diff --git a/common/daemon/root_test.go b/common/daemon/root_test.go
index 7c5edecb..02035657 100644
--- a/common/daemon/root_test.go
+++ b/common/daemon/root_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package daemon
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestTombTracking(t *testing.T) {
 		case <-tomb.Dying():
 			t.Fatalf("Dying() should not happen inside the tomb")
 		case <-ch:
-			return fmt.Errorf("crashing")
+			return errors.New("crashing")
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/orchestrator/clickhouse/migrations.go b/orchestrator/clickhouse/migrations.go
index 77c81c4a..9f210092 100644
--- a/orchestrator/clickhouse/migrations.go
+++ b/orchestrator/clickhouse/migrations.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package clickhouse
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (c *Component) migrateDatabase() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse cluster settings: %w", err)
 		}
 		if shardNum == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot get the number of shards for the cluster")
+			return errors.New("cannot get the number of shards for the cluster")
 		}
 		c.shards = int(shardNum)
 	}
diff --git a/orchestrator/clickhouse/root.go b/orchestrator/clickhouse/root.go
index fea4fad0..b8f3fe63 100644
--- a/orchestrator/clickhouse/root.go
+++ b/orchestrator/clickhouse/root.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package clickhouse
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func New(r *reporter.Reporter, configuration Configuration, dependencies Depende
 		return c.config.Resolutions[i].Interval < c.config.Resolutions[j].Interval
 	})
 	if len(c.config.Resolutions) == 0 || c.config.Resolutions[0].Interval != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolutions need to be configured, including interval: 0")
+		return nil, errors.New("resolutions need to be configured, including interval: 0")
 	}
 
 	c.d.Daemon.Track(&c.t, "orchestrator/clickhouse")
diff --git a/outlet/metadata/provider/gnmi/collector.go b/outlet/metadata/provider/gnmi/collector.go
index 482dc72c..c1bd1d25 100644
--- a/outlet/metadata/provider/gnmi/collector.go
+++ b/outlet/metadata/provider/gnmi/collector.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package gnmi
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
@@ -333,5 +334,5 @@ func (p *Provider) detectModelAndEncoding(ctx context.Context, tg *target.Target
 			return model, encoding, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return Model{}, "", fmt.Errorf("no compatible model found")
+	return Model{}, "", errors.New("no compatible model found")
 }
diff --git a/outlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go b/outlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
index a106c80e..9d85c7cc 100644
--- a/outlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
+++ b/outlet/metadata/provider/snmp/poller.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Poll(ctx context.Context, exporter, agent netip.Addr, port ui
 			results = slices.Clone(currentResult.Variables)
 		} else {
 			if len(results) != len(currentResult.Variables) {
-				logError(fmt.Errorf("SNMP mismatch on variable lengths"))
+				logError(errors.New("SNMP mismatch on variable lengths"))
 			}
 			for idx := range results {
 				switch results[idx].Type {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Poll(ctx context.Context, exporter, agent netip.Addr, port ui
 		}
 	}
 	if len(results) != len(requests) {
-		logError(fmt.Errorf("SNMP mismatch on variable lengths"))
+		logError(errors.New("SNMP mismatch on variable lengths"))
 	}
 	p.metrics.times.WithLabelValues(exporterStr).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())