diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index bfc10b2a..6cc8d8d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-go-
     - name: Test
       run: go test -race -bench . -benchmem ./...
+    - name: Test pkgerrors
+      run: go test -race -bench . -benchmem ./...
+      working-directory: pkgerrors
     - name: Test CBOR
       run: go test -tags binary_log -race ./...
   coverage:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6a792981..e48d1741 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.23
 require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eb68dad1..39f5f538 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHP
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0 h1:fV591PaemRlL6JfRxGDEPl69wICngIQ3shQtzfy2gxU=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7XoLgs4eV+QndskICGsho+ADou8ySMSjJKDIan90Nz0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/pkgerrors/go.mod b/pkgerrors/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7be2842f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgerrors/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module github.com/rs/zerolog/pkgerrors
+
+go 1.23
+
+require (
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
+)
+
+replace github.com/rs/zerolog => ..
diff --git a/pkgerrors/go.sum b/pkgerrors/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d68df641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgerrors/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHPsaIE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=