diff --git a/excavator_fail/excavator_fail.go b/excavator_fail/excavator_fail.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ecb4a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/excavator_fail/excavator_fail.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package fail
+
+fail
+
+/*
+This is a non-compiling file that has been added to explicitly ensure that CI fails.
+It also contains the command that caused the failure and its output.
+Remove this file if debugging locally.
+
+./godelw verify failed after updating godel plugins and assets
+
+Command that caused error:
+./godelw exec -- go fix ./init/cli ./init/cli/time ./init/main ./integration_test ./launcher/main ./launchlib
+
+Output:
+# github.com/palantir/go-java-launcher/launchlib
+# [github.com/palantir/go-java-launcher/launchlib]
+fix: applied 15 of 16 fixes; 6 files updated. (Re-run the command to apply more.)
+Error: exit status 1
+
+*/
diff --git a/init/cli/lib.go b/init/cli/lib.go
index 64a6eaa0..19b9de4d 100644
--- a/init/cli/lib.go
+++ b/init/cli/lib.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func getServiceStatus(ctx cli.Context, loggers launchlib.ServiceLoggers) (*servi
 }
 
 func getCmdProcess(name string) (*int, *os.Process, error) {
-	pidBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf(pidfileFormat, name))
+	pidBytes, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf(pidfileFormat, name))
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, nil, nil
diff --git a/init/cli/start.go b/init/cli/start.go
index 59547956..c123ae91 100644
--- a/init/cli/start.go
+++ b/init/cli/start.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io/fs"
+
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func startService(ctx cli.Context, notRunningCmds map[string]CommandContext) err
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to create pidfile directory.")
 		}
 
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(pidfile, []byte(strconv.Itoa(cmd.Command.Process.Pid)), 0644); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(pidfile, []byte(strconv.Itoa(cmd.Command.Process.Pid)), 0644); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to save pid to file for command '%s'", name)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/integration_test/go_init_integration_test.go b/integration_test/go_init_integration_test.go
index 3ae86bee..f74c7661 100644
--- a/integration_test/go_init_integration_test.go
+++ b/integration_test/go_init_integration_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TruncatesStartupLogFile(t *testing.T) {
 	stringThatShouldDisappear := "this should disappear from the log file after starting"
 
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(primaryOutputFile), 0755))
-	require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldDisappear), 0644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldDisappear), 0644))
 	result := runInit(t, "start")
 
 	assert.NotContains(t, result.startupLog, stringThatShouldDisappear)
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TwoConfiguredZeroWrittenZeroRunning(t *testing.T) {
 	startupLog := readStartupLog(t)
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "main method")
-	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
+	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sidecarStartupLog := string(sidecarStartupLogBytes)
 	assert.Contains(t, sidecarStartupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TwoConfiguredOneWrittenZeroRunning(t *testing.T) {
 	startupLog := readStartupLog(t)
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "main method")
-	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
+	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sidecarStartupLog := string(sidecarStartupLogBytes)
 	assert.Contains(t, sidecarStartupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TwoConfiguredOneWrittenOneRunning(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, result.exitCode)
 	time.Sleep(time.Second)
-	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
+	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sidecarStartupLog := string(sidecarStartupLogBytes)
 	assert.Contains(t, sidecarStartupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TwoConfiguredTwoWrittenZeroRunning(t *testing.T) {
 	startupLog := readStartupLog(t)
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
 	assert.Contains(t, startupLog, "main method")
-	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
+	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sidecarStartupLog := string(sidecarStartupLogBytes)
 	assert.Contains(t, sidecarStartupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ func TestInitStart_TwoConfiguredTwoWrittenOneRunning(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, result.exitCode)
 	time.Sleep(time.Second)
-	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
+	sidecarStartupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(subProcessOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	sidecarStartupLog := string(sidecarStartupLogBytes)
 	assert.Contains(t, sidecarStartupLog, "Using JAVA_HOME")
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ func TestInitStatus_DoesNotTruncateStartupLogFile(t *testing.T) {
 	stringThatShouldRemain := "this should remain in the log file after running"
 
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(primaryOutputFile), 0755))
-	require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldRemain), 0644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldRemain), 0644))
 	result := runInit(t, "status")
 
 	assert.Contains(t, result.startupLog, stringThatShouldRemain)
@@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ func TestInitStop_DoesNotTruncateStartupLogFile(t *testing.T) {
 	stringThatShouldRemain := "this should remain in the log file after running"
 
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(primaryOutputFile), 0755))
-	require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldRemain), 0644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(primaryOutputFile, []byte(stringThatShouldRemain), 0644))
 	result := runInit(t, "stop")
 
 	assert.Contains(t, result.startupLog, stringThatShouldRemain)
@@ -859,7 +860,7 @@ func runInitWithClock(t *testing.T, clock time2.Clock, args ...string) <-chan in
 }
 
 func readStartupLog(t *testing.T) string {
-	startupLogBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(primaryOutputFile)
+	startupLogBytes, err := os.ReadFile(primaryOutputFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return string(startupLogBytes)
 }
@@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ func readStartupLog(t *testing.T) string {
 func writePids(t *testing.T, pids servicePids) {
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(pidfolder, 0755))
 	for name, pid := range pids {
-		require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(fmt.Sprintf(pidfileFormat, name), []byte(strconv.Itoa(pid)), 0644))
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(fmt.Sprintf(pidfileFormat, name), []byte(strconv.Itoa(pid)), 0644))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ func readPids(t *testing.T) servicePids {
 		require.Len(t, parts, 2, "invalid pidfile format, does not have only a name and extension")
 		require.Equal(t, parts[1], "pid", "invalid pidfile format, does not end with .pid")
 
-		pidBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+		pidBytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read pidfile %s", path)
 		pid, err := strconv.Atoi(string(pidBytes))
 		require.NoError(t, err, "pidfile '%s', did not contain an integer", path)
diff --git a/integration_test/go_java_launcher_integration_test.go b/integration_test/go_java_launcher_integration_test.go
index 2bc6bf82..6d2d9f34 100644
--- a/integration_test/go_java_launcher_integration_test.go
+++ b/integration_test/go_java_launcher_integration_test.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func TestComputeJVMHeapSize(t *testing.T) {
 			name:                "computes heap as 10% of memory limit using heapPercentage",
 			numHostProcessors:   3,
 			memoryLimit:         10 * launchlib.BytesInMebibyte,
-			heapPercentage:      toPointer(10.0),
+			heapPercentage:      new(10.0),
 			expectedMaxHeapSize: 1 * launchlib.BytesInMebibyte,
 		},
 	} {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func runMultiProcess(t *testing.T, cmd *exec.Cmd) map[string]int {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	children := map[string]int{}
-	for _, child := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n") {
+	for child := range strings.SplitSeq(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n") {
 		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(child), " ", 2)
 		cpid, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
 		cmdline := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	os.Exit(m.Run())
 }
 
+//go:fix inline
 func toPointer[T any](t T) *T {
-	return &t
+	return new(t)
 }