diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 29fe37a03..f2075930d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ linters-settings:
     # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.
     # Setting locale to US will correct the British spelling of 'colour' to 'color'.
     locale: US
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      main:
+        deny:
+        - pkg: "io/ioutil"
+          desc: "Use corresponding 'os' or 'io' functions instead."
 
 linters:
   fast: false
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ linters:
     - vet
     - unconvert
     - staticcheck
+    - depguard
 
 issues:
   exclude-rules:
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index 937589477..e00e84adf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ func logClusterImageSources() {
 
 	outputBytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(images, "", "  ")
 	filePath := filepath.Join(framework.TestContext.ReportDir, "images.json")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, outputBytes, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, outputBytes, 0644); err != nil {
 		framework.Logf("cluster images sources, could not write to %q: %v", filePath, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index d1cbf776b..e44f836bf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ package framework
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func printSummaries(summaries []TestDataSummary, testBaseName string) {
 			} else {
 				// TODO: learn to extract test name and append it to the kind instead of timestamp.
 				filePath := path.Join(TestContext.ReportDir, summaries[i].SummaryKind()+"_"+testBaseName+"_"+now.Format(time.RFC3339)+".txt")
-				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(summaries[i].PrintHumanReadable()), 0644); err != nil {
+				if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(summaries[i].PrintHumanReadable()), 0644); err != nil {
 					Logf("Failed to write file %v with test performance data: %v", filePath, err)
 				}
 			}
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func printSummaries(summaries []TestDataSummary, testBaseName string) {
 				// TODO: learn to extract test name and append it to the kind instead of timestamp.
 				filePath := path.Join(TestContext.ReportDir, summaries[i].SummaryKind()+"_"+testBaseName+"_"+now.Format(time.RFC3339)+".json")
 				Logf("Writing to %s", filePath)
-				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(summaries[i].PrintJSON()), 0644); err != nil {
+				if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(summaries[i].PrintJSON()), 0644); err != nil {
 					Logf("Failed to write file %v with test performance data: %v", filePath, err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/manifest/manifest.go b/test/e2e/framework/manifest/manifest.go
index 7de1784d0..cf45bd4e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package manifest
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func DaemonSetFromURL(url string) (*appsv1.DaemonSet, error) {
 	}
 	defer response.Body.Close()
 
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read html response body: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/metrics/kubelet_metrics.go b/test/e2e/framework/metrics/kubelet_metrics.go
index c9d4ea3a2..381357067 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/metrics/kubelet_metrics.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/metrics/kubelet_metrics.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func GrabKubeletMetricsWithoutProxy(nodeName, path string) (KubeletMetrics, erro
 		return KubeletMetrics{}, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return KubeletMetrics{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/dial.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/dial.go
index d0ae2880a..f788fc6e4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/dial.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/dial.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (d *Dialer) DialContainerPort(ctx context.Context, addr Addr) (conn net.Con
 	}
 	errorStream.Close()
 	go func() {
-		message, err := ioutil.ReadAll(errorStream)
+		message, err := io.ReadAll(errorStream)
 		switch {
 		case err != nil:
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "error reading from error stream")
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/ssh/ssh.go b/test/e2e/framework/ssh/ssh.go
index e7bb55c0d..359e99dfc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/ssh/ssh.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/ssh/ssh.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ func GetSigner(provider string) (ssh.Signer, error) {
 }
 
 func makePrivateKeySignerFromFile(key string) (ssh.Signer, error) {
-	buffer, err := ioutil.ReadFile(key)
+	buffer, err := os.ReadFile(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading SSH key %s: '%v'", key, err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 58c180cd1..37c8e5ce8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ func AfterReadingAllFlags(t *TestContextType) {
 	if len(t.Host) == 0 && len(t.KubeConfig) == 0 {
 		// Check if we can use the in-cluster config
 		if clusterConfig, err := restclient.InClusterConfig(); err == nil {
-			if tempFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "kubeconfig-"); err == nil {
+			if tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "kubeconfig-"); err == nil {
 				kubeConfig := createKubeConfig(clusterConfig)
 				clientcmd.WriteToFile(*kubeConfig, tempFile.Name())
 				t.KubeConfig = tempFile.Name()
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
index 155a06f81..1abbbcf6f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ func (r RootFileSource) ReadTestFile(filePath string) ([]byte, error) {
 	} else {
 		fullPath = filepath.Join(r.Root, filePath)
 	}
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fullPath)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(fullPath)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		// Not an error (yet), some other provider may have the file.
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/test/e2e/generated/bindata.go b/test/e2e/generated/bindata.go
index 33934f512..df1d9823d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generated/bindata.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generated/bindata.go
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -9322,7 +9321,7 @@ func RestoreAsset(dir, name string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(_filePath(dir, name), data, info.Mode())
+	err = os.WriteFile(_filePath(dir, name), data, info.Mode())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/reporters/progress.go b/test/e2e/reporters/progress.go
index 915ea2589..da75e4e8d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/reporters/progress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/reporters/progress.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (reporter *ProgressReporter) postProgressToURL(b []byte) {
 		klog.Errorf("Unexpected response when posting progress update to %v: %v", reporter.progressURL, resp.StatusCode)
 		if resp.Body != nil {
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
-			respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.Errorf("Failed to read response body from posting progress: %v", err)
 				return
diff --git a/test/e2e/suites.go b/test/e2e/suites.go
index 93f4a073c..131630193 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suites.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suites.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func gatherTestSuiteMetrics() error {
 	metricsJSON := metricsForE2E.PrintJSON()
 	if framework.TestContext.ReportDir != "" {
 		filePath := path.Join(framework.TestContext.ReportDir, "MetricsForE2ESuite_"+time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)+".json")
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(metricsJSON), 0644); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(metricsJSON), 0644); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to %q: %v", filePath, err)
 		}
 	} else {