diff --git a/pkg/termination/write.go b/pkg/termination/write.go
index 8be6a74ffa8..3ddae367131 100644
--- a/pkg/termination/write.go
+++ b/pkg/termination/write.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package termination
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	v1beta1 "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 func WriteMessage(path string, pro []v1beta1.PipelineResourceResult) error {
 	// if the file at path exists, concatenate the new values otherwise create it
 	// file at path already exists
-	fileContents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	fileContents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err == nil {
 		var existingEntries []v1beta1.PipelineResourceResult
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(fileContents, &existingEntries); err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/termination/write_test.go b/pkg/termination/write_test.go
index 3ba07468cce..3dded19a17c 100644
--- a/pkg/termination/write_test.go
+++ b/pkg/termination/write_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package termination
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestExistingFile(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "tempFile")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "tempFile")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Cannot create temporary file", err)
 	}
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func TestExistingFile(t *testing.T) {
 		logger.Fatalf("Errot while writing message: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if fileContents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tmpFile.Name()); err != nil {
+	if fileContents, err := os.ReadFile(tmpFile.Name()); err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("Unexpected error reading %v: %v", tmpFile.Name(), err)
 	} else {
 		want := `[{"key":"key1","value":"hello"},{"key":"key2","value":"world"}]`
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func TestExistingFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMaxSizeFile(t *testing.T) {
 	value := strings.Repeat("a", 4096)
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "tempFile")
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "tempFile")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Cannot create temporary file", err)
 	}