diff --git a/deb/deb.go b/deb/deb.go
index 60ae6912..c9f5d9fa 100644
--- a/deb/deb.go
+++ b/deb/deb.go
@@ -324,8 +324,10 @@ func addArFile(w *ar.Writer, name string, body []byte, date time.Time) error {
 	if err := w.WriteHeader(&header); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot write file header: %w", err)
 	}
-	_, err := w.Write(body)
-	return err
+	if _, err := w.Write(body); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot write %s body to deb: %w", name, err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 type nopCloser struct {
@@ -715,7 +717,7 @@ func newFileInsideTar(out *tar.Writer, name string, content []byte, modtime time
 func newFilePathInsideTar(out *tar.Writer, path, dest string, mode int64, modtime time.Time) error {
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot read %s: %w", path, err)
 	}
 	return newItemInsideTar(out, content, &tar.Header{
 		Name:     files.AsExplicitRelativePath(dest),
diff --git a/deb/deb_test.go b/deb/deb_test.go
index 7e650b87..f6098a60 100644
--- a/deb/deb_test.go
+++ b/deb/deb_test.go
@@ -1660,3 +1660,55 @@ func verifyDpkgSigFileHashes(arFiles map[string][]byte, msg string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+type failAfterNWriter struct {
+	n   int
+	err error
+}
+
+func (w *failAfterNWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if w.n <= 0 {
+		return 0, w.err
+	}
+	if len(p) > w.n {
+		p = p[:w.n]
+	}
+	w.n -= len(p)
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func TestWriterPathErrorsAreWrapped(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		fn   func() error
+		want error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "addArFile write error",
+			fn: func() error {
+				fw := &failAfterNWriter{n: 68, err: os.ErrClosed}
+				w := ar.NewWriter(fw)
+				if err := w.WriteGlobalHeader(); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return addArFile(w, "test", []byte("body"), time.Now())
+			},
+			want: os.ErrClosed,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "newFilePathInsideTar read error",
+			fn: func() error {
+				tw := tar.NewWriter(io.Discard)
+				return newFilePathInsideTar(tw, "/nonexistent/path", "dest", 0o644, time.Now())
+			},
+			want: os.ErrNotExist,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tt.fn()
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rpm/rpm.go b/rpm/rpm.go
index 1df627df..3682134f 100644
--- a/rpm/rpm.go
+++ b/rpm/rpm.go
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.RPM.Scripts.PreTrans != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.RPM.Scripts.PreTrans)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read pretrans script %s: %w", info.RPM.Scripts.PreTrans, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPretrans(string(data))
 	}
 	if info.Scripts.PreInstall != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.Scripts.PreInstall)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read preinstall script %s: %w", info.Scripts.PreInstall, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPrein(string(data))
 	}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.Scripts.PreRemove != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.Scripts.PreRemove)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read preremove script %s: %w", info.Scripts.PreRemove, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPreun(string(data))
 	}
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.Scripts.PostInstall != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.Scripts.PostInstall)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read postinstall script %s: %w", info.Scripts.PostInstall, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPostin(string(data))
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.Scripts.PostRemove != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.Scripts.PostRemove)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read postremove script %s: %w", info.Scripts.PostRemove, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPostun(string(data))
 	}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.RPM.Scripts.PostTrans != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.RPM.Scripts.PostTrans)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read posttrans script %s: %w", info.RPM.Scripts.PostTrans, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddPosttrans(string(data))
 	}
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func addScriptFiles(info *nfpm.Info, rpm *rpmpack.RPM) error {
 	if info.RPM.Scripts.Verify != "" {
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(info.RPM.Scripts.Verify)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read verify script %s: %w", info.RPM.Scripts.Verify, err)
 		}
 		rpm.AddVerifyScript(string(data))
 	}
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func asRPMSymlink(content *files.Content) *rpmpack.RPMFile {
 func asRPMFile(content *files.Content, fileType rpmpack.FileType) (*rpmpack.RPMFile, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(content.Source)
 	if err != nil && content.Type != files.TypeRPMGhost {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read %s: %w", content.Source, err)
 	}
 
 	return &rpmpack.RPMFile{
diff --git a/rpm/rpm_test.go b/rpm/rpm_test.go
index c62f6a8c..49345906 100644
--- a/rpm/rpm_test.go
+++ b/rpm/rpm_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2/files"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2/internal/sign"
+	"github.com/google/rpmpack"
 	"github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils"
 	"github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils/cpio"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -1308,3 +1309,46 @@ func extractFileHeaderFromRpm(rpm []byte, filename string) (*cpio.Cpio_newc_head
 
 	return nil, os.ErrNotExist
 }
+
+func TestWriterPathErrorsAreWrapped(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		fn   func() error
+		want error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "asRPMFile read error",
+			fn: func() error {
+				content := &files.Content{Source: "/nonexistent/path", Destination: "/dest"}
+				_, err := asRPMFile(content, rpmpack.GenericFile)
+				return err
+			},
+			want: os.ErrNotExist,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "addScriptFiles read error",
+			fn: func() error {
+				info := &nfpm.Info{
+					Overridables: nfpm.Overridables{
+						Scripts: nfpm.Scripts{
+							PreInstall: "/nonexistent/path",
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				rpmPkg, err := rpmpack.NewRPM(rpmpack.RPMMetaData{Name: "test"})
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return addScriptFiles(info, rpmPkg)
+			},
+			want: os.ErrNotExist,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tt.fn()
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.want)
+		})
+	}
+}