diff --git a/cmd/test/main.go b/cmd/test/main.go
index 66b06525b..034c24dc7 100644
--- a/cmd/test/main.go
+++ b/cmd/test/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -495,7 +494,7 @@ func test(ctx *TestCommandContext, paths []string, testCommandData *TestCommandD
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(testCommandData.SaveResults, []byte(resultsText), 0666)
+		err = os.WriteFile(testCommandData.SaveResults, []byte(resultsText), 0666)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -705,7 +704,7 @@ func saveDefaultRulesAsFile(ctx *TestCommandContext, preRunDefaultRulesYaml stri
 	defaultRulesFilePath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".datree", "defaultRules.yaml")
 
 	const fileReadPermission = 0644
-	_ = ioutil.WriteFile(defaultRulesFilePath, []byte(preRunDefaultRulesYaml), os.FileMode(fileReadPermission))
+	_ = os.WriteFile(defaultRulesFilePath, []byte(preRunDefaultRulesYaml), os.FileMode(fileReadPermission))
 }
 
 func shouldDisplaySpinner(IsCI bool, isInteractiveMode bool, outputOption string) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/defaultRules/defaultRules.go b/pkg/defaultRules/defaultRules.go
index 18f1c51e8..47f828b70 100644
--- a/pkg/defaultRules/defaultRules.go
+++ b/pkg/defaultRules/defaultRules.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package defaultRules
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -51,6 +50,6 @@ func getDefaultRulesFromFile() (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	defaultRulesFileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(homeDir, ".datree", "defaultRules.yaml"))
+	defaultRulesFileContent, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(homeDir, ".datree", "defaultRules.yaml"))
 	return string(defaultRulesFileContent), err
 }