diff --git a/pkg/gobash/main.go b/pkg/gobash/main.go
index 40c0ea0f6..8a2788a9b 100644
--- a/pkg/gobash/main.go
+++ b/pkg/gobash/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	// read the content of GOVERSION
-	data, err := os.ReadFile("GOVERSION")
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("GOVERSION")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gobash/version.go b/pkg/gobash/version.go
index 563517c23..190a6aed9 100644
--- a/pkg/gobash/version.go
+++ b/pkg/gobash/version.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func install(targetDir, version string) error {
 	if err := unpackArchive(targetDir, archiveFile); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("extracting archive %v: %v", archiveFile, err)
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(targetDir, unpackedOkay), nil, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(targetDir, unpackedOkay), nil, 0644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Printf("Success. You may now run '%v'", version)
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ func slurpURLToString(url_ string) (string, error) {
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", url_, res.Status)
 	}
-	slurp, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	slurp, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("reading %s: %v", url_, err)
 	}