diff --git a/pubsub/pubsub.go b/pubsub/pubsub.go
index 8056660c718..0b44ea5583e 100644
--- a/pubsub/pubsub.go
+++ b/pubsub/pubsub.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func NewClientWithConfig(ctx context.Context, projectID string, config *ClientCo
 	if addr := os.Getenv("PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST"); addr != "" {
 		conn, err := grpc.Dial(addr, grpc.WithInsecure())
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("grpc.Dial: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("grpc.Dial: %w", err)
 		}
 		o = []option.ClientOption{option.WithGRPCConn(conn)}
 		o = append(o, option.WithTelemetryDisabled())
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ func NewClientWithConfig(ctx context.Context, projectID string, config *ClientCo
 	o = append(o, opts...)
 	pubc, err := vkit.NewPublisherClient(ctx, o...)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsub(publisher): %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsub(publisher): %w", err)
 	}
 	subc, err := vkit.NewSubscriberClient(ctx, o...)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsub(subscriber): %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsub(subscriber): %w", err)
 	}
 	if config != nil {
 		pubc.CallOptions = mergePublisherCallOptions(pubc.CallOptions, config.PublisherCallOptions)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (c *Client) Close() error {
 	pubErr := c.pubc.Close()
 	subErr := c.subc.Close()
 	if pubErr != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub publisher closing error: %v", pubErr)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub publisher closing error: %w", pubErr)
 	}
 	if subErr != nil {
 		// Suppress client connection closing errors. This will only happen
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (c *Client) Close() error {
 		if strings.Contains(subErr.Error(), "the client connection is closing") {
 			return nil
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub subscriber closing error: %v", subErr)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub subscriber closing error: %w", subErr)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pubsub/subscription.go b/pubsub/subscription.go
index 5afd33a69c4..c3e6b4ad654 100644
--- a/pubsub/subscription.go
+++ b/pubsub/subscription.go
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ type SubscriptionConfigToUpdate struct {
 func (s *Subscription) Update(ctx context.Context, cfg SubscriptionConfigToUpdate) (SubscriptionConfig, error) {
 	req := s.updateRequest(&cfg)
 	if err := cfg.validate(); err != nil {
-		return SubscriptionConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("pubsub: UpdateSubscription %v", err)
+		return SubscriptionConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("pubsub: UpdateSubscription %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(req.UpdateMask.Paths) == 0 {
 		return SubscriptionConfig{}, errors.New("pubsub: UpdateSubscription call with nothing to update")
diff --git a/pubsublite/config.go b/pubsublite/config.go
index 7126045484d..2ff7c56e0e2 100644
--- a/pubsublite/config.go
+++ b/pubsublite/config.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func protoToTopicConfig(t *pb.Topic) (*TopicConfig, error) {
 	if retentionCfg.Period != nil {
 		period, err := ptypes.Duration(retentionCfg.Period)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: invalid retention period in topic config: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: invalid retention period in topic config: %w", err)
 		}
 		topic.RetentionDuration = period
 	}
diff --git a/pubsublite/internal/wire/assigner.go b/pubsublite/internal/wire/assigner.go
index a8ad950db0a..bc05d13ba8b 100644
--- a/pubsublite/internal/wire/assigner.go
+++ b/pubsublite/internal/wire/assigner.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type assigner struct {
 func newAssigner(ctx context.Context, assignmentClient *vkit.PartitionAssignmentClient, genUUID generateUUIDFunc, settings ReceiveSettings, subscriptionPath string, receiver partitionAssignmentReceiver) (*assigner, error) {
 	clientID, err := genUUID()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: failed to generate client UUID: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: failed to generate client UUID: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	a := &assigner{
diff --git a/pubsublite/internal/wire/publish_batcher.go b/pubsublite/internal/wire/publish_batcher.go
index ee28fbc000d..c1a804cd098 100644
--- a/pubsublite/internal/wire/publish_batcher.go
+++ b/pubsublite/internal/wire/publish_batcher.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (b *publishMessageBatcher) AddMessage(msg *pb.PubSubMessage, onResult Publi
 	if err := b.msgBundler.Add(holder, msgSize); err != nil {
 		// As we've already checked the size of the message and overflow, the
 		// bundler should not return an error.
-		return fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: failed to batch message: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubsublite: failed to batch message: %w", err)
 	}
 	b.availableBufferBytes -= msgSize
 	return nil