diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 48ca9cf91..d31ae43b2 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
     - deadcode
+    - depguard
     - errcheck
     - gocyclo
     - gofmt
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ linters:
     - unused
     - varcheck
 linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    list-type: blacklist
+    include-go-root: true
+    packages:
+      # The io/ioutil package has been deprecated.
+      # https://go.dev/doc/go1.16#ioutil
+      - io/ioutil
   gocyclo:
     min-complexity: 16
   lll: