diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-check.yml b/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
index 25e1afde5..251f7faa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
     env:
       RUNGOGENERATE: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.x"
+          go-version: "1.19.x"
       - name: Run repo-specific setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/go-check-setup
         if: hashFiles('./.github/actions/go-check-setup') != ''
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "RUNGOGENERATE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
       - name: Install staticcheck
-        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@d7e217c1ff411395475b2971c0824e1e7cc1af98 # 2022.1 (v0.3.0)
+        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@376210a89477dedbe6fdc4484b233998650d7b3c # 2022.1.3 (v0.3.3)
       - name: Check that go.mod is tidy
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index b86241a96..8a1697b2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu", "windows", "macos" ]
-        go: [ "1.17.x", "1.18.x" ]
+        go: [ "1.18.x", "1.19.x" ]
     env:
       COVERAGES: ""
     runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-latest', matrix.os) }}
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} (go ${{ matrix.go }})
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
       - name: Go information
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           # Use -coverpkg=./..., so that we include cross-package coverage.
           # If package ./A imports ./B, and ./A's tests also cover ./B,
           # this means ./B's coverage will be significantly higher than 0%.
-          run: go test -v -coverprofile=module-coverage.txt -coverpkg=./... ./...
+          run: go test -v -shuffle=on -coverprofile=module-coverage.txt -coverpkg=./... ./...
       - name: Run tests (32 bit)
         if: ${{ matrix.os != 'macos' }} # can't run 32 bit tests on OSX.
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           run: |
             export "PATH=${{ env.PATH_386 }}:$PATH"
-            go test -v ./...
+            go test -v -shuffle=on ./...
       - name: Run tests with race detector
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu' }} # speed things up. Windows and OSX VMs are slow
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: echo "COVERAGES=$(find . -type f -name 'module-coverage.txt' | tr -s '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@81cd2dc8148241f03f5839d295e000b8f761e378 # v3.1.0
         with:
           files: '${{ env.COVERAGES }}'
           env_vars: OS=${{ matrix.os }}, GO=${{ matrix.go }}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e71c7029b..4a99ae192 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api
 
diff --git a/mfs_test.go b/mfs_test.go
index bb1cf7326..ff8ec4c8e 100644
--- a/mfs_test.go
+++ b/mfs_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestFilesRead(t *testing.T) {
 	reader, err := s.FilesRead(context.Background(), "/testdata/readme", FilesRead.Offset(0), FilesRead.Count(5))
 	is.Nil(err)
 
-	resBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	resBytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	is.Nil(err)
 	is.Equal(string(resBytes), "Hello")
 }
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestFilesRm(t *testing.T) {
 	is := is.New(t)
 	s := NewShell(shellUrl)
 
-	file, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
+	file, _ := os.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
 	err := s.FilesWrite(context.Background(), "/testdata/dir1/ping", bytes.NewBuffer(file), FilesWrite.Parents(true), FilesWrite.Create(true))
 	is.Nil(err)
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestFilesWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	is := is.New(t)
 	s := NewShell(shellUrl)
 
-	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
+	file, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
 	is.Nil(err)
 
 	err = s.FilesWrite(context.Background(), "/testdata/ping", bytes.NewBuffer(file), FilesWrite.Create(true), FilesWrite.RawLeaves(true), FilesWrite.CidVersion(1), FilesWrite.Hash("sha3-256"))
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ func TestFilesWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	reader, err := s.FilesRead(context.Background(), "/testdata/ping")
 	is.Nil(err)
 
-	resBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	resBytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	is.Nil(err)
 	is.Equal(string(resBytes), "ipfs")
 
-	file, err = ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
+	file, err = os.ReadFile("./testdata/ping")
 	is.Nil(err)
 
 	err = s.FilesWrite(context.Background(), "/testdata/ping", bytes.NewBuffer(file), FilesWrite.Offset(0), FilesWrite.Count(2), FilesWrite.Truncate(true))
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ func TestFilesWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	reader, err = s.FilesRead(context.Background(), "/testdata/ping")
 	is.Nil(err)
 
-	resBytes, err = ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	resBytes, err = io.ReadAll(reader)
 	is.Nil(err)
 	is.Equal(string(resBytes), "ip")
+
+	err = s.FilesRm(context.Background(), "/testdata/ping", true)
+	is.Nil(err)
 }
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 7d3a72fd0..0df70238d 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ type Response struct {
 func (r *Response) Close() error {
 	if r.Output != nil {
 		// always drain output (response body)
-		_, err1 := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, r.Output)
+		_, err1 := io.Copy(io.Discard, r.Output)
 		err2 := r.Output.Close()
 		if err1 != nil {
 			return err1
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ func (r *Request) Send(c *http.Client) (*Response, error) {
 		case resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound:
 			e.Message = "command not found"
 		case contentType == "text/plain":
-			out, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			out, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ipfs-shell: warning! response (%d) read error: %s\n", resp.StatusCode, err)
 			}
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ func (r *Request) Send(c *http.Client) (*Response, error) {
 			}
 		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ipfs-shell: warning! unhandled response (%d) encoding: %s", resp.StatusCode, contentType)
-			out, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			out, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ipfs-shell: response (%d) read error: %s\n", resp.StatusCode, err)
 			}
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ func (r *Request) Send(c *http.Client) (*Response, error) {
 		nresp.Output = nil
 
 		// drain body and close
-		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
+		io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
 		resp.Body.Close()
 	}
 
diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index e2b0e503a..155b150ab 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	gohttp "net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func NewLocalShell() *Shell {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	api, err := ioutil.ReadFile(apiFile)
+	api, err := os.ReadFile(apiFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -145,7 +144,8 @@ type IdOutput struct {
 // ID gets information about a given peer.  Arguments:
 //
 // peer: peer.ID of the node to look up.  If no peer is specified,
-//   return information about the local peer.
+//
+//	return information about the local peer.
 func (s *Shell) ID(peer ...string) (*IdOutput, error) {
 	if len(peer) > 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("too many peer arguments")
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ func (s *Shell) BlockGet(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, resp.Error
 	}
 
-	return ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Output)
+	return io.ReadAll(resp.Output)
 }
 
 func (s *Shell) BlockPut(block []byte, format, mhtype string, mhlen int) (string, error) {
diff --git a/shell_test.go b/shell_test.go
index 5b3f62a33..1c742faa5 100644
--- a/shell_test.go
+++ b/shell_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ func TestNewShellWithUnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
 	is := is.New(t)
 
 	// setup uds temporary dir
-	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "uds-test")
+	path, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "uds-test")
 	is.Nil(err)
 
 	defer os.RemoveAll(path)
diff --git a/tests/main.go b/tests/main.go
index 7784a95c1..5beb1393f 100644
--- a/tests/main.go
+++ b/tests/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
+	shell "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
 
 	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 )