diff --git a/ee/query-service/app/api/auth.go b/ee/query-service/app/api/auth.go
index 60da4e125b..a469b99e33 100644
--- a/ee/query-service/app/api/auth.go
+++ b/ee/query-service/app/api/auth.go
@@ -5,22 +5,23 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/ee/query-service/constants"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/ee/query-service/model"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/auth"
 	baseauth "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/auth"
 	basemodel "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 func parseRequest(r *http.Request, req interface{}) error {
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	requestBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	requestBody, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (ah *APIHandler) registerUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req *baseauth.RegisterRequest
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	requestBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	requestBody, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("received no input in api\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, model.BadRequest(err), nil)
diff --git a/ee/query-service/integrations/signozio/signozio.go b/ee/query-service/integrations/signozio/signozio.go
index ce9410e7a0..c1ad5e57e4 100644
--- a/ee/query-service/integrations/signozio/signozio.go
+++ b/ee/query-service/integrations/signozio/signozio.go
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/ee/query-service/constants"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/ee/query-service/model"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 var C *Client
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func ActivateLicense(key, siteId string) (*ActivationResponse, *model.ApiError)
 		return nil, model.BadRequest(fmt.Errorf("unable to connect with license.signoz.io, please check your network connection"))
 	}
 
-	httpBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(httpResponse.Body)
+	httpBody, err := io.ReadAll(httpResponse.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("failed to read activation response from license.signoz.io", err)
 		return nil, model.BadRequest(fmt.Errorf("failed to read activation response from license.signoz.io"))
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func ValidateLicense(activationId string) (*ActivationResponse, *model.ApiError)
 		return nil, model.BadRequest(errors.Wrap(err, "unable to connect with license.signoz.io, please check your network connection"))
 	}
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, model.BadRequest(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read validation response from license.signoz.io"))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go b/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
index ffea2a9b7e..1a6f768994 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"math"
-
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
+	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 
 	promModel "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/logs"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/services"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/constants"
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ import (
 	v3 "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/telemetry"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -329,15 +329,15 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) Start(readerReady chan bool) {
 				// call query service to do this
 				// channels, apiErrorObj := r.GetChannels()
 
-				//if apiErrorObj != nil {
+				// if apiErrorObj != nil {
 				//	zap.S().Errorf("Not able to read channels from DB")
-				//}
-				//for _, channel := range *channels {
-				//apiErrorObj = r.LoadChannel(&channel)
-				//if apiErrorObj != nil {
+				// }
+				// for _, channel := range *channels {
+				// apiErrorObj = r.LoadChannel(&channel)
+				// if apiErrorObj != nil {
 				//	zap.S().Errorf("Not able to load channel with id=%d loaded from DB", channel.Id, channel.Data)
-				//}
-				//}
+				// }
+				// }
 
 				<-cancel
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) LoadChannel(channel *model.ChannelItem) *model.ApiErr
 		return &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorInternal, Err: err}
 	}
 	if response.StatusCode > 299 {
-		responseData, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+		responseData, _ := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error in getting 2xx response in API call to alertmanager/v1/receivers\n Status: %s \n Data: %s", response.Status, string(responseData))
 		zap.S().Error(err)
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/dashboards/provision.go b/pkg/query-service/app/dashboards/provision.go
index fa2a935b58..6f60dc50fe 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/dashboards/provision.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/dashboards/provision.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package dashboards
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/constants"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/interfaces"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 func readCurrentDir(dir string, fm interfaces.FeatureLookup) error {
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ func readCurrentDir(dir string, fm interfaces.FeatureLookup) error {
 	list, _ := file.Readdirnames(0) // 0 to read all files and folders
 	for _, filename := range list {
 		zap.S().Info("Provisioning dashboard: ", filename)
-		plan, err := ioutil.ReadFile(dir + "/" + filename)
+
+		// using filepath.Join for platform specific path creation
+		// which is equivalent to "dir+/+filename" (on unix based systems) but cleaner
+		plan, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, filename))
 		if err != nil {
 			zap.S().Errorf("Creating Dashboards: Error in reading json fron file: %s\t%s", filename, err)
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go b/pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go
index eedaf0b11d..824400cc51 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/agentConf"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/dashboards"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/explorer"
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import (
 	v3 "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
 	querytemplate "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/utils/queryTemplate"
 
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/logparsingpipeline"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/dao"
 	am "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/integrations/alertManager"
@@ -46,8 +49,6 @@ import (
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/rules"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/telemetry"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/version"
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 type status string
@@ -981,7 +982,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) saveAndReturn(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sign
 func (aH *APIHandler) createDashboardsTransform(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 
 	var importData model.GrafanaJSON
 
@@ -1024,7 +1025,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) createDashboards(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (aH *APIHandler) testRule(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("Error in getting req body in test rule API\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1067,7 +1068,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) patchRule(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	id := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("msg: error in getting req body of patch rule API\n", "\t error:", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1088,7 +1089,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) editRule(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	id := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("msg: error in getting req body of edit rule API\n", "\t error:", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1139,7 +1140,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) listChannels(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (aH *APIHandler) testChannel(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("Error in getting req body of testChannel API\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1166,7 +1167,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) editChannel(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	id := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("Error in getting req body of editChannel API\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1194,7 +1195,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) editChannel(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (aH *APIHandler) createChannel(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("Error in getting req body of createChannel API\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -1241,7 +1242,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) getAlerts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (aH *APIHandler) createRule(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("Error in getting req body for create rule API\n", err)
 		RespondError(w, &model.ApiError{Typ: model.ErrorBadData, Err: err}, nil)
@@ -2065,7 +2066,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) patchUserFlag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// read input into user flag
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		zap.S().Errorf("failed read user flags from http request for userId ", userId, "with error: ", err)
 		RespondError(w, model.BadRequestStr("received user flags in invalid format"), nil)
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/opamp/otelconfig/config_parser_test.go b/pkg/query-service/app/opamp/otelconfig/config_parser_test.go
index 61ceb1f613..f4a3ed0b1b 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/opamp/otelconfig/config_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/opamp/otelconfig/config_parser_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package otelconfig
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/parsers/yaml"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestServiceConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	yamlFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/service.yaml")
+	yamlFile, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/service.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("yamlFile.Get err   #%v ", err)
 		t.Fail()
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/integrations/signozio/dynamic_config.go b/pkg/query-service/integrations/signozio/dynamic_config.go
index fec8414f7a..a6e7238882 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/integrations/signozio/dynamic_config.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/integrations/signozio/dynamic_config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package signozio
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func FetchDynamicConfigs() (map[string]Config, *model.ApiError) {
 		return DefaultConfig, nil
 	}
 
-	httpBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(httpResponse.Body)
+	httpBody, err := io.ReadAll(httpResponse.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return DefaultConfig, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/telemetry/telemetry.go b/pkg/query-service/telemetry/telemetry.go
index cab790d8a3..5bfb682bee 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/telemetry/telemetry.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/telemetry/telemetry.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package telemetry
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	ph "github.com/posthog/posthog-go"
+	"gopkg.in/segmentio/analytics-go.v3"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/constants"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/interfaces"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
 	v3 "go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model/v3"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/version"
-	"gopkg.in/segmentio/analytics-go.v3"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ func getOutboundIP() string {
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	if err == nil {
-		ipBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		ipBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err == nil {
 			ip = ipBody
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/tests/auth_test.go b/pkg/query-service/tests/auth_test.go
index 6989ceccb1..e5ca9ed4a2 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/tests/auth_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/tests/auth_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/auth"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
 )
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ func invite(t *testing.T, email string) *model.InviteResponse {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var inviteResp model.InviteResponse
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func register(email, password, token string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func login(email, password, refreshToken string) (*model.LoginResponse, error) {
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read body")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/tests/cold_storage_test.go b/pkg/query-service/tests/cold_storage_test.go
index f2ff0784bc..09ee39b94b 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/tests/cold_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/tests/cold_storage_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package tests
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/model"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func setTTL(table, coldStorage, toColdTTL, deleteTTL string, jwtToken string) ([
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return b, err
 	}
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func TestListDisks(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.JSONEq(t, `[{"name":"default","type":"local"}, {"name":"s3","type":"s3"}]`, string(b))
 }
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func getTTL(t *testing.T, table string, jwtToken string) *model.GetTTLResponseIt
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	res := &model.GetTTLResponseItem{}