diff --git a/pkg/config/cfgReader.go b/pkg/config/cfgReader.go
index 1158727..474240e 100755
--- a/pkg/config/cfgReader.go
+++ b/pkg/config/cfgReader.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package cfgreader
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func LoadConfig(cfg interface{}, path string) (err error) {
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	// read our opened json file as a byte array.
-	data, readErr := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	data, readErr := io.ReadAll(file)
 	if readErr != nil {
 		return readErr
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/file/fileUtil.go b/pkg/file/fileUtil.go
index 84695d6..ae7ec0b 100755
--- a/pkg/file/fileUtil.go
+++ b/pkg/file/fileUtil.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"os"
@@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ func GetCompressedFiles(files []scan.File, rootPath string) (newfiles []scan.Fil
 	//check if file list contains compressed files, if so, scan their contents
 	for _, file := range files {
 		//Unpack and append to file list
-		tmppath, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ebzip")
+		tmppath, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ebzip")
 		if err != nil {
 			return newfiles, compresspaths, err
 		}
@@ -488,11 +487,11 @@ func Uncompress(src string, dest string) (filenames []string, err error) {
 				if err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fpath), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 					return filenames, err
 				}
-				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
+				body, err := io.ReadAll(rc)
 				if err != nil {
 					return filenames, err
 				}
-				err = ioutil.WriteFile(fpath, body, 0644)
+				err = os.WriteFile(fpath, body, 0644)
 				if err != nil {
 					return filenames, err
 				}
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ func GetConvertedFiles(files []scan.File) (convertedFiles []scan.File, converted
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range toBeConverted {
-		tmppath, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ebconv")
+		tmppath, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ebconv")
 		fpath := filepath.Join(tmppath, file.Name)
 
 		// Get content from the file as a string
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ func GetConvertedFiles(files []scan.File) (convertedFiles []scan.File, converted
 		}
 
 		// Write content to new temp file
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(fpath, []byte(content.Body), 0644)
+		err = os.WriteFile(fpath, []byte(content.Body), 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error writing converted file %s, file not scanned\n", file.Path)
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/git/cloner.go b/pkg/git/cloner.go
index d8539a2..ea6a4f2 100755
--- a/pkg/git/cloner.go
+++ b/pkg/git/cloner.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func ReposPerProject(projectURL, username, password string) (scanRepos []string)
 
 //CloneGitRepos Clones a Git repo into a random temporary folder
 func CloneGitRepos(repoURLs []string, username, password string, branch string, json bool) (tmpDir string, err error) {
-	tmpDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "ebgit")
+	tmpDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "ebgit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/update/update.go b/pkg/update/update.go
index e23d42a..e065fb3 100755
--- a/pkg/update/update.go
+++ b/pkg/update/update.go
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ package configupdate
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 
 	cfgreader "github.com/americanexpress/earlybird/v4/pkg/config"
@@ -70,16 +71,16 @@ func downloadFile(path string, url string) error {
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		b, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		return fmt.Errorf("received non 200 status code: status=%d, response=%v", resp.StatusCode, string(b))
 	}
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("reading response body: %v", err)
 	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(path, b, 0666)
+	err = os.WriteFile(path, b, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("writing file at %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
index 0918380..a4f8914 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ func TestDeleteGit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	testRepo := "test-repo"
-	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ebgit")
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ebgit")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to create temporoary directory: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/writers/jsonout.go b/pkg/writers/jsonout.go
index a0ba80e..d1e89f8 100755
--- a/pkg/writers/jsonout.go
+++ b/pkg/writers/jsonout.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	cfgReader "github.com/americanexpress/earlybird/v4/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/americanexpress/earlybird/v4/pkg/file"
 	"github.com/americanexpress/earlybird/v4/pkg/scan"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ func reportToJSONWriter(v interface{}, fileName string) (s string, err error) {
 	if fileName == "" {
 		_, err = os.Stdout.Write(b)
 	} else {
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(fileName, b, 0666)
+		err = os.WriteFile(fileName, b, 0666)
 	}
 	return string(b), err