diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
index 87ca1faf..d6b51f4b 100644
--- a/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
-	models "github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/client/models"
+	"github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/client/models"
 )
 
 const numberOfVMs = 200
 
 func createMachine(ctx context.Context, name string, forwardSignals []os.Signal) (*Machine, func(), error) {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", name)
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -50,9 +49,9 @@ func createMachine(ctx context.Context, name string, forwardSignals []os.Signal)
 		MetricsFifo:     metrics,
 		LogLevel:        "Info",
 		MachineCfg: models.MachineConfiguration{
-			VcpuCount:   Int64(1),
-			MemSizeMib:  Int64(256),
-			Smt:         Bool(false),
+			VcpuCount:  Int64(1),
+			MemSizeMib: Int64(256),
+			Smt:        Bool(false),
 		},
 		Drives: []models.Drive{
 			{
diff --git a/examples/cmd/snapshotting/example_demo.go b/examples/cmd/snapshotting/example_demo.go
index 976bf140..73690416 100644
--- a/examples/cmd/snapshotting/example_demo.go
+++ b/examples/cmd/snapshotting/example_demo.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func writeCNIConfWithHostLocalSubnet(path, networkName, subnet string) error {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
+	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 		"cniVersion": "0.3.1",
 		"name": "%s",
 		"plugins": [
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ func writeCNIConfWithHostLocalSubnet(path, networkName, subnet string) error {
 			"type": "tc-redirect-tap"
 		  }
 		]
-	  }`, networkName, subnet)), 0644)
+	 }`, networkName, subnet)), 0644)
 }
 
 type configOpt func(*sdk.Config)
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ func createNewConfig(socketPath string, opts ...configOpt) sdk.Config {
 }
 
 func connectToVM(m *sdk.Machine, sshKeyPath string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
-	key, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sshKeyPath)
+	key, err := os.ReadFile(sshKeyPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer os.Remove(cniConfDir)
 
 	// Setup socket and snapshot + memory paths
-	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "FCGoSDKSnapshotExample")
+	tempdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "FCGoSDKSnapshotExample")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/jailer.go b/jailer.go
index e261fae6..208de670 100644
--- a/jailer.go
+++ b/jailer.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ func NewJailerCommandBuilder() JailerCommandBuilder {
 
 // getNumaCpuset returns the CPU list assigned to a NUMA node
 func getNumaCpuset(node int) string {
-	if cpus, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/sys/devices/system/node/node%d/cpulist", node)); err == nil {
+	if cpus, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/sys/devices/system/node/node%d/cpulist", node)); err == nil {
 		return strings.TrimSuffix(string(cpus), "\n")
 	}
 	return ""
diff --git a/machine_test.go b/machine_test.go
index b8d7b502..ef536468 100644
--- a/machine_test.go
+++ b/machine_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ var fsSafeTestName = strings.NewReplacer("/", "_")
 func makeSocketPath(tb testing.TB) (string, func()) {
 	tb.Helper()
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", fsSafeTestName.Replace(tb.Name()))
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", fsSafeTestName.Replace(tb.Name()))
 	require.NoError(tb, err)
 
 	return filepath.Join(dir, "fc.sock"), func() { os.RemoveAll(dir) }
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ func TestJailerMicroVMExecution(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// uses temp directory due to testdata's path being too long which causes a
 	// SUN_LEN error.
-	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "jailer-test")
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "jailer-test")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temporary directory: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ func TestMicroVMExecution(t *testing.T) {
 	var nCpus int64 = 2
 	var memSz int64 = 256
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -484,7 +483,7 @@ func TestLogAndMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 func testLogAndMetrics(t *testing.T, logLevel string) string {
 	const vmID = "UserSuppliedVMID"
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", strings.Replace(t.Name(), "/", "_", -1))
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", strings.Replace(t.Name(), "/", "_", -1))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -534,7 +533,7 @@ func testLogAndMetrics(t *testing.T, logLevel string) string {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, log.Size())
 
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cfg.LogPath)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.LogPath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return string(content)
 }
@@ -806,7 +805,7 @@ func TestStopVMMCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 	socketPath, cleanup := makeSocketPath(t)
 	defer cleanup()
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -939,7 +938,7 @@ func TestMicroVMExecutionWithMmdsV2(t *testing.T) {
 	var nCpus int64 = 2
 	var memSz int64 = 256
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1156,7 +1155,7 @@ func TestLogFiles(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCaptureFifoToFile(t *testing.T) {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1207,13 +1206,13 @@ func TestCaptureFifoToFile(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 	_, err = os.Stat(logPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "failed to stat file")
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(logPath)
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(logPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "failed to read logPath")
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedBytes, b)
 }
 
 func TestCaptureFifoToFile_nonblock(t *testing.T) {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1270,7 +1269,7 @@ func TestCaptureFifoToFile_nonblock(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 	_, err = os.Stat(logPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "failed to stat file")
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(logPath)
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(logPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "failed to read logPath")
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedBytes, b)
 }
@@ -1335,7 +1334,7 @@ func TestPID(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected an error, but received none")
 	}
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1346,10 +1345,10 @@ func TestPID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vmlinuxPath := getVmlinuxPath(t)
 
-	rootfsBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(testRootfs)
+	rootfsBytes, err := os.ReadFile(testRootfs)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read rootfs file")
 	rootfsPath := filepath.Join(dir, "TestPID.img")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
+	err = os.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to copy vm rootfs to %s", rootfsPath)
 
 	cfg := Config{
@@ -1414,7 +1413,7 @@ func TestCaptureFifoToFile_leak(t *testing.T) {
 		exitCh: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1799,7 +1798,7 @@ func TestPauseResume(t *testing.T) {
 	fctesting.RequiresKVM(t)
 	fctesting.RequiresRoot(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1911,7 +1910,7 @@ func TestCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	fctesting.RequiresKVM(t)
 	fctesting.RequiresRoot(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -1975,7 +1974,7 @@ func TestCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func connectToVM(m *Machine, sshKeyPath string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
-	key, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sshKeyPath)
+	key, err := os.ReadFile(sshKeyPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -2004,7 +2003,7 @@ func connectToVM(m *Machine, sshKeyPath string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
 }
 
 func writeCNIConfWithHostLocalSubnet(path, networkName, subnet string) error {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
+	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 		"cniVersion": "0.3.1",
 		"name": "%s",
 		"plugins": [
@@ -2026,7 +2025,7 @@ func TestLoadSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	fctesting.RequiresKVM(t)
 	fctesting.RequiresRoot(t)
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -2036,16 +2035,16 @@ func TestLoadSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cniBinPath := []string{testDataBin}
 
-	rootfsBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(testRootfsWithSSH)
+	rootfsBytes, err := os.ReadFile(testRootfsWithSSH)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	rootfsPath := filepath.Join(dir, "rootfs.img")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
+	err = os.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	sshKeyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(testSSHKey)
+	sshKeyBytes, err := os.ReadFile(testSSHKey)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sshKeyPath := filepath.Join(dir, "id_rsa")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(sshKeyPath, sshKeyBytes, 0600)
+	err = os.WriteFile(sshKeyPath, sshKeyBytes, 0600)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Using default cache directory to ensure collision avoidance on IP allocations
diff --git a/network_test.go b/network_test.go
index 346b5cf3..146dec25 100644
--- a/network_test.go
+++ b/network_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package firecracker
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/libcni"
-	models "github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/client/models"
+	"github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/client/models"
 	"github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk/fctesting"
 	"github.com/go-ping/ping"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ func testNetworkMachineCNI(t *testing.T, useConfFile bool) {
 
 	cniBinPath := []string{testDataBin, "/opt/cni/bin"}
 
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", fsSafeTestName.Replace(t.Name()))
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", fsSafeTestName.Replace(t.Name()))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ func testNetworkMachineCNI(t *testing.T, useConfFile bool) {
 	cniConfPath := filepath.Join(cniConfDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s.conflist", networkName))
 	if useConfFile {
 		require.NoError(t,
-			ioutil.WriteFile(cniConfPath, []byte(cniConf), 0666), // broad permissions for tests
+			os.WriteFile(cniConfPath, []byte(cniConf), 0666), // broad permissions for tests
 			"failed to write cni conf file")
 	} else {
 		// make sure config file doesn't exist
@@ -389,9 +388,9 @@ func newCNIMachine(t *testing.T,
 	cniBinPath []string,
 	networkConf *libcni.NetworkConfigList,
 ) *Machine {
-	rootfsBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(testRootfs)
+	rootfsBytes, err := os.ReadFile(testRootfs)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read rootfs file")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
+	err = os.WriteFile(rootfsPath, rootfsBytes, 0666)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to copy vm rootfs to %s", rootfsPath)
 
 	if networkConf != nil {
diff --git a/vsock/dial.go b/vsock/dial.go
index a3dda36a..2e1e210d 100644
--- a/vsock/dial.go
+++ b/vsock/dial.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type config struct {
 
 func defaultConfig() config {
 	noop := logrus.New()
-	noop.Out = ioutil.Discard
+	noop.Out = io.Discard
 
 	return config{
 		DialTimeout:       100 * time.Millisecond,