diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2613d63..01ee294 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This is the [Go](http://golang.org) implementation of **Frisbee**, a bring-your-
 protocol messaging framework designed for performance and
 stability.
 
-**This library requires Go1.18 or later.**
+**This library requires Go1.20 or later.**
 
 ## Important note about releases and stability
 
diff --git a/async.go b/async.go
index bae31b1..170edef 100644
--- a/async.go
+++ b/async.go
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/common/pkg/queue"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/internal/dialer"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/metadata"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
-	"net"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // Async is the underlying asynchronous frisbee connection which has extremely efficient read and write logic and
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index c9b878c..2fe4a9f 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ package frisbee
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 // DefaultBufferSize is the size of the default buffer
diff --git a/frisbee.go b/frisbee.go
index 27de45b..b844ce7 100644
--- a/frisbee.go
+++ b/frisbee.go
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ package frisbee
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/metadata"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // These are various frisbee errors that can be returned by the client or server:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4aec280..b978bdd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 module github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/loopholelabs/common v0.4.9
-	github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.2
+	github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.4
 	github.com/loopholelabs/testing v0.2.3
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
-	go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a552fd6..f51ac76 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,31 +8,33 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/loopholelabs/common v0.4.9 h1:9MPUYlZZ/qx3Kt8LXgXxcSXthrM91od8026c4DlGpAU=
 github.com/loopholelabs/common v0.4.9/go.mod h1:Wop5srN1wYT+mdQ9gZ+kn2I9qKAyVd0FB48pThwIa9M=
-github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.2 h1:9JE1m/IL8rgWIlykvebz98i4tjOGNOpgGIB3CqbfvrE=
-github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.2/go.mod h1:EA88BEkIluKHAWxhyOV88xXz68YkRdo9IzZ+1dj+7Ao=
+github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.4 h1:+yCGD3MQnmmX5ln+9mCbSCUgH7GQH0RxKJn/54hAaQU=
+github.com/loopholelabs/polyglot v1.1.4/go.mod h1:EA88BEkIluKHAWxhyOV88xXz68YkRdo9IzZ+1dj+7Ao=
 github.com/loopholelabs/testing v0.2.3 h1:4nVuK5ctaE6ua5Z0dYk2l7xTFmcpCYLUeGjRBp8keOA=
 github.com/loopholelabs/testing v0.2.3/go.mod h1:gqtGY91soYD1fQoKQt/6kP14OYpS7gcbcIgq5mc9m8Q=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 h1:jF+Du6AlPIjs2BiUiQlKOX0rt3SujHxPnksPKZbaA40=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+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/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0 h1:SymVODrcRsaRaSInD9yQtKbtWqwsfoPcRff/oRXLj4c=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0/go.mod h1:/tk+P47gFdPXq4QYjvCmT5/Gsug2nagsFWBWhAiSi1w=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0 h1:FcTR3NnLWW+NnTwwhFWiJSZr4ECLpqCm6QsEnyvbV4A=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 h1:NBol2c7O1ZokfZ0LEU9K6Whx/KnwvepVetCUhtKja4A=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1/go.mod h1:qlT2yGI9QafXHhZZLxlSuNsMw3FFLxBr+tBRlmO1xH4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f h1:v4INt8xihDGvnrfjMDVXGxw9wrfxYyCjk0KbXjhR55s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/pkg/metadata/metadata.go b/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
index e1455b0..2c755d0 100644
--- a/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ package metadata
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 var (
-	Encoding            = errors.New("error while encoding metadata")
-	Decoding            = errors.New("error while decoding metadata")
-	InvalidBufferLength = errors.New("invalid buffer length")
+	EncodingErr            = errors.New("error while encoding metadata")
+	DecodingErr            = errors.New("error while decoding metadata")
+	InvalidBufferLengthErr = errors.New("invalid buffer length")
 )
 
 const (
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ type Metadata struct {
 func (fm *Metadata) Encode() (b *Buffer, err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if recoveredErr := recover(); recoveredErr != nil {
-			err = errors.Wrap(recoveredErr.(error), Encoding.Error())
+			err = errors.Join(recoveredErr.(error), EncodingErr)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func (fm *Metadata) Encode() (b *Buffer, err error) {
 func (fm *Metadata) Decode(buf *Buffer) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if recoveredErr := recover(); recoveredErr != nil {
-			err = errors.Wrap(recoveredErr.(error), Decoding.Error())
+			err = errors.Join(recoveredErr.(error), DecodingErr)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func Encode(id, operation uint16, contentLength uint32) (*Buffer, error) {
 
 func Decode(buf []byte) (*Metadata, error) {
 	if len(buf) < Size {
-		return nil, InvalidBufferLength
+		return nil, InvalidBufferLengthErr
 	}
 
 	m := new(Metadata)
diff --git a/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go b/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go
index 786bea2..11f3699 100644
--- a/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/metadata/metadata_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ package metadata
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestMessageEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func TestEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	invalidMessage, err := Decode(emptyEncodedBytes[1:])
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.ErrorIs(t, InvalidBufferLength, err)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, InvalidBufferLengthErr, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, invalidMessage)
 }
 
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 376883d..8676be7 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ package frisbee
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
diff --git a/sync.go b/sync.go
index e2b0746..9e58809 100644
--- a/sync.go
+++ b/sync.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/internal/dialer"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/metadata"
 	"github.com/loopholelabs/frisbee-go/pkg/packet"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )