diff --git a/autopatch/autopatch.go b/autopatch/autopatch.go
index 7c533b73..3935382a 100644
--- a/autopatch/autopatch.go
+++ b/autopatch/autopatch.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ package autopatch
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func PatchResource(api huma.API, path *huma.PathItem) {
 			var nullabilitySettings MergePatchNullabilitySettings
 			if extension, ok := oapi.Extensions[MergePatchNullabilityExtension]; ok {
 				if nullabilitySettings, ok = extension.(MergePatchNullabilitySettings); !ok {
-					huma.WriteErr(api, ctx, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Unable to parse nullability settings", fmt.Errorf("invalid nullability settings type"))
+					huma.WriteErr(api, ctx, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Unable to parse nullability settings", errors.New("invalid nullability settings type"))
 					return
 				} else if nullabilitySettings.Enabled {
 					preserveNullsInMergePatch = true
diff --git a/autopatch/autopatch_test.go b/autopatch/autopatch_test.go
index 4c7bd794..2a58507c 100644
--- a/autopatch/autopatch_test.go
+++ b/autopatch/autopatch_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing/iotest"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/danielgtaylor/huma/v2"
 	"github.com/danielgtaylor/huma/v2/humatest"
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ func TestReplaceNulls(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			result, err := replaceNulls([]byte(tc.input), settings)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.JSONEq(t, tc.expected, string(result))
 		})
 	}
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ func TestRestoreNulls(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			result, err := restoreNulls([]byte(tc.input), settings)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.JSONEq(t, tc.expected, string(result))
 		})
 	}