diff --git a/config/option.go b/config/option.go
index 0118bf3..414bc86 100644
--- a/config/option.go
+++ b/config/option.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ type OptionTransformer struct{}
 
 func (t OptionTransformer) Transformer(typ reflect.Type) func(dst, src reflect.Value) error {
 	if typ.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
-		typ = reflect.PtrTo(typ)
+		typ = reflect.PointerTo(typ)
 	}
 	if _, ok := typ.MethodByName("IsSome"); !ok {
 		return nil
diff --git a/config/validation.go b/config/validation.go
index bf6925b..f7729bd 100644
--- a/config/validation.go
+++ b/config/validation.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (v *Validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, config Config) error {
 				switch val := v.(type) {
 				// Policies that only return a single string (e.g. deny[msg])
 				case string:
-					resErr = errors.Join(resErr, fmt.Errorf(val))
+					resErr = errors.Join(resErr, errors.New(val))
 				}
 			}
 		}