diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/nodes.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/nodes.go
index 46308fb3a02..2a9e0b51a97 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/nodes.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/nodes.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -1095,7 +1094,7 @@ func PackageNameFromFileBody(name, body string) Name {
 
 // NOTE: panics if package name is invalid.
 func ReadMemPackage(dir string, pkgPath string) *std.MemPackage {
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/precompile.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/precompile.go
index f7a10d5589a..c3116f25800 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/precompile.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/precompile.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"go/format"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ func GetPrecompileFilenameAndTags(gnoFilePath string) (targetFilename, tags stri
 func PrecompileAndCheckMempkg(mempkg *std.MemPackage) error {
 	gofmt := "gofmt"
 
-	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", mempkg.Name)
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", mempkg.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnomod/gnomod.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnomod/gnomod.go
index 7bb51d6558a..3c224bafb87 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnomod/gnomod.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnomod/gnomod.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package gnomod
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -172,9 +171,9 @@ func CreateGnoModFile(rootDir, modPath string) error {
 	if modPath == "" {
 		// Check .gno files for package name
 		// and use it as modPath
-		files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(rootDir)
+		files, err := os.ReadDir(rootDir)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Errorf("read dir %q: %w", rootDir, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("read dir %q: %w", rootDir, err)
 		}
 
 		var pkgName gnolang.Name