diff --git a/detectors/aws/ecs/ecs.go b/detectors/aws/ecs/ecs.go
index 9c9ae9f369d..2e8454cf5e9 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/ecs/ecs.go
+++ b/detectors/aws/ecs/ecs.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ func (detector *resourceDetector) getLogsAttributes(metadata *ecsmetadata.Contai
 
 // returns docker container ID from default c group path.
 func (ecsUtils ecsDetectorUtils) getContainerID() (string, error) {
-	fileData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(defaultCgroupPath)
+	fileData, err := os.ReadFile(defaultCgroupPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errCannotReadCGroupFile
 	}