register this client instance with the processor
 	if err := p.registerClient(stream); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to register")
+		return p.errs.Wrap(err, "failed to register")
 	}
 
 	p.logger.Info("Connected to processor")
@@ -546,7 +549,7 @@ func (p *client) healthCheck(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn) error {
 	}
 
 	if resp.Status != grpc_health_v1.HealthCheckResponse_SERVING {
-		return errors.Errorf("processor not serving: %v", resp.Status)
+		return p.errs.Errorf("processor not serving: %v", resp.Status)
 	}
 
 	return nil