diff --git a/cmd/subcmd/copy-sftp-id.go b/cmd/subcmd/copy-sftp-id.go
index 021dee2..42247a2 100644
--- a/cmd/subcmd/copy-sftp-id.go
+++ b/cmd/subcmd/copy-sftp-id.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ func copySftpId(filesystem *irodsclient_fs.FileSystem, force bool, dryrun bool,
 
 		// copy
 		// read the identity file first
-		identityFileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(identityFile)
+		identityFileContent, err := os.ReadFile(identityFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/commons/commands.go b/commons/commands.go
index 8cb942e..2bc4a6d 100644
--- a/commons/commands.go
+++ b/commons/commands.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package commons
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -450,7 +449,7 @@ func loadConfigFile(configPath string) error {
 		}
 
 		// load from YAML
-		yjBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(configPath)
+		yjBytes, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}