diff --git a/.changelog/217.txt b/.changelog/217.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530a2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/217.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+Replace usages of github.com/joeshaw/multierror with the stdlib errors.Join(). This may affect the rendering of some error messages.
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 49257e0..4ddc625 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.0
-	github.com/joeshaw/multierror v0.0.0-20140124173710-69b34d4ec901
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4086b47..0fdb835 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TsU0Nrp7/y3+VwE82FoZF8gC/XFg/Elz6
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
-github.com/joeshaw/multierror v0.0.0-20140124173710-69b34d4ec901 h1:rp+c0RAYOWj8l6qbCUTSiRLG/iKnW3K3/QfPPuSsBt4=
-github.com/joeshaw/multierror v0.0.0-20140124173710-69b34d4ec901/go.mod h1:Z86h9688Y0wesXCyonoVr47MasHilkuLMqGhRZ4Hpak=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
diff --git a/providers/aix/host_aix_ppc64.go b/providers/aix/host_aix_ppc64.go
index dafe062..059a5f0 100644
--- a/providers/aix/host_aix_ppc64.go
+++ b/providers/aix/host_aix_ppc64.go
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/joeshaw/multierror"
-
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/internal/registry"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/providers/shared"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/types"
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ func (r *reader) addErr(err error) bool {
 
 func (r *reader) Err() error {
 	if len(r.errs) > 0 {
-		return &multierror.MultiError{Errors: r.errs}
+		return errors.Join(r.errs...)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/providers/darwin/host_darwin.go b/providers/darwin/host_darwin.go
index 4a6adc1..933959b 100644
--- a/providers/darwin/host_darwin.go
+++ b/providers/darwin/host_darwin.go
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/joeshaw/multierror"
-
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/internal/registry"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/providers/shared"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/types"
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ func (r *reader) addErr(err error) bool {
 
 func (r *reader) Err() error {
 	if len(r.errs) > 0 {
-		return &multierror.MultiError{Errors: r.errs}
+		return errors.Join(r.errs...)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/providers/linux/host_linux.go b/providers/linux/host_linux.go
index 2e0d604..d2f0875 100644
--- a/providers/linux/host_linux.go
+++ b/providers/linux/host_linux.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/joeshaw/multierror"
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/internal/registry"
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ func (r *reader) addErr(err error) bool {
 
 func (r *reader) Err() error {
 	if len(r.errs) > 0 {
-		return &multierror.MultiError{Errors: r.errs}
+		return errors.Join(r.errs...)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/providers/linux/os.go b/providers/linux/os.go
index f5b02be..fb22028 100644
--- a/providers/linux/os.go
+++ b/providers/linux/os.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package linux
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -27,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/joeshaw/multierror"
-
 	"github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/types"
 )
 
@@ -207,11 +206,11 @@ func makeOSInfo(osRelease map[string]string) (*types.OSInfo, error) {
 }
 
 func findDistribRelease(baseDir string) (*types.OSInfo, error) {
-	var errs []error
 	matches, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(baseDir, distribRelease))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	var errs []error
 	for _, path := range matches {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(path, osRelease) || strings.HasSuffix(path, lsbRelease) {
 			continue
@@ -227,9 +226,9 @@ func findDistribRelease(baseDir string) (*types.OSInfo, error) {
 			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("in %s: %w", path, err))
 			continue
 		}
-		return osInfo, err
+		return osInfo, nil
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid /etc/<distrib>-release file found: %w", &multierror.MultiError{Errors: errs})
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid /etc/<distrib>-release file found: %w", errors.Join(errs...))
 }
 
 func getDistribRelease(file string) (*types.OSInfo, error) {
diff --git a/providers/windows/host_windows.go b/providers/windows/host_windows.go
index e476778..8cbc2ba 100644
--- a/providers/windows/host_windows.go
+++ b/providers/windows/host_windows.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/joeshaw/multierror"
-
 	stdwindows "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 
 	windows "github.com/elastic/go-windows"
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ func (r *reader) addErr(err error) bool {
 
 func (r *reader) Err() error {
 	if len(r.errs) > 0 {
-		return &multierror.MultiError{Errors: r.errs}
+		return errors.Join(r.errs...)
 	}
 	return nil
 }