diff --git a/internal/registry/auth.go b/internal/registry/auth.go
index 1c0ccb6759..4844710e66 100644
--- a/internal/registry/auth.go
+++ b/internal/registry/auth.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg/errhttp"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/auth"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/auth/challenge"
@@ -67,11 +68,7 @@ func loginV2(ctx context.Context, authConfig *registry.AuthConfig, endpoint APIE
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		// TODO(dmcgowan): Attempt to further interpret result, status code and error code string
-		err := fmt.Errorf("login attempt to %s failed with status: %d %s", endpointStr, resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
-		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
-			return "", unauthorizedErr{err}
-		}
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("login attempt to %s failed with status: %d %s: %w", endpointStr, resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode), errhttp.ToNative(resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
 	return credentialAuthConfig.IdentityToken, nil
diff --git a/internal/registry/auth_test.go b/internal/registry/auth_test.go
index 4b7f1a8d5b..44632df42e 100644
--- a/internal/registry/auth_test.go
+++ b/internal/registry/auth_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func TestLoginV2BasicAuthUnauthorized(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = loginV2(ctx, &registry.AuthConfig{Username: "alice", Password: "wrong"}, endpoint, "docker-test")
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "401")
 	assert.Check(t, errdefs.IsUnauthorized(err))
+	assert.Check(t, is.ErrorType(err, errdefs.IsUnauthorized))
 
 	token, err := loginV2(ctx, &registry.AuthConfig{Username: "alice", Password: "secret"}, endpoint, "docker-test")
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index 0a21b03055..ea519df145 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tool (
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0
+	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/platforms v1.0.0-rc.5
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-events v0.0.0-20260608200158-dbf6103125a4 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.1.0 // indirect