diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 30aabb81..ec08254e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.45.0
+          version: v1.50.1
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 60d5a032..a8060193 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ run:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-   - deadcode
    - goconst
    - gofmt
    - goimports
@@ -14,6 +13,4 @@ linters:
    - misspell
    - revive
    - staticcheck
-   - structcheck
-   - varcheck
    - vetshadow
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7207c05c..7cf28047 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COVERAGE_DIR?=$(shell mktemp -d)
 all: modules test bench check system-test
 
 prepare:
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin v1.45.0
+	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin v1.50.1
 
 modules:
 	go mod download
diff --git a/api/api_test.go b/api/api_test.go
index fd8105f0..4de4d45b 100644
--- a/api/api_test.go
+++ b/api/api_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package api
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ type ApiSuite struct {
 var _ = Suite(&ApiSuite{})
 
 func createTestConfig() *os.File {
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/api/gpg.go b/api/gpg.go
index 640e45c7..cc526ee3 100644
--- a/api/gpg.go
+++ b/api/gpg.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ func apiGPGAddKey(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	if len(b.GpgKeyArmor) > 0 {
 		var tempdir string
-		tempdir, err = ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
+		tempdir, err = os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
 		if err != nil {
 			c.AbortWithError(400, err)
 			return
diff --git a/cmd/graph.go b/cmd/graph.go
index 868e5874..4425d087 100644
--- a/cmd/graph.go
+++ b/cmd/graph.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ func aptlyGraph(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	buf := bytes.NewBufferString(graph.String())
 
-	tempfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-graph")
+	tempfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-graph")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/database/goleveldb/storage.go b/database/goleveldb/storage.go
index a95c5680..37acf3d8 100644
--- a/database/goleveldb/storage.go
+++ b/database/goleveldb/storage.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package goleveldb
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ type storage struct {
 
 // CreateTemporary creates new DB of the same type in temp dir
 func (s *storage) CreateTemporary() (database.Storage, error) {
-	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "aptly")
+	tempdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "aptly")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/deb/changes.go b/deb/changes.go
index 3e2c6914..6637034e 100644
--- a/deb/changes.go
+++ b/deb/changes.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func NewChanges(path string) (*Changes, error) {
 		ChangesName: filepath.Base(path),
 	}
 
-	c.TempDir, err = ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
+	c.TempDir, err = os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/deb/format.go b/deb/format.go
index 47ea776e..95febe35 100644
--- a/deb/format.go
+++ b/deb/format.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func isMultilineField(field string, isRelease bool) bool {
 
 // Write single field from Stanza to writer.
 //
-//nolint: interfacer
+// nolint: interfacer
 func writeField(w *bufio.Writer, field, value string, isRelease bool) (err error) {
 	if !isMultilineField(field, isRelease) {
 		_, err = w.WriteString(field + ": " + value + "\n")
diff --git a/deb/publish.go b/deb/publish.go
index 8798cc69..81b18338 100644
--- a/deb/publish.go
+++ b/deb/publish.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -596,7 +595,7 @@ func (p *PublishedRepo) Publish(packagePool aptly.PackagePool, publishedStorageP
 	}
 
 	var tempDir string
-	tempDir, err = ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
+	tempDir, err = os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/deb/remote_test.go b/deb/remote_test.go
index 1ea1d558..82f6fff8 100644
--- a/deb/remote_test.go
+++ b/deb/remote_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package deb
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ func (n *NullVerifier) VerifyClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader, hint bool) (*pgp
 }
 
 func (n *NullVerifier) ExtractClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (text *os.File, err error) {
-	text, _ = ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-test")
+	text, _ = os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-test")
 	io.Copy(text, clearsigned)
 	text.Seek(0, 0)
 	os.Remove(text.Name())
diff --git a/files/package_pool.go b/files/package_pool.go
index 8b1e8b25..65a016d5 100644
--- a/files/package_pool.go
+++ b/files/package_pool.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package files
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func (pool *PackagePool) FilepathList(progress aptly.Progress) ([]string, error)
 	pool.Lock()
 	defer pool.Unlock()
 
-	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(pool.rootPath)
+	dirs, err := os.ReadDir(pool.rootPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, nil
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c9a66b6..9d84159d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13 h1:Mp5hbtOePIzM8pJVRa3YLrWWmZ
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13/go.mod h1:W/MM4U6nLxnIskrw4UwWzlHfGjwUS50aOsc/I3yuU8M=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 h1:7gUk1U5M/CQbp9WoqinNzJar+8KY+LPI6wiWrP/myHw=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0/go.mod h1:BI0uouVdmngYNUzGWeSYnokU+TrmwEsOqdt8Y6sso74=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.4.1 h1:K0laFcLE6VLTOwNgSxaGbUcLPuGXlNkbVvq4cW4nIHk=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.4.1/go.mod h1:LTp+uSrOhSkaKrUy935gNZuuIPPVsHlr9DSOxSayd+k=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 h1:IG7i4p/mDa2Ce4TRyAO8IHnVhAVF3RFU+ZtXWSmf4Tg=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1/go.mod h1:T9E3cAhj2VqvPOtCYAvby9aBXkZmbF5NWuPV8+WeEW8=
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible h1:TcekIExNqud5crz4xD2pavyTgWiPvpYe4Xau31I0PRk=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:pbq4aXjuKjdthFRnoDwaVPLA+WlJuPGy+QneDUgJi2k=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
diff --git a/http/download.go b/http/download.go
index 3c2a1ebd..a6e65896 100644
--- a/http/download.go
+++ b/http/download.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ func NewDownloader(downLimit int64, maxTries int, progress aptly.Progress) aptly
 
 	progressWriter := io.Writer(progress)
 	if progress == nil {
-		progressWriter = ioutil.Discard
+		progressWriter = io.Discard
 	}
 
 	downloader.client.CheckRedirect = downloader.checkRedirect
diff --git a/http/download_test.go b/http/download_test.go
index 7f89a777..fb4cce2f 100644
--- a/http/download_test.go
+++ b/http/download_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package http
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ type DownloaderSuiteBase struct {
 }
 
 func (s *DownloaderSuiteBase) SetUpTest(c *C) {
-	s.tempfile, _ = ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "aptly-test")
+	s.tempfile, _ = os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly-test")
 	s.l, _ = net.ListenTCP("tcp4", &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)})
 	s.url = fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", s.l.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port)
 
diff --git a/http/grab_test.go b/http/grab_test.go
index 3980c453..1aca9a60 100644
--- a/http/grab_test.go
+++ b/http/grab_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package http
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ type GrabDownloaderSuiteBase struct {
 }
 
 func (s *GrabDownloaderSuiteBase) SetUpTest(c *C) {
-	s.tempfile, _ = ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "aptly-test")
+	s.tempfile, _ = os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly-test")
 	s.l, _ = net.ListenTCP("tcp4", &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)})
 	s.url = fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", s.l.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port)
 
diff --git a/http/temp.go b/http/temp.go
index 8e6a3fde..ddc2d3af 100644
--- a/http/temp.go
+++ b/http/temp.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ func DownloadTemp(ctx context.Context, downloader aptly.Downloader, url string)
 //
 // Temporary file would be already removed, so no need to cleanup
 func DownloadTempWithChecksum(ctx context.Context, downloader aptly.Downloader, url string, expected *utils.ChecksumInfo, ignoreMismatch bool) (*os.File, error) {
-	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
+	tempdir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pgp/gnupg.go b/pgp/gnupg.go
index 99d06621..1e7896b4 100644
--- a/pgp/gnupg.go
+++ b/pgp/gnupg.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) runGpgv(args []string, context string, showKeyTip bool) (*
 	args = append([]string{"--status-fd", "3"}, args...)
 	cmd := exec.Command(g.gpgv, args...)
 
-	tempf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg-status")
+	tempf, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg-status")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) runGpgv(args []string, context string, showKeyTip bool) (*
 func (g *GpgVerifier) VerifyDetachedSignature(signature, cleartext io.Reader, showKeyTip bool) error {
 	args := g.argsKeyrings()
 
-	sigf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	sigf, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) VerifyDetachedSignature(signature, cleartext io.Reader, sh
 		return err
 	}
 
-	clearf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	clearf, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) IsClearSigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (bool, error) {
 func (g *GpgVerifier) VerifyClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader, showKeyTip bool) (*KeyInfo, error) {
 	args := g.argsKeyrings()
 
-	clearf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	clearf, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) VerifyClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader, showKeyTip bool)
 
 // ExtractClearsigned extracts cleartext from clearsigned file WITHOUT signature verification
 func (g *GpgVerifier) ExtractClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (text *os.File, err error) {
-	clearf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	clearf, err := os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ func (g *GpgVerifier) ExtractClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (text *os.File,
 		return
 	}
 
-	text, err = ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	text, err = os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pgp/internal.go b/pgp/internal.go
index add64267..c26348f1 100644
--- a/pgp/internal.go
+++ b/pgp/internal.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func (g *GoSigner) Init() error {
 		}
 		defer passF.Close()
 
-		contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(passF)
+		contents, err := io.ReadAll(passF)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "error reading passphrase file")
 		}
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ func (g *GoVerifier) VerifyDetachedSignature(signature, cleartext io.Reader, sho
 
 // IsClearSigned returns true if file contains signature
 func (g *GoVerifier) IsClearSigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (bool, error) {
-	signedBuffer, err := ioutil.ReadAll(clearsigned)
+	signedBuffer, err := io.ReadAll(clearsigned)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read clearsigned data")
 	}
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ func (g *GoVerifier) IsClearSigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (bool, error) {
 
 // VerifyClearsigned verifies clearsigned file using gpgv
 func (g *GoVerifier) VerifyClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader, showKeyTip bool) (*KeyInfo, error) {
-	signedBuffer, err := ioutil.ReadAll(clearsigned)
+	signedBuffer, err := io.ReadAll(clearsigned)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read clearsigned data")
 	}
@@ -451,7 +450,7 @@ func (g *GoVerifier) VerifyClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader, showKeyTip bool) (
 // ExtractClearsigned extracts cleartext from clearsigned file WITHOUT signature verification
 func (g *GoVerifier) ExtractClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (text *os.File, err error) {
 	var signedBuffer []byte
-	signedBuffer, err = ioutil.ReadAll(clearsigned)
+	signedBuffer, err = io.ReadAll(clearsigned)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read clearsigned data")
 	}
@@ -461,7 +460,7 @@ func (g *GoVerifier) ExtractClearsigned(clearsigned io.Reader) (text *os.File, e
 		return nil, errors.New("no clearsigned data found")
 	}
 
-	text, err = ioutil.TempFile("", "aptly-gpg")
+	text, err = os.CreateTemp("", "aptly-gpg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/utils/checksum_test.go b/utils/checksum_test.go
index a29d602f..9e41e487 100644
--- a/utils/checksum_test.go
+++ b/utils/checksum_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ type ChecksumSuite struct {
 var _ = Suite(&ChecksumSuite{})
 
 func (s *ChecksumSuite) SetUpTest(c *C) {
-	s.tempfile, _ = ioutil.TempFile(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test")
+	s.tempfile, _ = os.CreateTemp(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test")
 	s.tempfile.WriteString(testString)
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/compress_test.go b/utils/compress_test.go
index 1a02b354..e5b42274 100644
--- a/utils/compress_test.go
+++ b/utils/compress_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var _ = Suite(&CompressSuite{})
 const testString = "Quick brown fox jumps over black dog and runs away... Really far away... who knows?"
 
 func (s *CompressSuite) SetUpTest(c *C) {
-	s.tempfile, _ = ioutil.TempFile(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test")
+	s.tempfile, _ = os.CreateTemp(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test")
 	s.tempfile.WriteString(testString)
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/copyfile_test.go b/utils/copyfile_test.go
index 5b45f0c8..cd2b4446 100644
--- a/utils/copyfile_test.go
+++ b/utils/copyfile_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ type CopyfileSuite struct {
 var _ = Suite(&CopyfileSuite{})
 
 func (s *CopyfileSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
-	s.source, _ = ioutil.TempFile(c.MkDir(), "source-file")
+	s.source, _ = os.CreateTemp(c.MkDir(), "source-file")
 	s.dest = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(s.source.Name()), "destination-file")
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index 953714ca..c9838da6 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ type UtilsSuite struct {
 var _ = Suite(&UtilsSuite{})
 
 func (s *UtilsSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
-	s.tempfile, _ = ioutil.TempFile(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test-inaccessible")
+	s.tempfile, _ = os.CreateTemp(c.MkDir(), "aptly-test-inaccessible")
 	if err := os.Chmod(s.tempfile.Name(), 0000); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}