diff --git a/cmd/geth/attach_test.go b/cmd/geth/attach_test.go
index 7c5f95175..91007ccf6 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/attach_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/attach_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestRemoteDbWithHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
-	var ok uint32
+	var ok atomic.Uint32
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Addr: "localhost:0",
 		Handler: &testHandler{func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func testReceiveHeaders(t *testing.T, ln net.Listener, gethArgs ...string) {
 			if have, want := r.Header.Get("second"), "two"; have != want {
 				t.Fatalf("missing header, have %v want %v", have, want)
 			}
-			atomic.StoreUint32(&ok, 1)
+			ok.Store(1)
 		}}}
 	go server.Serve(ln)
 	defer server.Close()
 	runGeth(t, gethArgs...).WaitExit()
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&ok) != 1 {
+	if ok.Load() != 1 {
 		t.Fatal("Test fail, expected invocation to succeed")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index b27ce5571..41591ac13 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -261,16 +261,16 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	// Start periodically gathering memory profiles
-	var peakMemAlloc, peakMemSys uint64
+	var peakMemAlloc, peakMemSys atomic.Uint64
 	go func() {
 		stats := new(runtime.MemStats)
 		for {
 			runtime.ReadMemStats(stats)
-			if atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemAlloc) < stats.Alloc {
-				atomic.StoreUint64(&peakMemAlloc, stats.Alloc)
+			if peakMemAlloc.Load() < stats.Alloc {
+				peakMemAlloc.Store(stats.Alloc)
 			}
-			if atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemSys) < stats.Sys {
-				atomic.StoreUint64(&peakMemSys, stats.Sys)
+			if peakMemSys.Load() < stats.Sys {
+				peakMemSys.Store(stats.Sys)
 			}
 			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 		}
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	mem := new(runtime.MemStats)
 	runtime.ReadMemStats(mem)
 
-	fmt.Printf("Object memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Alloc)/1024/1024, float64(atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemAlloc))/1024/1024)
-	fmt.Printf("System memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Sys)/1024/1024, float64(atomic.LoadUint64(&peakMemSys))/1024/1024)
+	fmt.Printf("Object memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Alloc)/1024/1024, float64(peakMemAlloc.Load())/1024/1024)
+	fmt.Printf("System memory: %.3f MB current, %.3f MB peak\n", float64(mem.Sys)/1024/1024, float64(peakMemSys.Load())/1024/1024)
 	fmt.Printf("Allocations:   %.3f million\n", float64(mem.Mallocs)/1000000)
 	fmt.Printf("GC pause:      %v\n\n", time.Duration(mem.PauseTotalNs))
 
diff --git a/cmd/geth/les_test.go b/cmd/geth/les_test.go
index 746f12c76..b36c3265a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/les_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/les_test.go
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func ipcEndpoint(ipcPath, datadir string) string {
 // but windows require pipes to sit in "\\.\pipe\". Therefore, to run several
 // nodes simultaneously, we need to distinguish between them, which we do by
 // the pipe filename instead of folder.
-var nextIPC = uint32(0)
+var nextIPC atomic.Uint32
 
 func startGethWithIpc(t *testing.T, name string, args ...string) *gethrpc {
-	ipcName := fmt.Sprintf("geth-%d.ipc", atomic.AddUint32(&nextIPC, 1))
+	ipcName := fmt.Sprintf("geth-%d.ipc", nextIPC.Add(1))
 	args = append([]string{"--networkid=42", "--port=0", "--authrpc.port", "0", "--ipcpath", ipcName}, args...)
 	t.Logf("Starting %v with rpc: %v", name, args)