diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-iptables.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-iptables.go
index 8e2bd93c60..a9953bfad1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-iptables.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-iptables.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	containerdshim "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var setIPTablesCommand = cli.Command{
 		}
 
 		// Read file into buffer, and make request to the appropriate shim
-		buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(iptablesFile)
+		buf, err := os.ReadFile(iptablesFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go b/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
index a6b9bdba34..cfb3004605 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"expvar"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/pprof"
 	"net/url"
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ func (s *service) serveVolumeStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (s *service) serveVolumeResize(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		shimMgtLog.WithError(err).Error("failed to read request body")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ func (s *service) genericIPTablesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 
 	switch r.Method {
 	case http.MethodPut:
-		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.WithError(err).Error("failed to read request body")
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/direct-volume/utils.go b/src/runtime/pkg/direct-volume/utils.go
index 8520ddd35e..9e13a4d227 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/direct-volume/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/direct-volume/utils.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func Add(volumePath string, mountInfo string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(volumeDir, mountInfoFileName), []byte(mountInfo), 0600)
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(volumeDir, mountInfoFileName), []byte(mountInfo), 0600)
 }
 
 // Remove deletes the direct volume path including all the files inside it.
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ func VolumeMountInfo(volumePath string) (*MountInfo, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(mountInfoFilePath); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(mountInfoFilePath)
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(mountInfoFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -108,11 +107,11 @@ func RecordSandboxId(sandboxId string, volumePath string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(kataDirectVolumeRootPath, encodedPath, sandboxId), []byte(""), 0600)
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(kataDirectVolumeRootPath, encodedPath, sandboxId), []byte(""), 0600)
 }
 
 func GetSandboxIdForVolume(volumePath string) (string, error) {
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(kataDirectVolumeRootPath, b64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(volumePath))))
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(kataDirectVolumeRootPath, b64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(volumePath))))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/image.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/image.go
index b17efdd162..405ea5a008 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/image.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/image.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package qemu
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -44,12 +43,12 @@ func CreateCloudInitISO(ctx context.Context, scratchDir, isoPath string,
 			dataDirPath, err)
 	}
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(metaDataPath, metaData, 0644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(metaDataPath, metaData, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create %s : %v", metaDataPath, err)
 	}
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(userDataPath, userData, 0644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(userDataPath, userData, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create %s : %v", userDataPath, err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
index ae4030fb70..501c07fdf1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package qemu
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -186,8 +185,8 @@ func TestAppendDeviceNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendDeviceNetworkMq(t *testing.T) {
-	foo, _ := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
-	bar, _ := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
+	foo, _ := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
+	bar, _ := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "govmm-qemu-test")
 
 	defer func() {
 		_ = foo.Close()
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index d334c61713..b67c0c2dda 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package katautils
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -1410,7 +1409,7 @@ func decodeDropIns(mainConfigPath string, tomlConf *tomlConfig) error {
 	configDir := filepath.Dir(mainConfigPath)
 	dropInDir := filepath.Join(configDir, "config.d")
 
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dropInDir)
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(dropInDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error reading %q directory: %s", dropInDir, err)
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/utils/shimclient/shim_management_client.go b/src/runtime/pkg/utils/shimclient/shim_management_client.go
index 3f9e686507..1b9635c179 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/utils/shimclient/shim_management_client.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/utils/shimclient/shim_management_client.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func DoPut(sandboxID string, timeoutInSeconds time.Duration, urlPath, contentTyp
 	}()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		data, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		return fmt.Errorf("error sending put: url: %s, status code: %d, response data: %s", urlPath, resp.StatusCode, string(data))
 	}
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func DoPost(sandboxID string, timeoutInSeconds time.Duration, urlPath, contentTy
 	}()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		data, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		return fmt.Errorf("error sending post: url: %s, status code: %d, response data: %s", urlPath, resp.StatusCode, string(data))
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
index 090e074755..6989237254 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -213,13 +213,13 @@ var vmAddNetPutRequest = func(clh *cloudHypervisor) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		resp.Body.Close()
-		resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(respBody))
+		resp.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(respBody))
 
 		if resp.StatusCode != 204 {
 			clh.Logger().Errorf("vmAddNetPut failed with error '%d'. Response: %+v", resp.StatusCode, resp)
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
index d36ace88fb..e8f02101e8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package virtcontainers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ func TestCloudHypervisorAddNetCheckNetConfigListValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 	macTest := "00:00:00:00:00"
 
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "netFd")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "netFd")
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func TestCloudHypervisorAddNetCheckEnpointTypes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	macTest := "00:00:00:00:00"
 
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "netFd")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "netFd")
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ func TestCloudHypervisorAddNetCheckEnpointTypes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCloudHypervisorNetRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "netFd")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "netFd")
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index 27a6837e9c..ba2e4e9472 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -1168,7 +1167,7 @@ func TestHandleHugepages(t *testing.T) {
 	// are present (default is 1M, can only be changed on LPAR). See
 	// https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/linuxonibm/pdf/lku5dd05.pdf, p. 345 for more information.
 	if runtime.GOARCH == "s390x" {
-		dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(sysHugepagesDir)
+		dirs, err := os.ReadDir(sysHugepagesDir)
 		assert.Nil(err)
 		for _, dir := range dirs {
 			formattedSizes = append(formattedSizes, strings.TrimPrefix(dir.Name(), "hugepages-"))
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/nydusd.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/nydusd.go
index 38d9738d37..177e3044d1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/nydusd.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/nydusd.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@ func (c *NydusClient) CheckStatus() (DaemonInfo, error) {
 		return DaemonInfo{}, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return DaemonInfo{}, err
 	}
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ func (c *NydusClient) Umount(mountPoint string) error {
 }
 
 func handleMountError(r io.Reader) error {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes.go b/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes.go
index b919d92bbe..f075b37a03 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes.go
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ func (r *HexByteReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		}
 
 		// read the entire file
-		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.f)
+		bytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.f)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes_test.go b/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes_test.go
index f8c07350cb..53b5d2e512 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes_test.go
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/hexbytes_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestNewHexByteReaderStdin(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHexByteReaderRead(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestHexByteReaderRead(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(err)
 
 		reader := NewHexByteReader(file)
-		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+		bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 
 		if d.expectError {
 			assert.Errorf(err, "test[%d]: %+v", i, d)
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/main_test.go b/src/tools/log-parser/main_test.go
index 669a2bc4c2..2fd032cb76 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/main_test.go
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/main_test.go
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 
 package main
 
-import "io/ioutil"
+import "os"
 
 func createEmptyFile(path string) (err error) {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(""), testFileMode)
+	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(""), testFileMode)
 }
 
 func createFile(file, contents string) error {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte(contents), testFileMode)
+	return os.WriteFile(file, []byte(contents), testFileMode)
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/parse_test.go b/src/tools/log-parser/parse_test.go
index 57e36780d9..ef82510e21 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/parse_test.go
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/parse_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func (r *TestReaderData) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 func TestParseLogFile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ func TestParseLogFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/utils_test.go b/src/tools/log-parser/utils_test.go
index 58be2db9b4..8f0cf58af3 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/utils_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ func TestUtilsResolvePathEmptyPath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUtilsResolvePathValidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func TestUtilsResolvePathValidPath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUtilsResolvePathENOENT(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}