diff --git a/i18n/parser.go b/i18n/parser.go
index 1b8467a188e2260e372ea6fa4ce4457adae07a17..37cdc8a0855b39a0f8162148a6d27a2473f1f152 100644
--- a/i18n/parser.go
+++ b/i18n/parser.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type TranslationFile struct {
 func ParseJSON(data []byte) (MessageMap, error) {
 	var file TranslationFile
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &file); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrParseFailed, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrParseFailed, err)
 	}
 
 	messages := make(MessageMap)
diff --git a/i18n/parser_test.go b/i18n/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..339fbf8310a597346629e6297fc267429362df89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package i18n
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseJSONWrapsSyntaxError(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ParseJSON([]byte(`{"language":"en","messages":`))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("ParseJSON() error = nil, want parse error")
+	}
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrParseFailed) {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseJSON() error = %v, want ErrParseFailed in chain", err)
+	}
+
+	var syntaxErr *json.SyntaxError
+	if !errors.As(err, &syntaxErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseJSON() error = %v, want json.SyntaxError in chain", err)
+	}
+}