diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go
index 1a1e0468f..80b2734da 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ func TestDependencyUpdateCmd_DoNotDeleteOldChartsOnError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Make sure tmpcharts-x is deleted
 	tmpPath := filepath.Join(dir(chartname), fmt.Sprintf("tmpcharts-%d", os.Getpid()))
-	if _, err := os.Stat(tmpPath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(tmpPath); !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		t.Fatalf("tmpcharts dir still exists")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index 45dcf7d52..ed49bd7a5 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ func runInstall(args []string, client *action.Install, valueOpts *values.Options
 		// As of Helm 2.4.0, this is treated as a stopping condition:
 		// https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/2209
 		if err := action.CheckDependencies(chartRequested, req); err != nil {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("An error occurred while checking for chart dependencies. You may need to run `helm dependency build` to fetch missing dependencies: %w", err)
 			if client.DependencyUpdate {
 				man := &downloader.Manager{
 					Out:              out,
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@ func runInstall(args []string, client *action.Install, valueOpts *values.Options
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed reloading chart after repo update: %w", err)
 				}
 			} else {
-				return nil, err
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("An error occurred while checking for chart dependencies. You may need to run `helm dependency build` to fetch missing dependencies: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_add.go b/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
index 967e98bea..5dc7ad0b9 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func (o *repoAddOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 	}
 
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(o.repoFile)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_add_test.go b/cmd/helm/repo_add_test.go
index 2386bb01f..fa95ae1fa 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_add_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_add_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -115,11 +117,11 @@ func TestRepoAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	idx := filepath.Join(helmpath.CachePath("repository"), helmpath.CacheIndexFile(testRepoName))
-	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		t.Errorf("Error cache index file was not created for repository %s", testRepoName)
 	}
 	idx = filepath.Join(helmpath.CachePath("repository"), helmpath.CacheChartsFile(testRepoName))
-	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		t.Errorf("Error cache charts file was not created for repository %s", testRepoName)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_index.go b/cmd/helm/repo_index.go
index 06bd6b4c6..c87d2b878 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_index.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_index.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ func index(dir, url, mergeTo string, json bool) error {
 	if mergeTo != "" {
 		// if index.yaml is missing then create an empty one to merge into
 		var i2 *repo.IndexFile
-		if _, err := os.Stat(mergeTo); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(mergeTo); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			i2 = repo.NewIndexFile()
 			writeIndexFile(i2, mergeTo, json)
 		} else {
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_remove.go b/cmd/helm/repo_remove.go
index 1b6b90bfd..150f8dc2e 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_remove.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_remove.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func removeRepoCache(root, name string) error {
 	}
 
 	idx = filepath.Join(root, helmpath.CacheIndexFile(name))
-	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(idx); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return nil
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't remove index file %s: %w", idx, err)
diff --git a/cmd/helm/template.go b/cmd/helm/template.go
index b53ed6b1c..b7c2cd13a 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/template.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/template.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ func createOrOpenFile(filename string, append bool) (*os.File, error) {
 func ensureDirectoryForFile(file string) error {
 	baseDir := path.Dir(file)
 	_, err := os.Stat(baseDir)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/resolver/resolver.go b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
index 73a36e9bb..24d92b809 100644
--- a/internal/resolver/resolver.go
+++ b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package resolver
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ func GetLocalPath(repo, chartpath string) (string, error) {
 		depPath = filepath.Join(chartpath, p)
 	}
 
-	if _, err = os.Stat(depPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err = os.Stat(depPath); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("directory %s not found", depPath)
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go b/internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go
index 9491fed6e..793514c90 100644
--- a/internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go
+++ b/internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func CopyDir(src, dst string) error {
 	}
 
 	_, err = os.Stat(dst)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/internal/tlsutil/cfg.go b/internal/tlsutil/cfg.go
index 26da172c5..84377621c 100644
--- a/internal/tlsutil/cfg.go
+++ b/internal/tlsutil/cfg.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ package tlsutil
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
+	"io/fs"
 )
 
 // Options represents configurable options used to create client and server TLS configurations.
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func ClientConfig(opts Options) (cfg *tls.Config, err error) {
 
 	if opts.CertFile != "" || opts.KeyFile != "" {
 		if cert, err = CertFromFilePair(opts.CertFile, opts.KeyFile); err != nil {
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load x509 key pair (cert: %q, key: %q): %w", opts.CertFile, opts.KeyFile, err)
 			}
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read x509 key pair (cert: %q, key: %q): %w", opts.CertFile, opts.KeyFile, err)
diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index aa10dbd46..7ad7d1804 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ func createOrOpenFile(filename string, append bool) (*os.File, error) {
 func ensureDirectoryForFile(file string) error {
 	baseDir := path.Dir(file)
 	_, err := os.Stat(baseDir)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/action/install_test.go b/pkg/action/install_test.go
index d11b04011..c6de71191 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package action
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -626,7 +628,7 @@ func TestInstallReleaseOutputDir(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertGoldenFile(t, filepath.Join(dir, "hello/templates/rbac"), "rbac.txt")
 
 	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "hello/templates/empty"))
-	is.True(os.IsNotExist(err))
+	is.True(errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist))
 }
 
 func TestInstallOutputDirWithReleaseName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ func TestInstallOutputDirWithReleaseName(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertGoldenFile(t, filepath.Join(newDir, "hello/templates/rbac"), "rbac.txt")
 
 	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(newDir, "hello/templates/empty"))
-	is.True(os.IsNotExist(err))
+	is.True(errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist))
 }
 
 func TestNameAndChart(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/action/validate.go b/pkg/action/validate.go
index cbf48acb7..f5bf75ed7 100644
--- a/pkg/action/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/action/validate.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package action
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -113,11 +112,7 @@ func checkOwnership(obj runtime.Object, releaseName, releaseNamespace string) er
 	}
 
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		err := errors.New("invalid ownership metadata")
-		for _, e := range errs {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("%w; %s", err, e)
-		}
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid ownership metadata; %w", joinErrors(errs, "; "))
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
index 98bfc2348..392ef3572 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package chartutil
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ func IsChartDir(dirName string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	chartYaml := filepath.Join(dirName, ChartfileName)
-	if _, err := os.Stat(chartYaml); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(chartYaml); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("no %s exists in directory %q", ChartfileName, dirName)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/save.go b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
index bf47cbe44..b2170ac8d 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/save.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func Save(c *chart.Chart, outDir string) (string, error) {
 	filename = filepath.Join(outDir, filename)
 	dir := filepath.Dir(filename)
 	if stat, err := os.Stat(dir); err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			if err2 := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err2 != nil {
 				return "", err2
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index 963ddbf1f..a03d31bee 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ func ToRenderValuesWithSchemaValidation(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals map[string]i
 
 	if !skipSchemaValidation {
 		if err := ValidateAgainstSchema(chrt, vals); err != nil {
-			errFmt := "values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):\n%s"
-			return top, fmt.Errorf(errFmt, err.Error())
+			return top, fmt.Errorf("values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):\n%w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index e778e9105..8d402e784 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	stdfs "io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ func (m *Manager) downloadAll(deps []*chart.Dependency) error {
 		if !fi.IsDir() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a directory", destPath)
 		}
-	} else if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	} else if errors.Is(err, stdfs.ErrNotExist) {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(destPath, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ensureMissingRepos(repoNames map[string]string, deps []*chart.
 func (m *Manager) resolveRepoNames(deps []*chart.Dependency) (map[string]string, error) {
 	rf, err := loadRepoConfig(m.RepositoryConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, stdfs.ErrNotExist) {
 			return make(map[string]string), nil
 		}
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go b/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
index db2487d16..805b78bf7 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package downloader
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ func TestDownloadAll(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(chartPath, "charts", "signtest-0.1.0.tgz")); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(chartPath, "charts", "signtest-0.1.0.tgz")); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/installer/http_installer_test.go b/pkg/plugin/installer/http_installer_test.go
index 12b6c1ef7..31d6b90e2 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/installer/http_installer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/installer/http_installer_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func TestExtract(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pluginYAMLFullPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "plugin.yaml")
 	if info, err := os.Stat(pluginYAMLFullPath); err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected %s to exist but doesn't", pluginYAMLFullPath)
 		}
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ func TestExtract(t *testing.T) {
 
 	readmeFullPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "README.md")
 	if info, err := os.Stat(readmeFullPath); err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected %s to exist but doesn't", readmeFullPath)
 		}
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/installer/vcs_installer.go b/pkg/plugin/installer/vcs_installer.go
index 96658665b..23364a89a 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/installer/vcs_installer.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/installer/vcs_installer.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package installer // import "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/plugin/installer"
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	stdfs "io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ func (i *VCSInstaller) setVersion(repo vcs.Repo, ref string) error {
 
 // sync will clone or update a remote repo.
 func (i *VCSInstaller) sync(repo vcs.Repo) error {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(repo.LocalPath()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(repo.LocalPath()); errors.Is(err, stdfs.ErrNotExist) {
 		debug("cloning %s to %s", repo.Remote(), repo.LocalPath())
 		return repo.Get()
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/postrender/exec.go b/pkg/postrender/exec.go
index fcf52ffee..90e5473f3 100644
--- a/pkg/postrender/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/postrender/exec.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func getFullPath(binaryPath string) (string, error) {
 	// 	// The plugins variable can actually contain multiple paths, so loop through those
 	// 	for _, p := range filepath.SplitList(pluginDir) {
 	// 		_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(p, binaryPath))
-	// 		if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	// 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 	// 			return "", err
 	// 		} else if err == nil {
 	// 			binaryPath = filepath.Join(p, binaryPath)
diff --git a/pkg/pusher/ocipusher.go b/pkg/pusher/ocipusher.go
index d2066ab09..29ffb0afb 100644
--- a/pkg/pusher/ocipusher.go
+++ b/pkg/pusher/ocipusher.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package pusher
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func (pusher *OCIPusher) Push(chartRef, href string, options ...Option) error {
 func (pusher *OCIPusher) push(chartRef, href string) error {
 	stat, err := os.Stat(chartRef)
 	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: no such file", chartRef)
 		}
 		return err