diff --git a/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go b/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
index 2efbcc0b7ea..38f6044b130 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/entrypoint.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func orderContainers(entrypointImage string, steps []corev1.Container) (corev1.C
 func UpdateReady(kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, pod corev1.Pod) error {
 	newPod, err := kubeclient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Get(pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting Pod %q when updating ready annotation: %w", pod.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting Pod %q when updating ready annotation: %v", pod.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	// Update the Pod's "READY" annotation to signal the first step to
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func UpdateReady(kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, pod corev1.Pod) error {
 	if newPod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[readyAnnotation] != readyAnnotationValue {
 		newPod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[readyAnnotation] = readyAnnotationValue
 		if _, err := kubeclient.CoreV1().Pods(newPod.Namespace).Update(newPod); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error adding ready annotation to Pod %q: %w", pod.Name, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error adding ready annotation to Pod %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func UpdateReady(kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, pod corev1.Pod) error {
 func StopSidecars(nopImage string, kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, pod corev1.Pod) error {
 	newPod, err := kubeclient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Get(pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting Pod %q when stopping sidecars: %w", pod.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting Pod %q when stopping sidecars: %v", pod.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	updated := false
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func StopSidecars(nopImage string, kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, pod corev1.P
 	}
 	if updated {
 		if _, err := kubeclient.CoreV1().Pods(newPod.Namespace).Update(newPod); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error adding ready annotation to Pod %q: %w", pod.Name, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error adding ready annotation to Pod %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/pod/status_test.go b/pkg/pod/status_test.go
index 74ae37dafbd..f8883d2a99a 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/status_test.go
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ func TestMakeTaskRunStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					Namespace: "foo",
 				},
 				Status: v1alpha1.TaskRunStatus{
-					StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: startTime},
+					TaskRunStatusFields: v1alpha1.TaskRunStatusFields{
+						StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: startTime},
+					},
 				},
 			}