diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/node/util/sysctl/sysctl.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/node/util/sysctl/sysctl.go
index 311212c1faf..4910aa22d35 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/node/util/sysctl/sysctl.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/node/util/sysctl/sysctl.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package sysctl
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type procSysctl struct {
 
 // GetSysctl returns the value for the specified sysctl setting
 func (*procSysctl) GetSysctl(sysctl string) (int, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(sysctlBase, sysctl))
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(sysctlBase, sysctl))
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ func (*procSysctl) GetSysctl(sysctl string) (int, error) {
 
 // SetSysctl modifies the specified sysctl flag to the new value
 func (*procSysctl) SetSysctl(sysctl string, newVal int) error {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(sysctlBase, sysctl), []byte(strconv.Itoa(newVal)), 0640)
+	return os.WriteFile(path.Join(sysctlBase, sysctl), []byte(strconv.Itoa(newVal)), 0640)
 }