diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index fbf43834..e11a2c82 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 run:
-  go: "1.15"
+  go: "1.22"
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ddc8612..61a7bf3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # [Unreleased]
+* Updated go version to 1.22.1 to fix  3 CVEs
+* Updated the version of golangci to 1.56.2 and disabled depguard rule in golangci
 
 # [2.8.0] - 2024-02-27
 
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index 61e99971..c1a91a69 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package toxiproxy_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestPopulateDefaultEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
-			message, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			message, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to populate proxy list: HTTP %s\n%s", resp.Status, string(message))
 		}
 
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ func TestVersionEndpointReturnsVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("Unable to read body from response")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/server/server.go b/cmd/server/server.go
index d188adb1..2bb66639 100644
--- a/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func run() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	rand.Seed(cli.seed)
+	rand.New(rand.NewSource(cli.seed)) // #nosec G404 -- ignoring this rule
 
 	logger := setupLogger()
 	log.Logger = logger
diff --git a/test/e2e/benchmark_test.go b/test/e2e/benchmark_test.go
index 10c879ed..7f1fe949 100644
--- a/test/e2e/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/benchmark_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func BenchmarkDirect(b *testing.B) {
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		_, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func BenchmarkProxy(b *testing.B) {
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		_, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func BenchmarkDirectSmall(b *testing.B) {
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		_, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func BenchmarkProxySmall(b *testing.B) {
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		_, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/testhelper/tcp_server.go b/testhelper/tcp_server.go
index a5a58dd9..0ef7eed7 100644
--- a/testhelper/tcp_server.go
+++ b/testhelper/tcp_server.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package testhelper
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (server *TCPServer) handle_connection() (err error) {
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	val, err := ioutil.ReadAll(conn)
+	val, err := io.ReadAll(conn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}