diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
index a4307a952..494dc88a5 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ var ErrNotAuthorized = errors.New("not authorized to sign this account")
 // Deprecated: Use NewTransactorWithChainID instead.
 func NewTransactor(keyin io.Reader, passphrase string) (*TransactOpts, error) {
 	log.Warn("WARNING: NewTransactor has been deprecated in favour of NewTransactorWithChainID")
-	json, err := ioutil.ReadAll(keyin)
+	json, err := io.ReadAll(keyin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactor(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) *TransactOpts {
 // NewTransactorWithChainID is a utility method to easily create a transaction signer from
 // an encrypted json key stream and the associated passphrase.
 func NewTransactorWithChainID(keyin io.Reader, passphrase string, chainID *big.Int) (*TransactOpts, error) {
-	json, err := ioutil.ReadAll(keyin)
+	json, err := io.ReadAll(keyin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go b/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
index e6df61712..fda0e5667 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/account_cache_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package keystore
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -380,11 +379,11 @@ func TestUpdatedKeyfileContents(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// needed so that modTime of `file` is different to its current value after ioutil.WriteFile
+	// needed so that modTime of `file` is different to its current value after os.WriteFile
 	time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	// Now replace file contents with crap
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte("foo"), 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("foo"), 0644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 		return
 	}
@@ -397,9 +396,9 @@ func TestUpdatedKeyfileContents(t *testing.T) {
 
 // forceCopyFile is like cp.CopyFile, but doesn't complain if the destination exists.
 func forceCopyFile(dst, src string) error {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(src)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(dst, data, 0644)
+	return os.WriteFile(dst, data, 0644)
 }
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/key.go b/accounts/keystore/key.go
index 2b815ce0f..9b2ac1471 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/key.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/key.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ func writeTemporaryKeyFile(file string, content []byte) (string, error) {
 	}
 	// Atomic write: create a temporary hidden file first
 	// then move it into place. TempFile assigns mode 0600.
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(filepath.Dir(file), "."+filepath.Base(file)+".tmp")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(file), "."+filepath.Base(file)+".tmp")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
index 3b3e63188..22772e931 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ type keyStorePassphrase struct {
 
 func (ks keyStorePassphrase) GetKey(addr common.Address, filename, auth string) (*Key, error) {
 	// Load the key from the keystore and decrypt its contents
-	keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	keyjson, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go b/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
index 630682ceb..b94fce8ed 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package keystore
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 
 // Tests that a json key file can be decrypted and encrypted in multiple rounds.
 func TestKeyEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
-	keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/very-light-scrypt.json")
+	keyjson, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/very-light-scrypt.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/scwallet/hub.go b/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
index 811f8c695..f9dcf58e1 100644
--- a/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ package scwallet
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (hub *Hub) readPairings() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	pairingData, err := ioutil.ReadAll(pairingFile)
+	pairingData, err := io.ReadAll(pairingFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 4c334db87..4129168be 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -736,7 +735,7 @@ func ppaUpload(workdir, ppa, sshUser string, files []string) {
 	if sshkey := getenvBase64("PPA_SSH_KEY"); len(sshkey) > 0 {
 		idfile = filepath.Join(workdir, "sshkey")
 		if !common.FileExist(idfile) {
-			ioutil.WriteFile(idfile, sshkey, 0600)
+			os.WriteFile(idfile, sshkey, 0600)
 		}
 	}
 	// Upload
@@ -759,7 +758,7 @@ func makeWorkdir(wdflag string) string {
 	if wdflag != "" {
 		err = os.MkdirAll(wdflag, 0744)
 	} else {
-		wdflag, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "geth-build-")
+		wdflag, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "geth-build-")
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/build/update-license.go b/build/update-license.go
index aa4d6100d..641162ee3 100644
--- a/build/update-license.go
+++ b/build/update-license.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ func gitAuthors(files []string) []string {
 }
 
 func readAuthors() []string {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile("AUTHORS")
+	content, err := os.ReadFile("AUTHORS")
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		log.Fatalln("error reading AUTHORS:", err)
 	}
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ func writeAuthors(files []string) {
 		content.WriteString("\n")
 	}
 	fmt.Println("writing AUTHORS")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile("AUTHORS", content.Bytes(), 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile("AUTHORS", content.Bytes(), 0644); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ func writeLicense(info *info) {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error stat'ing %s: %v\n", info.file, err)
 	}
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(info.file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(info.file)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error reading %s: %v\n", info.file, err)
 	}
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ func writeLicense(info *info) {
 		return
 	}
 	fmt.Println("writing", info.ShortLicense(), info.file)
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(info.file, buf.Bytes(), fi.Mode()); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(info.file, buf.Bytes(), fi.Mode()); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error writing %s: %v", info.file, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/abigen/main.go b/cmd/abigen/main.go
index 7b3b35e4e..911aada37 100644
--- a/cmd/abigen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/abigen/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ func abigen(c *cli.Context) error {
 		)
 		input := c.GlobalString(abiFlag.Name)
 		if input == "-" {
-			abi, err = ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+			abi, err = io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
 		} else {
-			abi, err = ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+			abi, err = os.ReadFile(input)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to read input ABI: %v", err)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func abigen(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 		var bin []byte
 		if binFile := c.GlobalString(binFlag.Name); binFile != "" {
-			if bin, err = ioutil.ReadFile(binFile); err != nil {
+			if bin, err = os.ReadFile(binFile); err != nil {
 				utils.Fatalf("Failed to read input bytecode: %v", err)
 			}
 			if strings.Contains(string(bin), "//") {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func abigen(c *cli.Context) error {
 			}
 
 		case c.GlobalIsSet(jsonFlag.Name):
-			jsonOutput, err := ioutil.ReadFile(c.GlobalString(jsonFlag.Name))
+			jsonOutput, err := os.ReadFile(c.GlobalString(jsonFlag.Name))
 			if err != nil {
 				utils.Fatalf("Failed to read combined-json from compiler: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func abigen(c *cli.Context) error {
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", code)
 		return nil
 	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(c.GlobalString(outFlag.Name), []byte(code), 0600); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(c.GlobalString(outFlag.Name), []byte(code), 0600); err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Failed to write ABI binding: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/clef/main.go b/cmd/clef/main.go
index f7c3adebc..b1ffa38ff 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ func initializeSecrets(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("master key %v already exists, will not overwrite", location)
 	}
 	// Write the file and print the usual warning message
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(location, cipherSeed, 0400); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(location, cipherSeed, 0400); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("A master seed has been generated into %s\n", location)
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ func signer(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 		// Do we have a rule-file?
 		if ruleFile := c.GlobalString(ruleFlag.Name); ruleFile != "" {
-			ruleJS, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ruleFile)
+			ruleJS, err := os.ReadFile(ruleFile)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Warn("Could not load rules, disabling", "file", ruleFile, "err", err)
 			} else {
@@ -751,7 +750,7 @@ func readMasterKey(ctx *cli.Context, ui core.UIClientAPI) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err := checkFile(file); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cipherKey, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	cipherKey, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/dnscmd.go b/cmd/devp2p/dnscmd.go
index 85f28b8cb..afdc614f0 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/dnscmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/dnscmd.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ func dnsNukeRoute53(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 // loadSigningKey loads a private key in Ethereum keystore format.
 func loadSigningKey(keyfile string) *ecdsa.PrivateKey {
-	keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfile)
+	keyjson, err := os.ReadFile(keyfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		exit(fmt.Errorf("failed to read the keyfile at '%s': %v", keyfile, err))
 	}
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ func writeTreeMetadata(directory string, def *dnsDefinition) {
 		exit(err)
 	}
 	metaFile, _ := treeDefinitionFiles(directory)
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(metaFile, metaJSON, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(metaFile, metaJSON, 0644); err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
 }
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ func writeTXTJSON(file string, txt map[string]string) {
 		fmt.Println()
 		return
 	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(file, txtJSON, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(file, txtJSON, 0644); err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/enrcmd.go b/cmd/devp2p/enrcmd.go
index a1a68c564..2a8f9d508 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/enrcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/enrcmd.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -54,9 +53,9 @@ func enrdump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		var b []byte
 		var err error
 		if file == "-" {
-			b, err = ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+			b, err = io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
 		} else {
-			b, err = ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+			b, err = os.ReadFile(file)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go
index d0d55a455..ee47ed7ed 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/chain.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ func loadChain(chainfile string, genesis string) (*Chain, error) {
 }
 
 func loadGenesis(genesisFile string) (core.Genesis, error) {
-	chainConfig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(genesisFile)
+	chainConfig, err := os.ReadFile(genesisFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return core.Genesis{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
index 1d78e34c7..33c39f4b9 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func writeNodesJSON(file string, nodes nodeSet) {
 		os.Stdout.Write(nodesJSON)
 		return
 	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(file, nodesJSON, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(file, nodesJSON, 0644); err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/ethkey/changepassword.go b/cmd/ethkey/changepassword.go
index b9402c2f9..bd8745f6d 100644
--- a/cmd/ethkey/changepassword.go
+++ b/cmd/ethkey/changepassword.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Change the password of a keyfile.`,
 		keyfilepath := ctx.Args().First()
 
 		// Read key from file.
-		keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
+		keyjson, err := os.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to read the keyfile at '%s': %v", keyfilepath, err)
 		}
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Change the password of a keyfile.`,
 		fmt.Println("Please provide a new password")
 		var newPhrase string
 		if passFile := ctx.String(newPassphraseFlag.Name); passFile != "" {
-			content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(passFile)
+			content, err := os.ReadFile(passFile)
 			if err != nil {
 				utils.Fatalf("Failed to read new password file '%s': %v", passFile, err)
 			}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Change the password of a keyfile.`,
 		}
 
 		// Then write the new keyfile in place of the old one.
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(keyfilepath, newJson, 0600); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(keyfilepath, newJson, 0600); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Error writing new keyfile to disk: %v", err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/ethkey/generate.go b/cmd/ethkey/generate.go
index b444a345a..1b70b130b 100644
--- a/cmd/ethkey/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/ethkey/generate.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ If you want to encrypt an existing private key, it can be specified by setting
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(keyfilepath), 0700); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Could not create directory %s", filepath.Dir(keyfilepath))
 		}
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(keyfilepath, keyjson, 0600); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(keyfilepath, keyjson, 0600); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to write keyfile to %s: %v", keyfilepath, err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/ethkey/inspect.go b/cmd/ethkey/inspect.go
index 1cb91ecfe..efcaecd38 100644
--- a/cmd/ethkey/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/ethkey/inspect.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ make sure to use this feature with great caution!`,
 		keyfilepath := ctx.Args().First()
 
 		// Read key from file.
-		keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
+		keyjson, err := os.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to read the keyfile at '%s': %v", keyfilepath, err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/ethkey/message.go b/cmd/ethkey/message.go
index b23c23f65..1a58eeb53 100644
--- a/cmd/ethkey/message.go
+++ b/cmd/ethkey/message.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ To sign a message contained in a file, use the --msgfile flag.
 
 		// Load the keyfile.
 		keyfilepath := ctx.Args().First()
-		keyjson, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
+		keyjson, err := os.ReadFile(keyfilepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to read the keyfile at '%s': %v", keyfilepath, err)
 		}
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func getMessage(ctx *cli.Context, msgarg int) []byte {
 		if len(ctx.Args()) > msgarg {
 			utils.Fatalf("Can't use --msgfile and message argument at the same time.")
 		}
-		msg, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+		msg, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Can't read message file: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/ethkey/utils.go b/cmd/ethkey/utils.go
index 70baae92f..b81e70913 100644
--- a/cmd/ethkey/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/ethkey/utils.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func getPassphrase(ctx *cli.Context, confirmation bool) string {
 	// Look for the --passwordfile flag.
 	passphraseFile := ctx.String(passphraseFlag.Name)
 	if passphraseFile != "" {
-		content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(passphraseFile)
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(passphraseFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to read password file '%s': %v",
 				passphraseFile, err)
diff --git a/cmd/evm/compiler.go b/cmd/evm/compiler.go
index 40ad9313c..880f995f0 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/compiler.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/compiler.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/evm/internal/compiler"
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func compileCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	fn := ctx.Args().First()
-	src, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fn)
+	src, err := os.ReadFile(fn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/evm/disasm.go b/cmd/evm/disasm.go
index f9719497f..918b01376 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/disasm.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/disasm.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/asm"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func disasmCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	switch {
 	case len(ctx.Args().First()) > 0:
 		fn := ctx.Args().First()
-		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fn)
+		input, err := os.ReadFile(fn)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
index 6406ccf6a..b254baa99 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ func saveFile(baseDir, filename string, data interface{}) error {
 		return NewError(ErrorJson, fmt.Errorf("failed marshalling output: %v", err))
 	}
 	location := path.Join(baseDir, filename)
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(location, b, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(location, b, 0644); err != nil {
 		return NewError(ErrorIO, fmt.Errorf("failed writing output: %v", err))
 	}
 	log.Info("Wrote file", "file", location)
diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index 2afce8eb0..5680c07a4 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	goruntime "runtime"
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			// If - is specified, it means that code comes from stdin
 			if codeFileFlag == "-" {
 				//Try reading from stdin
-				if hexcode, err = ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin); err != nil {
+				if hexcode, err = io.ReadAll(os.Stdin); err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("Could not load code from stdin: %v\n", err)
 					os.Exit(1)
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Codefile with hex assembly
-				if hexcode, err = ioutil.ReadFile(codeFileFlag); err != nil {
+				if hexcode, err = os.ReadFile(codeFileFlag); err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("Could not load code from file: %v\n", err)
 					os.Exit(1)
 				}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		code = common.FromHex(string(hexcode))
 	} else if fn := ctx.Args().First(); len(fn) > 0 {
 		// EASM-file to compile
-		src, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fn)
+		src, err := os.ReadFile(fn)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var hexInput []byte
 	if inputFileFlag := ctx.GlobalString(InputFileFlag.Name); inputFileFlag != "" {
 		var err error
-		if hexInput, err = ioutil.ReadFile(inputFileFlag); err != nil {
+		if hexInput, err = os.ReadFile(inputFileFlag); err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("could not load input from file: %v\n", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/evm/staterunner.go b/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
index 90596d9b3..fcdac33ee 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/staterunner.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func stateTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		debugger = logger.NewStructLogger(config)
 	}
 	// Load the test content from the input file
-	src, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ctx.Args().First())
+	src, err := os.ReadFile(ctx.Args().First())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
index bcf28bd58..bcb837062 100644
--- a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
+++ b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/http"
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 	// Load up the account key and decrypt its password
-	blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*accPassFlag)
+	blob, err := os.ReadFile(*accPassFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Crit("Failed to read account password contents", "file", *accPassFlag, "err", err)
 	}
 	pass := strings.TrimSuffix(string(blob), "\n")
 
 	ks := keystore.NewKeyStore(filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".faucet", "keys"), keystore.StandardScryptN, keystore.StandardScryptP)
-	if blob, err = ioutil.ReadFile(*accJSONFlag); err != nil {
+	if blob, err = os.ReadFile(*accJSONFlag); err != nil {
 		log.Crit("Failed to read account key contents", "file", *accJSONFlag, "err", err)
 	}
 	acc, err := ks.Import(blob, pass, pass)
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ func authTwitter(url string, tokenV1, tokenV2 string) (string, string, string, c
 	}
 	username := parts[len(parts)-3]
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", common.Address{}, err
 	}
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ func authFacebook(url string) (string, string, common.Address, error) {
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", common.Address{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
index e33b9eb0f..0b7d58e88 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func importWallet(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if len(keyfile) == 0 {
 		utils.Fatalf("keyfile must be given as argument")
 	}
-	keyJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfile)
+	keyJSON, err := os.ReadFile(keyfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Could not read wallet file: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
index 843117eb5..6b3a56211 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@ func TestAccountImport(t *testing.T) {
 func importAccountWithExpect(t *testing.T, key string, expected string) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	keyfile := filepath.Join(dir, "key.prv")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(keyfile, []byte(key), 0600); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(keyfile, []byte(key), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 	passwordFile := filepath.Join(dir, "password.txt")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(passwordFile, []byte("foobar"), 0600); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(passwordFile, []byte("foobar"), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 	geth := runGeth(t, "--lightkdf", "account", "import", keyfile, "-password", passwordFile)
diff --git a/cmd/geth/dao_test.go b/cmd/geth/dao_test.go
index d3cbfd156..0701a2d5a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dao_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dao_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func testDAOForkBlockNewChain(t *testing.T, test int, genesis string, expectBloc
 	// Start a Geth instance with the requested flags set and immediately terminate
 	if genesis != "" {
 		json := filepath.Join(datadir, "genesis.json")
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(json, []byte(genesis), 0600); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(json, []byte(genesis), 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("test %d: failed to write genesis file: %v", test, err)
 		}
 		runGeth(t, "--datadir", datadir, "--networkid", "1337", "init", json).WaitExit()
diff --git a/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go b/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go
index fb047f55c..c95755f2d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/genesis_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestCustomGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Initialize the data directory with the custom genesis block
 		json := filepath.Join(datadir, "genesis.json")
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(json, []byte(tt.genesis), 0600); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(json, []byte(tt.genesis), 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("test %d: failed to write genesis file: %v", i, err)
 		}
 		runGeth(t, "--datadir", datadir, "init", json).WaitExit()
diff --git a/cmd/geth/version_check.go b/cmd/geth/version_check.go
index 2101a69e9..6eaedf373 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/version_check.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/version_check.go
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -112,14 +113,14 @@ func checkCurrent(url, current string) error {
 // fetch makes an HTTP request to the given url and returns the response body
 func fetch(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if filep := strings.TrimPrefix(url, "file://"); filep != url {
-		return ioutil.ReadFile(filep)
+		return os.ReadFile(filep)
 	}
 	res, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go b/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go
index 4be32d5e4..69d5e65c9 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/version_check_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TestVerification(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testVerification(t *testing.T, pubkey, sigdir string) {
 	// Data to verify
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/vcheck/data.json")
+	data, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/vcheck/data.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func testVerification(t *testing.T, pubkey, sigdir string) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for _, f := range files {
-		sig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(sigdir, f.Name()))
+		sig, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(sigdir, f.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func versionUint(v string) int {
 
 // TestMatching can be used to check that the regexps are correct
 func TestMatching(t *testing.T) {
-	data, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json")
+	data, _ := os.ReadFile("./testdata/vcheck/vulnerabilities.json")
 	var vulns []vulnJson
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &vulns); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/genesis_test.go b/cmd/puppeth/genesis_test.go
index aaa72d73c..605c1070a 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/genesis_test.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/genesis_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 // Tests the go-ethereum to Aleth chainspec conversion for the Stureby testnet.
 func TestAlethSturebyConverter(t *testing.T) {
-	blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_geth.json")
+	blob, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_geth.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not read file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestAlethSturebyConverter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed creating chainspec: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	expBlob, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_aleth.json")
+	expBlob, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_aleth.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not read file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestAlethSturebyConverter(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Tests the go-ethereum to Parity chainspec conversion for the Stureby testnet.
 func TestParitySturebyConverter(t *testing.T) {
-	blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_geth.json")
+	blob, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_geth.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not read file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestParitySturebyConverter(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed encoding chainspec: %v", err)
 	}
-	expBlob, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_parity.json")
+	expBlob, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/stureby_parity.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not read file: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/ssh.go b/cmd/puppeth/ssh.go
index 039cb6cb4..95a36f327 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/ssh.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/ssh.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func dial(server string, pubkey []byte) (*sshClient, error) {
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		path := filepath.Join(user.HomeDir, ".ssh", identity)
-		if buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
+		if buf, err := os.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("No SSH key, falling back to passwords", "path", path, "err", err)
 		} else {
 			key, err := ssh.ParsePrivateKey(buf)
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/wizard.go b/cmd/puppeth/wizard.go
index c0edc5401..f7aafd4dd 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/wizard.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/wizard.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func (c config) flush() {
 	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(c.path), 0755)
 
 	out, _ := json.MarshalIndent(c, "", "  ")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(c.path, out, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(c.path, out, 0644); err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Failed to save puppeth configs", "file", c.path, "err", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_genesis.go b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_genesis.go
index ae5977b37..cb056ab13 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_genesis.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_genesis.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ func (w *wizard) manageGenesis() {
 
 		// Export the native genesis spec used by puppeth and Geth
 		gethJson := filepath.Join(folder, fmt.Sprintf("%s.json", w.network))
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(gethJson, out, 0644); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(gethJson, out, 0644); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Failed to save genesis file", "err", err)
 			return
 		}
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ func saveGenesis(folder, network, client string, spec interface{}) {
 	path := filepath.Join(folder, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.json", network, client))
 
 	out, _ := json.MarshalIndent(spec, "", "  ")
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, out, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, out, 0644); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to save genesis file", "client", client, "err", err)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_intro.go b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_intro.go
index dd4b606c4..adac943cc 100644
--- a/cmd/puppeth/wizard_intro.go
+++ b/cmd/puppeth/wizard_intro.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func (w *wizard) run() {
 	// Load initial configurations and connect to all live servers
 	w.conf.path = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".puppeth", w.network)
 
-	blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(w.conf.path)
+	blob, err := os.ReadFile(w.conf.path)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("No previous configurations found", "path", w.conf.path)
 	} else if err := json.Unmarshal(blob, &w.conf); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 53466c695..6f0901621 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
@@ -1213,7 +1212,7 @@ func MakePasswordList(ctx *cli.Context) []string {
 	if path == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
-	text, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	text, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Failed to read password file: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/common/compiler/helpers.go b/common/compiler/helpers.go
index 5ed640de8..59d242af3 100644
--- a/common/compiler/helpers.go
+++ b/common/compiler/helpers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package compiler
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type ContractInfo struct {
 func slurpFiles(files []string) (string, error) {
 	var concat bytes.Buffer
 	for _, file := range files {
-		content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
diff --git a/common/test_utils.go b/common/test_utils.go
index a848642f7..7a175412f 100644
--- a/common/test_utils.go
+++ b/common/test_utils.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ package common
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 )
 
 // LoadJSON reads the given file and unmarshals its content.
 func LoadJSON(file string, val interface{}) error {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/algorithm_test.go b/consensus/ethash/algorithm_test.go
index 70e94f490..88769d277 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/algorithm_test.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/algorithm_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package ethash
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -700,7 +699,7 @@ func TestConcurrentDiskCacheGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a temp folder to generate the caches into
 	// TODO: t.TempDir fails to remove the directory on Windows
 	// \AppData\Local\Temp\1\TestConcurrentDiskCacheGeneration2382060137\001\cache-R23-1dca8a85e74aa763: Access is denied.
-	cachedir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	cachedir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temporary cache dir: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/ethash_test.go b/consensus/ethash/ethash_test.go
index 5e454fffb..eb6bad962 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/ethash_test.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/ethash_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package ethash
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func TestTestMode(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCacheFileEvict(t *testing.T) {
 	// TODO: t.TempDir fails to remove the directory on Windows
 	// \AppData\Local\Temp\1\TestCacheFileEvict2179435125\001\cache-R23-0000000000000000: Access is denied.
-	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ethash-test")
+	tmpdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ethash-test")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/sealer_test.go b/consensus/ethash/sealer_test.go
index c34e76aec..e338f7529 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/sealer_test.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/sealer_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package ethash
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestRemoteNotify(t *testing.T) {
 	// Start a simple web server to capture notifications.
 	sink := make(chan [3]string)
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		blob, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		blob, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("failed to read miner notification: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestRemoteNotifyFull(t *testing.T) {
 	// Start a simple web server to capture notifications.
 	sink := make(chan map[string]interface{})
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		blob, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		blob, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("failed to read miner notification: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestRemoteMultiNotify(t *testing.T) {
 	// Start a simple web server to capture notifications.
 	sink := make(chan [3]string, 64)
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		blob, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		blob, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("failed to read miner notification: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func TestRemoteMultiNotifyFull(t *testing.T) {
 	// Start a simple web server to capture notifications.
 	sink := make(chan map[string]interface{}, 64)
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		blob, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		blob, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("failed to read miner notification: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/console/console.go b/console/console.go
index f0f9b5dda..2f61c1d7a 100644
--- a/console/console.go
+++ b/console/console.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ func (c *Console) init(preload []string) error {
 
 	// Configure the input prompter for history and tab completion.
 	if c.prompter != nil {
-		if content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(c.histPath); err != nil {
+		if content, err := os.ReadFile(c.histPath); err != nil {
 			c.prompter.SetHistory(nil)
 		} else {
 			c.history = strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ func (c *Console) Stop(graceful bool) error {
 }
 
 func (c *Console) writeHistory() error {
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(c.histPath, []byte(strings.Join(c.history, "\n")), 0600); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(c.histPath, []byte(strings.Join(c.history, "\n")), 0600); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return os.Chmod(c.histPath, 0600) // Force 0600, even if it was different previously
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
index 2b80a1b84..dbb13caa4 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ func TestDeriveLogFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 func BenchmarkDecodeRLPLogs(b *testing.B) {
 	// Encoded receipts from block 0x14ee094309fbe8f70b65f45ebcc08fb33f126942d97464aad5eb91cfd1e2d269
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/stored_receipts.bin")
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/stored_receipts.bin")
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_meta_test.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_meta_test.go
index 191744a75..3e20aad69 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_meta_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_meta_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 package rawdb
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestReadWriteFreezerTableMeta(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "*")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "*")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create file %v", err)
 	}
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func TestReadWriteFreezerTableMeta(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInitializeFreezerTableMeta(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "*")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "*")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create file %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_utils.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_utils.go
index 5695fc0fa..e7cce2920 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_utils.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_utils.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package rawdb
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 // It is perfectly valid to have destPath == srcPath.
 func copyFrom(srcPath, destPath string, offset uint64, before func(f *os.File) error) error {
 	// Create a temp file in the same dir where we want it to wind up
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(filepath.Dir(destPath), "*")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(destPath), "*")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_utils_test.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_utils_test.go
index de8087f9b..cc300cb61 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_utils_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_utils_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package rawdb
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func TestCopyFrom(t *testing.T) {
 		{"foo", "bar", 8, true},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		ioutil.WriteFile(c.src, content, 0644)
+		os.WriteFile(c.src, content, 0644)
 
 		if err := copyFrom(c.src, c.dest, c.offset, func(f *os.File) error {
 			if !c.writePrefix {
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func TestCopyFrom(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to copy %v", err)
 		}
 
-		blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(c.dest)
+		blob, err := os.ReadFile(c.dest)
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Remove(c.src)
 			os.Remove(c.dest)
diff --git a/core/tx_pool_test.go b/core/tx_pool_test.go
index a7af27583..dd2407470 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool_test.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -2243,7 +2242,7 @@ func testTransactionJournaling(t *testing.T, nolocals bool) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Create a temporary file for the journal
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create temporary journal: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/vm/contracts_test.go b/core/vm/contracts_test.go
index aa8d2f1eb..b22d999e6 100644
--- a/core/vm/contracts_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/contracts_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func TestPrecompiledBLS12381MapG1Fail(t *testing.T)      { testJsonFail("blsMapG
 func TestPrecompiledBLS12381MapG2Fail(t *testing.T)      { testJsonFail("blsMapG2", "12", t) }
 
 func loadJson(name string) ([]precompiledTest, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/precompiles/%v.json", name))
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/precompiles/%v.json", name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func loadJson(name string) ([]precompiledTest, error) {
 }
 
 func loadJsonFail(name string) ([]precompiledFailureTest, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/precompiles/fail-%v.json", name))
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/precompiles/fail-%v.json", name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/vm/instructions_test.go b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
index 36589a126..8e6d6c92c 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestWriteExpectedValues(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		_ = ioutil.WriteFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/testcases_%v.json", name), data, 0644)
+		_ = os.WriteFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/testcases_%v.json", name), data, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestWriteExpectedValues(t *testing.T) {
 // TestJsonTestcases runs through all the testcases defined as json-files
 func TestJsonTestcases(t *testing.T) {
 	for name := range twoOpMethods {
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/testcases_%v.json", name))
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/testcases_%v.json", name))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("Failed to read file", err)
 		}
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index 40969a289..45ea72747 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ func checkKeyFileEnd(r *bufio.Reader) error {
 // restrictive permissions. The key data is saved hex-encoded.
 func SaveECDSA(file string, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) error {
 	k := hex.EncodeToString(FromECDSA(key))
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte(k), 0600)
+	return os.WriteFile(file, []byte(k), 0600)
 }
 
 // GenerateKey generates a new private key.
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_test.go b/crypto/crypto_test.go
index f9b0d3e83..da123cf98 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ func TestLoadECDSA(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "loadecdsa_test.*.txt")
+		f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "loadecdsa_test.*.txt")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ func TestLoadECDSA(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSaveECDSA(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "saveecdsa_test.*.txt")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "saveecdsa_test.*.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/signify/signify.go b/crypto/signify/signify.go
index e280f8726..eb029e509 100644
--- a/crypto/signify/signify.go
+++ b/crypto/signify/signify.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func SignFile(input string, output string, key string, untrustedComment string,
 		trustedComment = fmt.Sprintf("timestamp:%d", time.Now().Unix())
 	}
 
-	filedata, err := ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+	filedata, err := os.ReadFile(input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ func SignFile(input string, output string, key string, untrustedComment string,
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(dataSig))
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "trusted comment:", trustedComment)
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(commentSig))
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(output, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+	return os.WriteFile(output, out.Bytes(), 0644)
 }
diff --git a/crypto/signify/signify_fuzz.go b/crypto/signify/signify_fuzz.go
index 2dc9b2102..457af044d 100644
--- a/crypto/signify/signify_fuzz.go
+++ b/crypto/signify/signify_fuzz.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package signify
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func Fuzz(data []byte) int {
 	if len(data) < 32 {
 		return -1
 	}
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ func Fuzz(data []byte) int {
 
 	// Write the public key into the file to pass it as
 	// an argument to signify-openbsd
-	pubKeyFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	pubKeyFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ func getKey(fileS string) (string, error) {
 
 func createKeyPair() (string, string) {
 	// Create key and put it in correct format
-	tmpKey, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpKey, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/signify/signify_test.go b/crypto/signify/signify_test.go
index 615d4e652..ba85d2fc4 100644
--- a/crypto/signify/signify_test.go
+++ b/crypto/signify/signify_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package signify
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func TestSignify(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func TestSignify(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSignifyTrustedCommentTooManyLines(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ func TestSignifyTrustedCommentTooManyLines(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSignifyTrustedCommentTooManyLinesLF(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ func TestSignifyTrustedCommentTooManyLinesLF(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSignifyTrustedCommentEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index b7edc2236..074f193e6 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@ func (api *API) TraceBlock(ctx context.Context, blob hexutil.Bytes, config *Trac
 // TraceBlockFromFile returns the structured logs created during the execution of
 // EVM and returns them as a JSON object.
 func (api *API) TraceBlockFromFile(ctx context.Context, file string, config *TraceConfig) ([]*txTraceResult, error) {
-	blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	blob, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -722,7 +721,7 @@ func (api *API) standardTraceBlockToFile(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block
 			if !canon {
 				prefix = fmt.Sprintf("%valt-", prefix)
 			}
-			dump, err = ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), prefix)
+			dump, err = os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), prefix)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
index cf7c1e6c0..b715d8ee9 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func testCallTracer(tracerName string, dirPath string, t *testing.T) {
 				tx   = new(types.Transaction)
 			)
 			// Call tracer test found, read if from disk
-			if blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", dirPath, file.Name())); err != nil {
+			if blob, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", dirPath, file.Name())); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to read testcase: %v", err)
 			} else if err := json.Unmarshal(blob, test); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to parse testcase: %v", err)
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ func BenchmarkTracers(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 		file := file // capture range variable
 		b.Run(camel(strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), ".json")), func(b *testing.B) {
-			blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "call_tracer", file.Name()))
+			blob, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "call_tracer", file.Name()))
 			if err != nil {
 				b.Fatalf("failed to read testcase: %v", err)
 			}
diff --git a/graphql/graphql_test.go b/graphql/graphql_test.go
index 828c057c3..2768026b5 100644
--- a/graphql/graphql_test.go
+++ b/graphql/graphql_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package graphql
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestGraphQLBlockSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("could not post: %v", err)
 		}
-		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("could not read from response body: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func TestGraphQLBlockSerializationEIP2718(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("could not post: %v", err)
 		}
-		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("could not read from response body: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/build/download.go b/internal/build/download.go
index efb223b32..903d0308d 100644
--- a/internal/build/download.go
+++ b/internal/build/download.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ type ChecksumDB struct {
 
 // MustLoadChecksums loads a file containing checksums.
 func MustLoadChecksums(file string) *ChecksumDB {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("can't load checksum file: " + err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/internal/build/util.go b/internal/build/util.go
index cd6db09d0..974d7001c 100644
--- a/internal/build/util.go
+++ b/internal/build/util.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func RunGit(args ...string) string {
 
 // readGitFile returns content of file in .git directory.
 func readGitFile(file string) string {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(".git", file))
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(".git", file))
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go b/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
index d75db41e0..b837c9c39 100644
--- a/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ func (tt *TestCmd) ExpectRegexp(regex string) (*regexp.Regexp, []string) {
 func (tt *TestCmd) ExpectExit() {
 	var output []byte
 	tt.withKillTimeout(func() {
-		output, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(tt.stdout)
+		output, _ = io.ReadAll(tt.stdout)
 	})
 	tt.WaitExit()
 	if tt.Cleanup != nil {
diff --git a/internal/jsre/jsre.go b/internal/jsre/jsre.go
index 24fedd8d2..4de80a9e9 100644
--- a/internal/jsre/jsre.go
+++ b/internal/jsre/jsre.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (re *JSRE) Stop(waitForCallbacks bool) {
 // Exec(file) loads and runs the contents of a file
 // if a relative path is given, the jsre's assetPath is used
 func (re *JSRE) Exec(file string) error {
-	code, err := ioutil.ReadFile(common.AbsolutePath(re.assetPath, file))
+	code, err := os.ReadFile(common.AbsolutePath(re.assetPath, file))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (re *JSRE) Compile(filename string, src string) (err error) {
 func (re *JSRE) loadScript(call Call) (goja.Value, error) {
 	file := call.Argument(0).ToString().String()
 	file = common.AbsolutePath(re.assetPath, file)
-	source, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	source, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not read file %s: %v", file, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go b/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
index e6ecdeeda..bb4ff5fa4 100644
--- a/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
+++ b/internal/jsre/jsre_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package jsre
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func (no *testNativeObjectBinding) TestMethod(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value
 func newWithTestJS(t *testing.T, testjs string) *JSRE {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	if testjs != "" {
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(dir, "test.js"), []byte(testjs), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path.Join(dir, "test.js"), []byte(testjs), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("cannot create test.js:", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/utesting/utesting.go b/internal/utesting/utesting.go
index ef05a90e4..ee99794c6 100644
--- a/internal/utesting/utesting.go
+++ b/internal/utesting/utesting.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func MatchTests(tests []Test, expr string) []Test {
 // If the report writer is non-nil, a test report is written to it in real time.
 func RunTests(tests []Test, report io.Writer) []Result {
 	if report == nil {
-		report = ioutil.Discard
+		report = io.Discard
 	}
 	results := run(tests, newConsoleOutput(report))
 	fails := CountFailures(results)
diff --git a/les/api_test.go b/les/api_test.go
index 6a19b0fe4..ea6870e35 100644
--- a/les/api_test.go
+++ b/les/api_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -423,7 +422,7 @@ func NewAdapter(adapterType string, services adapters.LifecycleConstructors) (ad
 		//	case "socket":
 		//		adapter = adapters.NewSocketAdapter(services)
 	case "exec":
-		baseDir, err0 := ioutil.TempDir("", "les-test")
+		baseDir, err0 := os.MkdirTemp("", "les-test")
 		if err0 != nil {
 			return nil, teardown, err0
 		}
diff --git a/metrics/librato/client.go b/metrics/librato/client.go
index f7aed3e4e..eebe20521 100644
--- a/metrics/librato/client.go
+++ b/metrics/librato/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *LibratoClient) PostMetrics(batch Batch) (err error) {
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		var body []byte
-		if body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body); err != nil {
+		if body, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body); err != nil {
 			body = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("(could not fetch response body for error: %s)", err))
 		}
 		err = fmt.Errorf("unable to post to Librato: %d %s %s", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status, string(body))
diff --git a/metrics/metrics_test.go b/metrics/metrics_test.go
index df36da0ad..029c99870 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const FANOUT = 128
 
 // Stop the compiler from complaining during debugging.
 var (
-	_ = ioutil.Discard
+	_ = io.Discard
 	_ = log.LstdFlags
 )
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func BenchmarkMetrics(b *testing.B) {
 					//log.Println("done Write")
 					return
 				default:
-					WriteOnce(r, ioutil.Discard)
+					WriteOnce(r, io.Discard)
 				}
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/miner/stress/1559/main.go b/miner/stress/1559/main.go
index 7c6134b3f..9c1ab0f4a 100644
--- a/miner/stress/1559/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/1559/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ func makeGenesis(faucets []*ecdsa.PrivateKey) *core.Genesis {
 
 func makeMiner(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 	// Define the basic configurations for the Ethereum node
-	datadir, _ := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	datadir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 
 	config := &node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
diff --git a/miner/stress/beacon/main.go b/miner/stress/beacon/main.go
index ccb7279b0..3f751049b 100644
--- a/miner/stress/beacon/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/beacon/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -461,7 +460,7 @@ func makeGenesis(faucets []*ecdsa.PrivateKey) *core.Genesis {
 
 func makeFullNode(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, *ethcatalyst.ConsensusAPI, error) {
 	// Define the basic configurations for the Ethereum node
-	datadir, _ := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	datadir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 
 	config := &node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ func makeFullNode(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, *ethcatalys
 
 func makeLightNode(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *les.LightEthereum, *lescatalyst.ConsensusAPI, error) {
 	// Define the basic configurations for the Ethereum node
-	datadir, _ := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	datadir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 
 	config := &node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
diff --git a/miner/stress/clique/main.go b/miner/stress/clique/main.go
index f30da55df..070a6ed60 100644
--- a/miner/stress/clique/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/clique/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ func makeGenesis(faucets []*ecdsa.PrivateKey, sealers []*ecdsa.PrivateKey) *core
 
 func makeSealer(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 	// Define the basic configurations for the Ethereum node
-	datadir, _ := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	datadir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 
 	config := &node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
diff --git a/miner/stress/ethash/main.go b/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
index bd9111ee3..56a6e5817 100644
--- a/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
+++ b/miner/stress/ethash/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ func makeGenesis(faucets []*ecdsa.PrivateKey) *core.Genesis {
 
 func makeMiner(genesis *core.Genesis) (*node.Node, *eth.Ethereum, error) {
 	// Define the basic configurations for the Ethereum node
-	datadir, _ := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	datadir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
 
 	config := &node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
diff --git a/mobile/android_test.go b/mobile/android_test.go
index 43caa87e5..2ddf5d9d9 100644
--- a/mobile/android_test.go
+++ b/mobile/android_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package geth
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -210,14 +209,14 @@ func TestAndroid(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cp.CopyFile(filepath.Join("libs", "geth.aar"), "geth.aar")
 
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join("src", "androidTest", "java", "org", "ethereum", "gethtest", "AndroidTest.java"), []byte(androidTestClass), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join("src", "androidTest", "java", "org", "ethereum", "gethtest", "AndroidTest.java"), []byte(androidTestClass), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to write Android test class: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Finish creating the project and run the tests via gradle
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join("src", "main", "AndroidManifest.xml"), []byte(androidManifest), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join("src", "main", "AndroidManifest.xml"), []byte(androidManifest), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to write Android manifest: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile("build.gradle", []byte(gradleConfig), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile("build.gradle", []byte(gradleConfig), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to write gradle build file: %v", err)
 	}
 	if output, err := exec.Command("gradle", "connectedAndroidTest").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 853190c95..2047299fb 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package node
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ func getKeyStoreDir(conf *Config) (string, bool, error) {
 	isEphemeral := false
 	if keydir == "" {
 		// There is no datadir.
-		keydir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "go-ethereum-keystore")
+		keydir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "go-ethereum-keystore")
 		isEphemeral = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/node/config_test.go b/node/config_test.go
index 5d7006169..d9f812ec4 100644
--- a/node/config_test.go
+++ b/node/config_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package node
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func TestDatadirCreation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("freshly created datadir not accessible: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Verify that an impossible datadir fails creation
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create temporary file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ func TestNodeKeyPersistency(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err = crypto.LoadECDSA(keyfile); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to load freshly persisted node key: %v", err)
 	}
-	blob1, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyfile)
+	blob1, err := os.ReadFile(keyfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read freshly persisted node key: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ func TestNodeKeyPersistency(t *testing.T) {
 	// Configure a new node and ensure the previously persisted key is loaded
 	config = &Config{Name: "unit-test", DataDir: dir}
 	config.NodeKey()
-	blob2, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(keyfile))
+	blob2, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(keyfile))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read previously persisted node key: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index d9c41cca5..2ee47d250 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@ func (h *virtualHostHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 var gzPool = sync.Pool{
 	New: func() interface{} {
-		w := gzip.NewWriter(ioutil.Discard)
+		w := gzip.NewWriter(io.Discard)
 		return w
 	},
 }
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
index 355a8f691..0fa80298f 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -580,7 +579,7 @@ func (n *handshakeTestNode) id() enode.ID {
 // hexFile reads the given file and decodes the hex data contained in it.
 // Whitespace and any lines beginning with the # character are ignored.
 func hexFile(file string) []byte {
-	fileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	fileContent, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/message.go b/p2p/message.go
index bd048138c..7cbe0f1dc 100644
--- a/p2p/message.go
+++ b/p2p/message.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func (msg Msg) String() string {
 
 // Discard reads any remaining payload data into a black hole.
 func (msg Msg) Discard() error {
-	_, err := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, msg.Payload)
+	_, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, msg.Payload)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ func ExpectMsg(r MsgReader, code uint64, content interface{}) error {
 	if int(msg.Size) != len(contentEnc) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("message size mismatch: got %d, want %d", msg.Size, len(contentEnc))
 	}
-	actualContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(msg.Payload)
+	actualContent, err := io.ReadAll(msg.Payload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.go b/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.go
index 0cddd9b50..2f4c56054 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 		adapter = adapters.NewSimAdapter(services)
 
 	case "exec":
-		tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "p2p-example")
+		tmpdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "p2p-example")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Crit("error creating temp dir", "err", err)
 		}
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (p *pingPongService) Run(peer *p2p.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 				errC <- err
 				return
 			}
-			payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(msg.Payload)
+			payload, err := io.ReadAll(msg.Payload)
 			if err != nil {
 				errC <- err
 				return
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/http.go b/p2p/simulations/http.go
index 45c12f743..341ff8718 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/http.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/http.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ func (c *Client) SubscribeNetwork(events chan *Event, opts SubscribeOpts) (event
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		response, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		response, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		res.Body.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP status: %s: %s", res.Status, response)
 	}
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ func (c *Client) Send(method, path string, in, out interface{}) error {
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && res.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
-		response, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		response, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP status: %s: %s", res.Status, response)
 	}
 	if out != nil {
diff --git a/rlp/encode_test.go b/rlp/encode_test.go
index 1d715e377..78392906b 100644
--- a/rlp/encode_test.go
+++ b/rlp/encode_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -420,7 +419,7 @@ func TestEncodeToReader(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		return io.ReadAll(r)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -461,7 +460,7 @@ func TestEncodeToReaderReturnToPool(t *testing.T) {
 		go func() {
 			for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
 				_, r, _ := EncodeToReader("foo")
-				ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+				io.ReadAll(r)
 				r.Read(buf)
 				r.Read(buf)
 				r.Read(buf)
diff --git a/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go b/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
index 9940db188..ff7ccdbed 100644
--- a/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
+++ b/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
 	"go/types"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -51,11 +50,11 @@ func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Set this environment variable to regenerate the test outputs.
 			if os.Getenv("WRITE_TEST_FILES") != "" {
-				ioutil.WriteFile(outputFile, output, 0644)
+				os.WriteFile(outputFile, output, 0644)
 			}
 
 			// Check if output matches.
-			wantOutput, err := ioutil.ReadFile(outputFile)
+			wantOutput, err := os.ReadFile(outputFile)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("error loading expected test output:", err)
 			}
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 func loadTestSource(file string, typeName string) (*buildContext, *types.Named, error) {
 	// Load the test input.
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/rlp/rlpgen/main.go b/rlp/rlpgen/main.go
index 5b240bfd8..37d585888 100644
--- a/rlp/rlpgen/main.go
+++ b/rlp/rlpgen/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/types"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	if *output == "-" {
 		os.Stdout.Write(code)
-	} else if err := ioutil.WriteFile(*output, code, 0644); err != nil {
+	} else if err := os.WriteFile(*output, code, 0644); err != nil {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 18404c060..9f4464957 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -176,12 +175,12 @@ func (hc *httpConn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}) (io.ReadClos
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", hc.url, ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)))
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", hc.url, io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	req.ContentLength = int64(len(body))
-	req.GetBody = func() (io.ReadCloser, error) { return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)), nil }
+	req.GetBody = func() (io.ReadCloser, error) { return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)), nil }
 
 	// set headers
 	hc.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/rpc/server_test.go b/rpc/server_test.go
index e67893710..46fa06d95 100644
--- a/rpc/server_test.go
+++ b/rpc/server_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 func runTestScript(t *testing.T, file string) {
 	server := newTestServer()
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/signer/core/signed_data_test.go b/signer/core/signed_data_test.go
index fbc2903d9..7c518b3c9 100644
--- a/signer/core/signed_data_test.go
+++ b/signer/core/signed_data_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ func TestJsonFiles(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		expectedFailure := strings.HasPrefix(fInfo.Name(), "expfail")
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join("testdata", fInfo.Name()))
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join("testdata", fInfo.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to read file %v: %v", fInfo.Name(), err)
 			continue
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ func TestFuzzerFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	verbose := false
 	for i, fInfo := range testfiles {
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(corpusdir, fInfo.Name()))
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(corpusdir, fInfo.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to read file %v: %v", fInfo.Name(), err)
 			continue
diff --git a/signer/core/uiapi.go b/signer/core/uiapi.go
index 3a0327d86..59466d8fa 100644
--- a/signer/core/uiapi.go
+++ b/signer/core/uiapi.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (s *UIServerAPI) Export(ctx context.Context, addr common.Address) (json.Raw
 	if wallet.URL().Scheme != keystore.KeyStoreScheme {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("account is not a keystore-account")
 	}
-	return ioutil.ReadFile(wallet.URL().Path)
+	return os.ReadFile(wallet.URL().Path)
 }
 
 // Import tries to import the given keyJSON in the local keystore. The keyJSON data is expected to be
diff --git a/signer/fourbyte/fourbyte.go b/signer/fourbyte/fourbyte.go
index 090344523..f2256a28f 100644
--- a/signer/fourbyte/fourbyte.go
+++ b/signer/fourbyte/fourbyte.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func NewWithFile(path string) (*Database, error) {
 	// Custom file may not exist. Will be created during save, if needed.
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
 		var blob []byte
-		if blob, err = ioutil.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
+		if blob, err = os.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(blob, &db.custom); err != nil {
@@ -137,5 +136,5 @@ func (db *Database) AddSelector(selector string, data []byte) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(db.customPath, blob, 0600)
+	return os.WriteFile(db.customPath, blob, 0600)
 }
diff --git a/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage.go b/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage.go
index 1dad34a3e..f09bfa7d4 100644
--- a/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage.go
+++ b/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ func (s *AESEncryptedStorage) Del(key string) {
 // readEncryptedStorage reads the file with encrypted creds
 func (s *AESEncryptedStorage) readEncryptedStorage() (map[string]storedCredential, error) {
 	creds := make(map[string]storedCredential)
-	raw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(s.filename)
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(s.filename)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *AESEncryptedStorage) writeEncryptedStorage(creds map[string]storedCrede
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(s.filename, raw, 0600); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(s.filename, raw, 0600); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage_test.go b/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage_test.go
index abb97de9f..a2a95d9de 100644
--- a/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage_test.go
+++ b/signer/storage/aes_gcm_storage_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestSwappedKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	// Now make a modified copy
 
 	creds := make(map[string]storedCredential)
-	raw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(s1.filename)
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(s1.filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestSwappedKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		if err = ioutil.WriteFile(s1.filename, raw, 0600); err != nil {
+		if err = os.WriteFile(s1.filename, raw, 0600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/abi/abifuzzer_test.go b/tests/fuzzers/abi/abifuzzer_test.go
index 423a3cd23..c66399e1b 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/abi/abifuzzer_test.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/abi/abifuzzer_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestGenerateCorpus(t *testing.T) {
 		data := common.FromHex(corpusHex)
 		checksum := sha1.Sum(data)
 		outf := fmt.Sprintf("corpus/%x", checksum)
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(outf, data, 0777); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(outf, data, 0777); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	*/
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/difficulty/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/difficulty/debug/main.go
index 23516b3a0..e982eef09 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/difficulty/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/difficulty/debug/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/fuzzers/difficulty"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/les/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/les/debug/main.go
index 09e087d4c..77a612703 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/les/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/les/debug/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/fuzzers/les"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/rangeproof/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/rangeproof/debug/main.go
index a81c69fea..d4cab8ec4 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/rangeproof/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/rangeproof/debug/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/fuzzers/rangeproof"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/snap/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/snap/debug/main.go
index d0d1b4930..aad6346f6 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/snap/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/snap/debug/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/fuzzers/snap"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/debug/main.go
index 1ec28a8ef..042992e9e 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/debug/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/vflux/debug/main.go b/tests/fuzzers/vflux/debug/main.go
index 1d4a5ff19..e6cec0460 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/vflux/debug/main.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/vflux/debug/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	crasher := os.Args[1]
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(crasher)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(crasher)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading crasher %v: %v", crasher, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/init_test.go b/tests/init_test.go
index 7e2f3ff7f..218634966 100644
--- a/tests/init_test.go
+++ b/tests/init_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func readJSON(reader io.Reader, value interface{}) error {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading JSON file: %v", err)
 	}