diff --git a/pkg/replicas/getter.go b/pkg/replicas/getter.go
index 496bc5d658a..26345919958 100644
--- a/pkg/replicas/getter.go
+++ b/pkg/replicas/getter.go
@@ -24,20 +24,7 @@ import (
 // then the probability of Swarmageddon is less than 0.000001
 // assuming the error rate of chunk retrievals stays below the level expressed
 // as depth by the publisher.
-type ErrSwarmageddon struct {
-	error
-}
-
-func (err *ErrSwarmageddon) Unwrap() []error {
-	if err == nil || err.error == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var uwe interface{ Unwrap() []error }
-	if !errors.As(err.error, &uwe) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return uwe.Unwrap()
-}
+var ErrSwarmageddon = errors.New("swarmageddon has begun")
 
 // getter is the private implementation of storage.Getter, an interface for
 // retrieving chunks. This getter embeds the original simple chunk getter and extends it
@@ -69,7 +56,7 @@ func (g *getter) Get(ctx context.Context, addr swarm.Address) (ch swarm.Chunk, e
 	resultC := make(chan swarm.Chunk)
 	// errc collects the errors
 	errc := make(chan error, 17)
-	var errs []error
+	var errs error
 	errcnt := 0
 
 	// concurrently call to retrieve chunk using original CAC address
@@ -108,10 +95,10 @@ func (g *getter) Get(ctx context.Context, addr swarm.Address) (ch swarm.Chunk, e
 			return chunk, nil
 
 		case err = <-errc:
-			errs = append(errs, err)
+			errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
 			errcnt++
 			if errcnt > total {
-				return nil, &ErrSwarmageddon{errors.Join(errs...)}
+				return nil, errors.Join(ErrSwarmageddon, errs)
 			}
 
 			// ticker switches on the address channel
diff --git a/pkg/replicas/getter_test.go b/pkg/replicas/getter_test.go
index 3b11ad26d94..7435b0574fd 100644
--- a/pkg/replicas/getter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/replicas/getter_test.go
@@ -195,18 +195,11 @@ func TestGetter(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				t.Run("returns correct error", func(t *testing.T) {
-					var esg *replicas.ErrSwarmageddon
-					if !errors.As(err, &esg) {
+					if !errors.Is(err, replicas.ErrSwarmageddon) {
 						t.Fatalf("incorrect error. want Swarmageddon. got %v", err)
 					}
-					errs := esg.Unwrap()
-					for _, err := range errs {
-						if !errors.Is(err, tc.failure.err) {
-							t.Fatalf("incorrect error. want it to wrap %v. got %v", tc.failure.err, err)
-						}
-					}
-					if len(errs) != tc.count+1 {
-						t.Fatalf("incorrect error. want %d. got %d", tc.count+1, len(errs))
+					if !errors.Is(err, tc.failure.err) {
+						t.Fatalf("incorrect error. want it to wrap %v. got %v", tc.failure.err, err)
 					}
 				})
 			}
@@ -265,7 +258,6 @@ func TestGetter(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 				}
 			})
-
 		})
 	}
 }