diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 501c1ba01..c8b832234 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/ncw/swift/v2
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
diff --git a/slo.go b/slo.go
index 45be15efe..00990d1bb 100644
--- a/slo.go
+++ b/slo.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (c *Connection) getAllSLOSegments(ctx context.Context, container, path stri
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	content, err := io.ReadAll(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/swift.go b/swift.go
index 0a1813e6d..a11986eb3 100644
--- a/swift.go
+++ b/swift.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ func drainAndClose(rd io.ReadCloser, err *error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, _ = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, rd)
+	_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, rd)
 	cerr := rd.Close()
 	if err != nil && *err == nil {
 		*err = cerr
diff --git a/swift_test.go b/swift_test.go
index cb39a4753..12f03dddb 100644
--- a/swift_test.go
+++ b/swift_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -1457,7 +1456,7 @@ func TestObjectOpenSeekEnd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// read file and check contents
-	buf, err = ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	buf, err = io.ReadAll(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -2191,7 +2190,7 @@ func TestTempUrl(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("HTTP Error retrieving file from temporary url", resp.StatusCode)
 	} else {
 		var content []byte
-		if content, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body); err != nil || string(content) != CONTENTS {
+		if content, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body); err != nil || string(content) != CONTENTS {
 			t.Error("Bad content", err)
 		}
 
@@ -2639,7 +2638,7 @@ func TestDLOConcurrentWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		for j := 0; j < nChunks; j++ {
 			var data []byte
 			var n int
-			data, err = ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(rand.Reader, chunkSize))
+			data, err = io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(rand.Reader, chunkSize))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/swifttest/server.go b/swifttest/server.go
index 84040d14e..dc3f29e55 100644
--- a/swifttest/server.go
+++ b/swifttest/server.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"mime"
 	"net"
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ func (r containerResource) put(a *action) interface{} {
 	if format := a.req.URL.Query().Get("extract-archive"); format != "" {
 		_, _, objectName, _ := a.srv.parseURL(a.req.URL)
 
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(a.req.Body)
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(a.req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			fatalf(400, "TODO", "read error")
 		}
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ func (r containerResource) put(a *action) interface{} {
 			}
 
 			sum := md5.New()
-			objData, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.TeeReader(reader, sum))
+			objData, err := io.ReadAll(io.TeeReader(reader, sum))
 			if err != nil {
 				errArr := []string{fullPath, fmt.Sprintf("read error: %v", err)}
 				resp.Errors = append(resp.Errors, errArr)
@@ -728,7 +727,7 @@ func (objr objectResource) put(a *action) interface{} {
 	}
 	sum := md5.New()
 	// TODO avoid holding lock while reading data.
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.TeeReader(a.req.Body, sum))
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(io.TeeReader(a.req.Body, sum))
 	if err != nil {
 		fatalf(400, "TODO", "read error")
 	}
@@ -1219,7 +1218,7 @@ func (r rootResource) post(a *action) interface{} {
 
 func (r rootResource) delete(a *action) interface{} {
 	if a.req.URL.Query().Get("bulk-delete") == "1" {
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(a.req.Body)
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(a.req.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			fatalf(400, "Bad Request", "read error")
 		}
diff --git a/timeout_reader_test.go b/timeout_reader_test.go
index 5eba09343..ef2686309 100644
--- a/timeout_reader_test.go
+++ b/timeout_reader_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package swift
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func TestTimeoutReaderNoTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		cancelled = true
 	}
 	tr := newTimeoutReader(test, 100*time.Millisecond, cancel)
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
 	if err != nil || string(b) != "AAA" {
 		t.Fatalf("Bad read %s %s", err, b)
 	}
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func TestTimeoutReaderTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		cancelled = true
 	}
 	tr := newTimeoutReader(test, 10*time.Millisecond, cancel)
-	_, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
+	_, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
 	if err != TimeoutError {
 		t.Fatal("Expecting TimeoutError, got", err)
 	}
diff --git a/watchdog_reader_test.go b/watchdog_reader_test.go
index 43e44143f..214fad469 100644
--- a/watchdog_reader_test.go
+++ b/watchdog_reader_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package swift
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ func testWatchdogReaderTimeout(t *testing.T, initialTimeout, watchdogTimeout tim
 	test := newTestReader(3, 10*time.Millisecond)
 	timer, firedChan := setupTimer(initialTimeout)
 	wr := newWatchdogReader(test, watchdogTimeout, timer)
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(wr)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(wr)
 	if err != nil || string(b) != "AAA" {
 		t.Fatalf("Bad read %s %s", err, b)
 	}
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ func TestWatchdogReaderOnSlowNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	timer, firedChan := setupTimer(100 * time.Millisecond)
 	wr := newWatchdogReader(reader, 190*time.Millisecond, timer)
 
-	//use io.ReadFull instead of ioutil.ReadAll here because ReadAll already does
+	//use io.ReadFull instead of io.ReadAll here because ReadAll already does
 	//some chunking that would keep this testcase from failing
 	b := make([]byte, len(byteString))
 	n, err := io.ReadFull(wr, b)