diff --git a/backend_qemu.go b/backend_qemu.go
index 191ad79..a52e2b4 100644
--- a/backend_qemu.go
+++ b/backend_qemu.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package fakemachine
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ func (b qemuBackend) KernelRelease() (string, error) {
 		return release, nil
 	}
 
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/lib/modules")
+	files, err := os.ReadDir("/lib/modules")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/backend_uml.go b/backend_uml.go
index 7bf6eac..3df1f49 100644
--- a/backend_uml.go
+++ b/backend_uml.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package fakemachine
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func (b umlBackend) ModulePath() (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// find the subdirectory containing the modules for the UML release
-	modSubdirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(moddir)
+	modSubdirs, err := os.ReadDir(moddir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index 52ce459..447c58d 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/alessio/shellescape"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func (m *Machine) setupscratch() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile(m.scratchpath, "fake-scratch.img.")
+	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp(m.scratchpath, "fake-scratch.img.")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -659,10 +659,12 @@ func (m *Machine) startup(command string, extracontent [][2]string) (int, error)
 		}
 	}
 
-	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "fakemachine-")
+	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp("", "fakemachine-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
+
+	tmpdir := tmp.Name()
 	m.AddVolumeAt(tmpdir, "/run/fakemachine")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
 
@@ -902,7 +904,7 @@ func (m *Machine) startup(command string, extracontent [][2]string) (int, error)
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	exitstr, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(result)
+	exitstr, _ := io.ReadAll(result)
 	exitcode, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(exitstr)))
 
 	if err != nil {