diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9a4073..1a3c195 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 [![](https://godoc.org/github.com/nathany/looper?status.svg)](http://godoc.org/github.com/bnkamalesh/webgo)
 [![](https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go#web-frameworks)
 
-# WebGo v7.0.0
+# WebGo v7.0.1
 
 WebGo is a minimalistic router for [Go](https://golang.org) to build web applications (server side) with no 3rd party dependencies. WebGo will always be Go standard library compliant; with the HTTP handlers having the same signature as [http.HandlerFunc](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#HandlerFunc).
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 82211b3..65130a1 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package webgo
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Load config file from the provided filepath and validate
 func (cfg *Config) Load(filepath string) {
-	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)
+	file, err := os.ReadFile(filepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		LOGHANDLER.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
index 9270c32..c12135e 100644
--- a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
+++ b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ package cors
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestCORSEmptyconfig(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	str := string(body)
 	if str != "hello" {
 		t.Errorf(
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestCORSEmptyconfig(t *testing.T) {
 		nil,
 	)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-	body, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, _ = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	str = string(body)
 	if str != "" {
 		t.Errorf(
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestCORSWithConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req.Header.Set("Origin", "helloworld.com")
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	str := string(body)
 	if str != "" {
 		t.Errorf(
diff --git a/responses_test.go b/responses_test.go
index afe8550..00fb208 100644
--- a/responses_test.go
+++ b/responses_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package webgo
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"html/template"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"reflect"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestSendError(t *testing.T) {
 		Errors map[string]string
 	}{}
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestSendError(t *testing.T) {
 	}{}
 	invalidPayload := make(chan int)
 	SendError(w, invalidPayload, http.StatusBadRequest)
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestSendResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	payload := map[string]string{"hello": "world"}
 
 	SendResponse(w, payload, http.StatusOK)
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestSendResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	// testing invalid response payload
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
 	SendResponse(w, make(chan int), http.StatusOK)
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestSend(t *testing.T) {
 	reqBody, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
 
 	Send(w, JSONContentType, string(reqBody), http.StatusOK)
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func TestRender(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	Render(w, data, http.StatusOK, tpl)
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func TestRender(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	Render(w, invaliddata, http.StatusOK, tpl)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 
 	R200(w, want)
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Data = ""
 	R201(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Data = ""
 	R204(w)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Data = ""
 	R302(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Errors = ""
 	R400(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Errors = ""
 	R403(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Errors = ""
 	R404(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Errors = ""
 	R406(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func TestResponsehelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Errors = ""
 	R451(w, want)
 
-	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	body, err = io.ReadAll(w.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 		return
diff --git a/router_test.go b/router_test.go
index fb1ba71..7ac595c 100644
--- a/router_test.go
+++ b/router_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ func successHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 func checkPath(req *http.Request, resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder) error {
 	want := req.URL.EscapedPath()
-	rbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	rbody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading response, '%s'", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ func checkPath(req *http.Request, resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder) error {
 
 func checkPathWildCard(req *http.Request, resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder) error {
 	want := req.URL.EscapedPath()
-	rbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	rbody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading response, '%s'", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ func checkPathWildCard(req *http.Request, resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder) error
 }
 
 func checkParams(req *http.Request, resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder, keys []string, expected []string) error {
-	rbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	rbody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading response, '%s'", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -681,7 +680,7 @@ func TestWildcardMadness(t *testing.T) {
 	respRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	router.ServeHTTP(respRec, req)
 
-	rbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(respRec.Body)
+	rbody, err := io.ReadAll(respRec.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}