diff --git a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/config/config_test.go b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/config/config_test.go
index c75069dfebb..52988e3cdf2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/config/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/config/config_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestSave(t *testing.T) {
 	// override default directory
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "test-config-save")
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "test-config-save")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	defaultDirectory = dir
 
diff --git a/contrib/executor/zap/pkg/runner/runner_test.go b/contrib/executor/zap/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
index e99fc77ef95..3aeb02053fd 100644
--- a/contrib/executor/zap/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
+++ b/contrib/executor/zap/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run successful API scan", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run API scan with PASS and WARN", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run API scan with WARN and FailOnWarn", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run API scan with FAIL", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run Baseline scan with PASS", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run Baseline scan with WARN", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Run Full scan with FAIL", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// given
-		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "")
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		runner, err := NewRunner(context.TODO(), envs.Params{
 			DataDir: tempDir,
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/client/client_mock_test.go b/pkg/cloud/client/client_mock_test.go
index 1a2b172a5db..2f6ec40b414 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/client/client_mock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/client/client_mock_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ func (c ClientMock) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &http.Response{
-		Body: ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(c.body)),
+		Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(c.body)),
 	}, c.err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/repository/storage/mongo.go b/pkg/repository/storage/mongo.go
index 3c5ac512c55..94c754ad296 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/storage/mongo.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/storage/mongo.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func getDocDBTLSConfig() (*tls.Config, error) {
 	}()
 
 	tlsConfig := new(tls.Config)
-	certs, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caFilePath)
+	certs, err := os.ReadFile(caFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read CA file: %s", err)
 	}