diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main_test.go
index 4260559b..dad9ac79 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (c testConfig) getRuntimeSpec() (specs.Spec, error) {
 	}
 	defer jsonFile.Close()
 
-	jsonContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
+	jsonContent, err := io.ReadAll(jsonFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return spec, err
 	} else if json.Valid(jsonContent) {
diff --git a/pkg/config/engine/docker/option.go b/pkg/config/engine/docker/option.go
index 4f64382f..dfb67499 100644
--- a/pkg/config/engine/docker/option.go
+++ b/pkg/config/engine/docker/option.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/logger"
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ func (b *builder) loadConfig(config string) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	b.logger.Infof("Loading config from %v", config)
-	readBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(config)
+	readBytes, err := os.ReadFile(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read config: %v", err)
 	}